Graphics, HD, Local News

CBS O&Os continue to roll out new graphics package

More CBS O&O stations have rolled out the new CBS graphics package.

These stations include KYW-TV, KDKA-TV, KPIX-TV, WWJ-TV and KTVT-TV.

Music

615 Music acquires Kingsize Music Library

615 Music has acquired Kingsize Music Library. The library, based in New York City, is known for its real, organic music, produced by some of the top musicians in the industry.

“We’ve represented the catalog for a number of years, and are excited to bring the Kingsize Music catalog into the 615 Music family,” said Randy Wachtler, CEO/Founder of 615 Music. “We are looking forward to the new opportunities that will soon arise as a result of the long-time success of their promo and in-show production music history.”

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Branding, Local News

CBS L.A. O&O rebrands again

KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV, the CBS owned-and-operated stations in Los Angeles, have been rebranded under the name “CBS Los Angeles” and launched a new Web site that, similar to WCBS-TV in New York, also incorporates the station’s sister radio properties.

The new site, CBSLosAngeles.com, sports a similar look and feel to CBSNewYork.com.

You may recall that last year the two stations were branded under the name “NewsCentral,” a name that lasted about five months.

Graphics, HD, Local News, Set Design

Arizona CBS affiliate debuts in HD with new set and graphics

KOLD-TV, the Tucson, Ariz. CBS affiliate, has launched a new look in high definition.

As part of the switch to HD, the station debuted a new logo, set and graphics package. The new set, designed by FX Group, uses blues and yellow combined with wood tones to create a simple yet effective design.

More photos, from Furbish Designs, after the jump.

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Cable News, Graphics

CNN makes graphic mistake during ‘Restoring Honor’ rally

Via Inside Cable News, looks like CNN made a few mistakes on this L3. Can you spot all three?

TVNewser writes, “If there was an award for ‘most mistakes in a single chyron,’ this would probably take first place.”

Graphics, Networks, Set Design, Virtual Sets

‘Meet the Press’ creates faux bookcase for talking heads

NBC News is now sending a fake bookcase graphic to live shot locations for “Meet the Press.”

The graphic appears very very fake on air and looks extremely flat.

One better solution to this would have been to film a portion of the set, then send them the looped tape, similar to what is done with MSNBC’s news nooks. NBC also does something similar during the weekend edition of “Nightly” when they have a video loop of the studio in the background, when the broadcast is actually produced from a smaller studio with just a single camera.

Graphics, HD, Sports, real time graphics

Fox Sports moves from Chyron to Vizrt

Along with debuting a new graphics package for its preseason NFL coverage, Fox also debuted a new work flow with Vizrt.

“Viewers can expect to see a much more colorful 3D look overall,” says Zac Fields, Fox Sports’ manager of remote graphics. “Yet at the same time, our production process will be much more streamlined; making life simpler for the artists and operators who create and play our graphics.”

To make this happen, Fox Sports has migrated to Vizrt’s graphics platform, including: Viz Artist, Viz Engine and Viz Trio. Previously, Fox relied on Cinema 4D, 3D Studio Max and Adobe Suite to create graphics, then importing to Chyron Duet software.

“One of the Trios is used for our ‘FOX BOX’ scoring banner,” said Fields. “The second Viz Trio is used for our 3D graphics. Although much of its content is preproduced, it is possible for us to create new 3D animations on the fly.”

Fox Sports plans to roll out the Viz 3D system to its other sports properties early next year, including its NASCAR coverage in February.

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HD, Networks, Set Design

‘World News’ debuts sleek new home

ABC New’s “World News” has debuted a new set by Jack Morton.

The new set creates more intimate shots between anchor Diane Sawyer and on-set reporters, a pivotal element that Sawyer brought to the newscast, as creates a lighter, more airy feel.

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Graphics, Networks

‘World News’ uses watermarked stock photo

Looks like someone borrowed a comp image from iStockPhoto on tonight’s broadcast of “World News.”

As you can see in the red box, the watermark is still on the image. The same image can be found here on iStockPhoto.

Branding, Local News

Alabama station to rebrand

WAAY-TV, the ABC affiliate serving the Huntsville, Ala. area, will become “WAAY 31 First News” on Sept. 13.

The station currently is branded as “WAAY 31 News.”

A significant change is the elimination of a 6 p.m. newscast. Instead, the station will air “Jeopardy!” at 6 p.m., in addition to a repeat episode of the game show at 4:30 p.m. The station is also adding a 4 p.m. newscast and will move its main anchor team to 5 p.m. followed by “World News” (which the station apparently still thinks is called “World News Tonight,” according to its official announcement).

WAAY-TV certainly isn’t the first station to use the “First” moniker and it will be interesting if it manages to beat it to death as many other stations using the name have. Too often the word “first” gets thrown in front of practically every segment title (”First World,” “First Weather,” “First Sports”) and tends to be a bit much. It is worth noting, however, that the addition of a 4 p.m. newscast and moving up its primary early evening newscast to 5 p.m. does support this branding to a certain extent.

The “First” branding concept is perhaps most common with 4 p.m. newscasts running under the banner “First at Four” — a name that works pretty well given its alliteration and the fact that many stations who use it air the market’s only 4 p.m. news.

Graphics, HD, Sports

Fox Sports rolls out new graphics for NFL coverage

Foxx Sports has rolled out new graphics for its coverage of the NFL.

The new graphics are a vast improvement and look very polished. One interesting note, FOX is now broadcasting the games letterboxed to SD viewers. With that said, many of the graphics still seem safe zone oriented with only a few taking advantage of the extra wings.

View more screen grabs after the jump.

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HD, Networks, Set Design, SetStudio

‘Meet the Press’ photos added to SetStudio

We’ve added new high resolution photos of the “Meet the Press” set to SetStudio.

The new photos, courtesy of Clickspring Design, show the full set and layout. To view a larger view of the photo above, click on the image.