Posts Tagged ‘nbc’

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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‘Nightly’ and ‘Today’ boasting Vancouver-themed Twitter backgrounds

The Twitter pages for “NBC Nightly News” and the “Today Show” are sporting Olympics-themed Twitter backgrounds that incorporate the shows’ logos into the shield-like logo NBC uses for its Olympics coverage. Interestingly, however, MSNBC’s hasn’t been updated.

‘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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Morgan Freeman takes over as voice of ‘Evening News’

CBS News has announced that actor Morgan Freeman will replace Walter Cronkite as the announcer for “CBS Evening News.”

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‘Nightly’ switches pre-show tease background

We noticed “NBC Nightly News” has been using a different background for its pre-show teases.

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‘Today’ updates Twitter background

NBC’s “Today Show” has a new Twitter page background. The new look includes several 3D “sunrise arches” floating in front of a whispy cloudscape. Also added is a the show’s new image campaign slogan: “Your Day is Today.”

The page still doesnt’ fix the issue of users with extremely large screens seeing a jarring cut-off on the edges of the background, as we’ve lamented before.

Brian Williams runs down SNL writer list

Reporting from the “Nightly News” set, Brian Williams ran down the list of “Saturday Night Live” writer nominees on last night’s Emmy broadcast.

In the pre-recorded segment, complete with the “Nightly News” OTS graphic, Williams ended by calling the collective bunch “Nerds” (see image after the jump).

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Screen grabs of new ‘Today’ graphics posted

We’ve posted screen captures from NBC’s new “Today Show” graphics package.

Poll: What do you think of the new ‘Today’ graphics

What do you think of the new graphics on NBC’s “Today Show”?

‘Today’ debuts new graphics

NBC’s “Today Show” has a new graphical look that has ties to the earlier MSNBC redesign but also has some strange design choices.

The new, cleaner look, gets rid of the sharp “ribbons” and somewhat choppy animation of the old package in exchange for white boxes accented with color, similar to the look at MSNBC.

More images, a video clip and commentary after the jump.

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Philly residents ‘furious’ over new site look?

As part of the NBC O&O Web site relaunches today, readers have the opportunity to vote on various stories. It seems like the new site may not be that popular in Philadelphia. At 8:42 p.m. CT Wednesday evening, 48 percent of readers had indicated they were “furious” on the new site tour posted on the site.

In fairness, it might be a little unclear to some what they were voting on based on how the page was designed.

Other cities had a bit better reaction: 37 percent of Chicago users said they were “thrilled” on NBCChicago.com’s iteration of the same story (though “furious” was a close second). In New York, 43 percent of users were “thrilled” as well, followed by 19 percent being “intrigued.”

To some extend this does demonstrate the fickleness of online polls; not that they can’t add a bit of fun to a site and NBC seems to have captured a certain playfulness that might win over viewers.