Local News

‘Anchorman’ sequel’s poster revealed

For those waiting with baited breath for the “Anchorman” sequel, you can breathe a bit easier now.

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Local News, Set Design

Channel 3 upgrades weather center with Mystic

Channel 3 Hartford approached Mystic with the desire to step up their current look and update their weather area for news casting. Once approached, Mystic decided to do the complete design and fabrication of the studio as an in house design/build project.

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Branding

NYSE floor gets new look

One of the most used backgrounds on television news, the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, recently got a bit of a facelift to go along with parent company NYSE Euronext’s new logo and brand identity.

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Graphics, Local News

L.A. station airs wrong team logo

KNBC-TV aired an OTS Monday with a story about Los Angeles teams involved in postseason play with the logos of the Lakers, Clippers and Kings.

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Cable News, Online

CNN announces 2nd annual iReport awards

CNN has announced the nominees for its second annual iReport awards.

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Graphics, Mobile, Real Time Graphics, Traffic

Beat the Traffic a finalist in the Red Herring 100

Beat the Traffic is a finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Americas award, a list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.

“This year was very rewarding,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “The global economic situation has abated and there are many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products. We had a very difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Beat the Traffic ®shows great promise therefore deserves to be among the Finalists. Now we’re faced with the difficult task of selecting the Top 100 winners of Red Herring Americas. We know that the 2012 crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to make an impact.”

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Music, Production Music

Pacifica Music adds Popvirus to its list of music libraries

Production music company Pacifica Music has added Popvirus Music Library (based in Munich, Germany) to its catalog. Pacifica will now represent Popvirus throughout the United States and Canada.

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Networks, Online

John King’s ‘Magic Wall’ gets cover photo placement

We happened to notice that CNN updated its Facebook cover photo today and has decided to feature John King using the network’s “Magic Wall” at CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »

Networks

Three-year-old genius makes interesting announcement on ‘Today’

Here’s your Friday laugh.

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HD, Local News, Set Design, SetStudio

Cedar Rapids ABC added to SetStudio

We’ve received new pictures of KCRG-TV, designed by Devlin Design Group. Take a look in SetStudio.

For more information, visit the DDG site.

Virtual Sets

L.A. independent station selects Orad virtual sets

KCET-TV, the largest publicly supported independent television station in the U.S., has purchased the Orad ProSet Virtual Studio system for one of its two new studios currently under construction in Burbank, Calif.

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Branding, Graphics, Online

Vidpresso aims to make it simple to put Facebook and Twitter on air

Vidpresso has launched a new service for local TV stations wanting more social media on air.

With plans starting at $400 a month, Vidpresso uses off-the-shelf hardware and doesn’t require a long-term agreement. At least two stations are onboard to test the platform, including the Fox affiliate in Sacramento and the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City.

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