Posts Tagged ‘clickspring’

Promax|BDA announces 2010 winners

Promax|BDA has released its list of 2010 award winners.

Among the winners, Jack Morton PDG took home the gold for its work on MLB Tonight and CTV took home many gold awards for its Olympic coverage, including scenic design. Both sets were fabricated by blackwalnut.

You can see a complete list of winners below:

Tour of CNN’s new ‘Studio 7′ in Atlanta

The AJC has posted a tour of CNN’s new “Studio 7″ in its Atlanta HQ.

CNN may not be having a banner year in ratings, but the Atlanta headquarters now at least has spiffy new digs.

Three years in the making, the first makeover since the early 1990s gets rid of the wood trims and dated CNN signage. Instead, there’s the “magic wall” seen in the D.C. studio and a special UTouch wall, demonstrated below.

CNN ‘Studio 7′ added to SetStudio

We’ve added screencaps from the new Clickspring designed CNN Atlanta studio to SetStudio.

Watch for our complete review and actual photos soon. Thanks to CNNFan.org for the caps.

WRC-TV launches in HD with Clickspring designed set

WRC-TV, the Washington D.C. NBC affiliate, has launched newscasts in high definition.

Along with the change to HD, the station has debuted a new set designed by Clickspring Design and built by blackwalnut.

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CNN set photos show test colors only

A quick update about the new CNN set: The pastel colors, which we discussed in our analysis of the set earlier this week, were only being used to used to test the lighting systems, a Clickspring Design spokesperson tells NewscastStudio. The actual colors that will be used on the set will be different and richer. No debut date has been announced for the new studio.

Clickspring confirmed as designer of new CNN set

NewscastStudio has confirmed that Clickspring Design, lead by Erik Ulfers, is the designer behind the new CNN Atlanta studio. Clickspring also designed the main CNN set in New York as well as many of the other CNN sets.

Click here to read the full story and commentary. Click here to vote on what you think about the new set.

Winner of ‘Best Set of 2009′ announced

WPBF-TV, the ABC affiliate serving West Palm Beach, Fla., has won the first NewscastStudio “set of the year” contest by a large margin.

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2009’s best set designs

2009 was a challenging year for the television news business and it’s no question that was reflected in the set design industry.

Combined with the bad economy and end of the first wave of HD newscast conversions, there were significantly less sets going in around the country.

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Clickspring awarded Emmy for CNN election set

Clickspring Design’s work for the CNN 2008 U.S. Presidential Election coverage was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in scenic design. The News & Documentary Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in news and documentary programming by conferring annual awards of merit.

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Clickspring wins Gold BDA for CNN election set

During the recent Promax|BDA awards, Clickspring Design was honored for its CNN Election set design.

CNN charged Clickspring with realizing two primary objectives for election coverage. First: to communicate unassailable editorial expertise. The headline “CNN = Politics” established an equation for all design and production related to the election season.

The secondary objective was to create a branded alignment between multiple events — twelve debates, five primaries and election night. Developing live events with audiences ranging from 200 to 2,000 in size, and addressing the realities of live video production — two very different lenses — needed careful synchronization.

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