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Share your ideas for future ‘Tip’ columns

What aspects of producing TV newscasts do you think need improved? Have a neat new way of doing something in the newsroom?

Share them with us and they might be featured in a future NewcastTip column!

Even though the column is taking a bit of a summer vacation, that doesn’t mean we’re not planning ahead — and we want to hear your ideas for future columns. E-mail your thoughts, suggestions and ideas to michael.hill@newscaststudio.com. Any feedback is welcome — whether it’s an idea for a future column, a problem you run in to frequently that you’re not sure how to solve, a specific tip or trick you’d like to share, or a personal pet peeve about TV news that you’d like us to address.

ESPN’s ‘Sports Nation’ added to SetStudio

We’ve added photos of ESPN’s “Sports Nation” set to SetStudio.

For those who’ve not seen the show, SN has lots of fan interaction and utilizes almost all of the set on each episode. The set is located in ESPN’s Studio B.

NewscastStudio blog celebrates 1,000th post

NewscastStudio’s blog recently added its 1,000th post — an entry about an error made on a Fox News Channel graphic.

The NewscastStudio blog launched Jan. 6, 2008 and has been informing thousands of readers a week on the latest in television news creative services ever since.

Since its inception, the blog has scored exclusive first-looks at a variety of stories, including the new CNN Atlanta set. The blog has also run several exclusive series, including one on NBC Artworks (part 1, part 2, part 3), virtual set company Brainstorm (part 1, part 2, part 3) and a behind-the-scenes look at set fabrication company Lexington (part 1, part 2, part 3).

Here’s to the next 1,000 posts!

NBC testing ‘Nightly News Now’ for mobile devices

Via WebNewser, NBC is testing a new web update newscast called “Nightly News Now.”

The one to two minute long program recaps the day’s news in a format designed for mobile devices.

For the moment “Nightly News Now” is being tested out on the weekends, with Lester Holt anchoring. The plan is to monitor the response to the webcast, with the possibility of expanding it down the line.

MSNBC for a while has put web only video on its site, complete with an anchor intro from a news nook. We’ll see if this catches on, but at the moment it could use some more polishing.

No NewscastInspiration newsletter this week

As you may have read in last week’s NewscastInpsiration newsletter, I’ve been having some dental issues lately. I’ve been in and out of oral surgery twice in the past two weeks now and, honestly, it’s taken a lot of out of me. I also have family coming in to town and would like to be able to focus on getting ready for them.

Because of this, I’m taking Thursday and Friday of this week off from both NewscastStudio and our sister sites TV News Insider and Smudged Newsprint. That means there won’t be a newsletter sent out Friday and we won’t, barring any breaking news, be updating TV News Insider or Smudged Newsprint.

The NewscastStudio Blog will be updated as warranted.

I apologize for any inconvenience and hope to be back to full steam soon!

April Fools!

In case you missed out on the joke, the Web site TV Broadcast gave our little April Fool’s Day joke a nod.

The story reported on “the world’s first 3-D newscasts” launching at a TV station in Missouri. Read the full story here.

Beat the Traffic joins NewscastStudio as advertiser

Beat the Traffic, provider of traffic updates to North America’s leading TV stations and cable providers, has signed on to become an advertiser for NewscastStudio’s 2010 NAB Show coverage.

The company is no stranger to our site, having being featured in our 2009 NAB show coverage for its innovative use of the Wii controller as a way for television traffic presenters to guide viewers through the company’s interactive traffic maps and the November 2009 launch of its Blackberry app. The company also has the distinction in being included in a Discovery Channel documentary.

Beat the Traffic is one of a growing number of non-set design companies that are using NewscastStudio to reach television news executives and decision-makers. If your company has a product or service for the television news industry, click here for more details about advertising with us.

For more information about Beat the Traffic’s services for television stations click here.

NewscastStudio welcomes News On iPhone as advertiser

NewscastStudio is pleased to announce that News On iPhone has joined our growing family of advertisers.

News on iPhone makes it easy and affordable for almost anybody with a Web site to launch an iPhone app. All that’s required is the address of an RSS feed or two containing the latest information from a Web site. The service takes care of the programming and App Store submission, and within a few weeks your content will be easily accessible to anyone with an iPhone or iPod touch!

For more information about the service, click here.

If your company sells products or services aimed at the television news industry, NewscastStudio is the perfect platform to get the word out. Click here for details.

WINK-TV HD added to SetStudio and Graphics section

We’ve added captures of WINK-TV, the Fort Myers/Naples, Florida CBS affiliate, to the site.

View the SetStudio page here. View the graphics page here.

NewscastStudio to be media partner for NAB Show 2010

NewscastStudio has signed on to be an official media partner for the NAB Show 2010.

The show, which is scheduled for April 10-15 in Las Vegas, features thousands of square feet of exhibits plus numerous educational sessions and networking opportunities.

“From broadcasting to broader-casting, the NAB Show has evolved over the last eight decades to continually lead this ever-changing industry,” reads the show’s official Web site. “And while the solutions at your fingertips have changed to keep pace with consumer habits and technologies, your aspirations to produce and deliver memorable content have remained constant. From conception through distribution, the NAB Show proudly serves as the incubator for excellence – helping to breathe life into content everywhere.”

As part of our partnership with NAB, we’re pleased to offer our readers a free exhibits-only pass. To sign up, visit www.nabshow.com and use code W100.

SetStudio and Graphics updated with WEWS-TV and ‘Inside the NFL’

We’ve added new photos to SetStudio of Showtime’s “Inside the NFL” studio.

Also, we’ve added screen grabs of WEWS-TV, the Cleveland ABC affiliate, to the graphics section. WEWS-TV is using an HD version of the Scripts TV Station Group package.

WAWS-TV and WTEV-TV upgrade to HD

Sweeps is upon us and so are station changes.

WAWS-TV and WTEV-TV, the Jacksonville CBS and FOX duopoly, debuted an updated HD graphics package last night. WTLX-TV and WJXX-TV are expected to go HD today with a new set and graphics package.

View more graphic grabs on the WAWS-TV graphics page. Thanks to FLNewsCenter.com for the tip.