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NBCU to invest $190M in NYC facilities
NBCUniversal has announced it plans to invest some $190 million in upgrades and renovations at the company’s New York City headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and other nearby facilities.
A key component of the project is adding energy efficient and environmentally friendly initiatives as part of the company’s “Green is Universal” efforts.
In addition to work at 30 Rock, the company will also renovate portions of the 245,000 square feet it has leased at 1221 Avenue of Americas, including adding a new studio control room and fiber networking technology.
The work is expected to stretch through the first quarter of 2014 and provide 484,000 man hours of employment.
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MSNBC labels French president a prostitute
During a tease this morning, MSNBC mistakenly labeled outgoing French president Nicolas Sarkozy as a prostitute.
Site Updates
New NewscastStudio coming this summer
Some exciting change are coming to NewscastStudio! We just completed the design mockups for a new look for NewscastStudio and have handed them off to our development team.
Site Updates
A note to TV News Insider readers
As you may be aware, our sister site TV News Insider has been noticeably quiet this week. This wasn’t by choice.
For most of the week, the hosting company that serves TV News Insider has been having major technical issues and we wanted to take a few minutes to explain what’s going on and what we’re doing about it.
HD, Local News, Set Design, SetStudio, Site Updates
WPMI-TV added to SetStudio
We’ve added photos of WPMI-TV, the Mobile NBC affiliate, to SetStudio.
Advertising, Branding, Networks, Weather
The Weather Channel serves up personalized weather
The Weather Channel has rolled out a new campaign for its 30th anniversary, featuring God and a more social web experience.
Branding, Music
Corporations taking notice of sonic identity
Radio program Marketplace had an interesting segment on how mainstream businesses are starting to better understand the importance of something broadcast news has recognized for years: Sonic identities.
The report covers how sonic IDs are sprouting up all over the place, ranging from clothes dryer manufacturer LG to car maker Hyundai.
Local News
Whoops: Sue Simmons caught discussing her breast on air
Outgoing WNBC-TV anchor Sue Simmons was caught telling a story about something hitting her breast before the station’s 11 p.m. newscast Monday.
Local News, Online
Gannett stations all using custom URL shorteners
Gannett’s TV stations are now all using vanity URL shorteners.
Local News, Online
Local TV sites make switch to WordPress VIP CMS
Local TV websites have recently switched over to using the WordPress VIP hosting and content management platform, and with that comes a redesign for all of the sites.
Local News
El Paso anchors strike a pose for close shot
The late news team at KTSM-TV, the NBC affiliate in El Paso, Texas, used the newscast’s 10 p.m. closing shot to have a little bit of fun.
Networks
’30 Rock’ spoofs NBC News
Here’s a little fun for your Friday: Last night NBC’s “30 Rock” aired two live episodes, one edition for the east coast and another for the west.
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