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‘Ed Show’ now originating from ‘news nook’

MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” which debuted using the main MSNBC studio, has switched to broadcasting from one of 30 Rock’s so-called “news nooks.”

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Central Florida News 13 debuts new graphics

Central Florida News 13, the 24 hour cable news network owned by Brighthouse Cable, has debuted new graphics, replacing its former dated look.

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New CNN.com boasts more traffic

Broadcasting & Cable has the traffic numbers for CNN.com since the redesign:

Early numbers are in following CNN.com’s major redesign in late October, and the results look promising.

In November 2009, CNN.com served 89.1 million video streams, a 6% increase over last year. CNN says that beat no. 2 MSNBC digital by 2.6 million streams and no.3 Yahoo! news by 36.9 million streams.

In terms of time spent watching video, CNN Digital brought in 215.5 million minutes that month.

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CNNI updates Hong Kong set

CNNI’s Hong Kong bureau has debuted an updated set to match the refreshed sets in Atlanta and London.

The set had no structural changes made to it, but all graphics were changed out to new blue colored ones. Thanks to CNN Observations for the pictures and tip. Another picture after the jump. (more…)

MSNBC adds social media toolbar to some stories

We noticed MSNBC.com has added a floating social media sharing toolbar to some story pages.

The toolbar provides one-click access to share content via Newsvine (an MSNBC-owned property), Facebook, Twitter and via e-mail.

MSNBC upgrades online video player

MSNBC has unveiled some upgrades and a new look to the embedding and sharing portions of its online video player.

The new tools allow users to embed video clips at different sizes and adds integrated Twitter, Facebook and Newsvine sharing tools. Users can also trim clips to custom lengths using sliders similar to those seen on Hulu.

The size options provide a good level of flexibility for bloggers and other online publishers who may require a certain size to fit their layouts.

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ESPN to build massive facility for World Cup coverage

ESPN has announced plans to build a 12,700 international broadcast center in South Africa for its coverage of next July’s FIFA World Cup.

Previously ESPN relied mainly on partner feeds, according to Broadcasting & Cable, but the network’s new emphasis on building an international footprint has made the matches the No. 1 priority for  executives back in Bristol, Conn.

The ESPN facility will include the technical backbone needed to provide multi-platform live and taped coverage of the games, including segments on SportsCenter and pre- and post-game coverage and halftime shows. There is also a live nightly program planned devoted to coverage of the day’s matches.

Never before has ESPN produced World Cup coverage from the field. In fact, this effort is second only to the ESPN-X Games in terms of staffers needed to make it possible — 300 in South Africa in comparison to the 500 needed for the X Games.

ESPN plans to build two sets in the Johannesburg area and have nine ENG crews scattered about the region’s various venues.

‘Green is Universal’ returns on the networks of NBC

The green bugs are back on the networks of NBC as part of Green is Universal.

CNN.com ad blends into top stories

This morning CNN.com ran an ad in the upper right area of its homepage that looked suspiciously like one of the top stories, except for the TravelZoo logo in the lower right corner and the “Advertisement” tag.

Ambitious ‘Strategy Room’ Webcasts stream eight hours of content a day

AdWeek has an in-depth profile on Fox News Channel’s “Strategy Room” initiative, a venture that provides eight hours of live Web streaming video a day.

Online Monday through Friday, the program originates from the 14th floor of Fox News Channel’s offices in New York City from what is described as a “compact” set.

The set, shown at right, is more fleshed out than many Web show sets, complete with a panel desk (that can, amazingly, squeeze six people around it) and several plasma screens along with a branded header element. The Strategy Room, also uses a second “room” — a studio that contains a more laid back set with brick walls, no desk and funky decorative items hanging from the wall.

Originally part of the channel’s 2008 election coverage, the article reports Fox is now using this a key component of its online strategy and may be looking to expanding the Web stream’s programming in the future.

The naming choice is rather interesting since it closely mirrors CNN’s moniker “The Situation Room,” which itself was often confused with “The Situation,” a show hosted by Tucker Carlson on MSNBC that was eventually rebranded as just “Tucker.”

Weather on new CNN site lacks emphasis, still uses old design

It’s been almost two weeks since the new CNN.com debuted but the site’s weather section is still skinned with the old design.

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