Archive for the ‘Networks’ Category

WNN debuts ‘Tickle Fight Polka’

For your entertainment this Friday (is it just us or did this week seem awfully long?): Barry Mitchell entertains World News Now viewers with a version of his famous “polkas.” This time he pokes fun at the Eric Massa “tickle fight” situation. Click here to view.

WNNFans.com directs users to Facebook page

World News Now, ABC News’ overnight news broadcast has been promoting the domain “WNNFans.com” on the air as an easier way to get viewers to visit its Facebook page.

The domain automatically sends users who enter it to www.facebook.com/ABCWorldNewsNow (it’s worth nothing the directory name ABC uses “ABCWorldNewsNow” is a bit long, clunky and hard to remember, making the domain even more of a good idea).

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Getting anchors involved in the story doesn’t always come off well

Watch this video, where Australian TV hosts try their hand at some participatory journalism by taking the Wii Fit Olympics game for a spin, to see what we mean.

ABC, Fox duop debuts new set, graphics

WGXA-TV, the Fox affiliate serving Macon, Ga., added ABC programming to its digital subchannel and launched newscasts with shared facilities and talent under the “NewsCentral” banner. Along with this, a new set and graphics debuted.

Another photo and commentary after the jump.

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Olympics designer posts images, video

Lead Designer David Barton has posted samples of the 2010 Winter Olympics graphics package he and his team developed for NBC’s coverage.

More commentary and a link to the site after the jump.

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‘Today’ floor crew member marches along to music

Just a little thing we spotted in one of the “Today” 360 interviews: One of the floor staffers gets into the Olympic spirit by marching along to the Olympics music.

The video clip is above, but you can see the full clip here. You’ll need to pan over to the right a bit and look just under the large light hanging from the ceiling.

‘Today’ provides 360-degree interview from Vancouver

Via Webnewser: NBC’s “Today Show” has posted an interesting 360-degree video of Matt Lauer’s interview with Wayne Gretzky. While it’s a bit of a strange use for recording an interview segment, it does provide a nice view of the show’s temporary digs.

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‘Nightly’ adds social media, technology icons to close

“NBC Nightly News” has added Twitter, SMS, Facebook and Podcast icons to its closing copyright graphic, as shown above. The graphic also includes the “always on” tagline and the show’s Web site address.

NBC Olympics coverage by the numbers

Did you know, NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games takes over 2,168 NBC staffers, 5 mobile units, 1 fixed wing aircraft, 127 printers, 385 laptop computers, 400,000 feet of cable, 900,000 gigabytes of HD video storage, 10,500 feet of fiber and 50,000 square feet of space in the International Broadcast Center?

These are just a few of the numbers behind NBC’s coverage. Continue reading to see more.

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‘Today Show’ shows off Olympic home

NBC News has taken over a ski lodge for its ‘Today Show’ home.

For the broadcast they use two control rooms, one in the ski lodge and one back in New York. The lodge has many locations for use including an 8,000 square-foot ice rink and fire pit.

Jack Morton helps relaunch ‘Sunrise’ on Channel 7

Jack Morton and lead designer Jim Fenhagen helped develop a new look for Australia’s Channel 7 morning program “Sunrise” that launched last week.

The new set, located at Channel 7’s Martin Place studio, uses various wood tones and LED lighting to create an inviting morning show set.

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Craig Ferguson airs Morgan Freeman ‘outtakes’