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May 21, 2013

Hartford station’s competitor pops up on RP screen

We’ve all seen the wrong video or graphic pop up on the now ubiquitous video walls behind anchors, but WTNH-TV in Hartford didn’t just air the wrong image — it showed its competitor on air. During a recent newscast a video of WTIC-TV anchor Alison Morris randomly popped on the screen behind the anchor desk. [...]

May 17, 2013

CNN fouls in L3s during Beckham coverage

CNN’s “Newsroom,” covering the news of soccer (European football) player David Beckham’s retirement, managed to mix up what country he plays for, as well as an important fact about his career, reports the Huffington Post. In the lower third banner shown above, CNN identified Beckham as “just helped France win championship.” Wait. What? We’re pretty [...]

May 13, 2013

‘New Day’ promos debut

CNN began airing promos this week for its new morning show, “New Day.” The promo features an upbeat song and a blurry coffee drip with the new logo and brand. Have a look: Uploaded via TelevisionGFX on YouTube.

May 8, 2013

Dallas map glitch predicts electoral votes, not fronts

WFAA-TV forecaster Pete Delkus found a different kind of map behind him during Monday’s newscast. Instead of red high fronts and blue low fronts, Delkus found himself in front of red states and blue states — a 2012 electoral vote map. The error was apparently the result of a new weather map system the station recently [...]