ABC News has reportedly decided to pull out of its studio at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. ABC moved in to the Newseum’s multipurpose studio space in April 2007, taking advantage of the prime piece of real estate’s sweeping views of the Capitol. However, since “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos became co-anchor of “Good Morning America” [...]
We’ve all seen the wrong video or graphic pop up on the now ubiquitous video walls behind anchors, but WTNH-TV in Hartford didn’t just air the wrong image — it showed its competitor on air. During a recent newscast a video of WTIC-TV anchor Alison Morris randomly popped on the screen behind the anchor desk. [...]
CNN Senior Producer John Griffin has been tweeting photos of the new studio for “New Day,” CNN’s new morning program debuting this June. The primary element so far: brick and metal truss work. The set is almost a throwback to the old “Anderson Cooper 360″ set, which used views of the city, bricks and metal [...]
AccuWeather has announced a new corporate brand identity system. The company, which provides weather data, forecasts, graphics and production services to newspapers, radio stations and televisions across the country, debuted the new look at the NAB convention in Las Vegas. The new logo features the words “AccuWeather” in a simple typeface next to a sun icon. The [...]
CNN’s “Newsroom,” covering the news of soccer (European football) player David Beckham’s retirement, managed to mix up what country he plays for, as well as an important fact about his career, reports the Huffington Post. In the lower third banner shown above, CNN identified Beckham as “just helped France win championship.” Wait. What? We’re pretty [...]
Here’s your Friday laugh. This video, posted on YouTube late last year, parodies the constant badgering of local TV news to interact via social media and mobile devices. H/T TVSpy
CNN Digital posted its most trafficked week and story in history during April, receiving 536 mm page views during the week and 87 mm on a individual story. The month also saw CNN’s second highest video streaming numbers, with over 162.5 mm streaming starts. These record numbers come as the events in Boston unfolded and [...]
ESPN has posted an animated video rendering of the new “SportsCenter” set to be built in “Digital Center II,” the new facility the network is constructing on its Bristol, Conn. campus. The video appears on ESPN’s “FrontRow” YouTube channel, which is part of its behind the scenes blog by the same name. The new video [...]
Stephen Arnold Music has expanded “All About Early,” its audio/video image branding package made specifically to promote local morning newscasts. “’All About Early’ was a hit right out of the gate, but by continuing to innovate, we saw we could give our customers even more,” said Stephen Arnold of Stephen Arnold Music. “Now ‘All About [...]
MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” returned this weekend. While largely the same as when it left the air a few months ago, the show did move to the main MSNBC studio. The new space allows host Ed Schultz to walk around a bit more and interact with various monitors. For the show, a circle desk is [...]