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Offline beanboy89

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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2008, 11:18:46 PM »
Quote from: lfmusiclover on July 06, 2008, 09:53:49 PM
Interesting you mention Leo Laporte Steve. I used to love watching his shows on techTV/ZDTV.  :twothumbs:
Same here. ZDTV and then TechTV was one of my favorite channels, right behind TWC. The day Comcast bought them out and threw G4 branding everywhere the channel went right downhill. I certainly the same doesn't happen with TWC and NBC.
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2008, 11:21:04 PM »
TWC has already been doing stuff of its own to go downhill. :P
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2008, 11:22:39 PM »
Quote from: Spring Rubber on July 06, 2008, 11:21:04 PM
TWC has already been doing stuff of its own to go downhill. :P
Yeah, that's bad enough. :lol:
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Offline Mike M

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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2008, 11:31:21 PM »
Quote from: Spring Rubber on July 06, 2008, 11:21:04 PM
TWC has already been doing stuff of its own to go downhill. :P
Indeed. If it only gets worse it won't bother me much.
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2008, 12:22:51 AM »
Quote from: Victor on July 06, 2008, 04:49:31 PM
I found another article here disclosing about how nbc finds a "logical fit" with TWC
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/06/financial/f121938D96.DTL&feed=rss.business


After reading that article, this paragraph makes me feel a bit better:

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NBC and Landmark said in a statement that The Weather Channel would be operated as a separate entity out of its base in Atlanta. They said they expected the transaction to close by year-end, pending regulatory approvals.
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #20 on: July 07, 2008, 01:07:05 AM »
For one thing, NBC Universal will likely have our weatherstar videos removed and our YouTube accounts terminated, since they now have TWC.
« Last Edit: July 07, 2008, 01:08:58 AM by Jtaylor1 »
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2008, 01:08:10 AM »
For all of those who have been biting your nails (and toe nails) over the past few months:

(via NYTimes): "Under the terms of the deal, the Weather Channel will be run as an independent operation, rather than being merged into NBC’s own meteorological offering, NBC Weather Plus. Built as a competitor to the Weather Channel, Weather Plus has long been seen as an also-ran, with fewer viewers and generally higher placement on the channel dial."

EDIT: Billy clearly posted something similar above. Damn him. :P
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2008, 01:13:21 AM »
Quote from: beanboy89 on July 06, 2008, 11:18:46 PM
Quote from: lfmusiclover on July 06, 2008, 09:53:49 PM
Interesting you mention Leo Laporte Steve. I used to love watching his shows on techTV/ZDTV.  :twothumbs:
Same here. ZDTV and then TechTV was one of my favorite channels, right behind TWC. The day Comcast bought them out and threw G4 branding everywhere the channel went right downhill. I certainly the same doesn't happen with TWC and NBC.

Before ZDTV and TechTV, there was once a non-commercial channel called "Jones Computer Network".
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #23 on: July 07, 2008, 01:32:40 AM »
My newspaper (owned by landmark) has a big article on it. Looks like the change of hands will all happen at the end of this year
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/weather-channel-deal-sealed-35-billion-nbc-group
« Last Edit: July 07, 2008, 01:37:34 AM by Martin »
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #24 on: July 07, 2008, 02:15:00 AM »
Quote from: Tyler on July 07, 2008, 01:08:10 AM
For all of those who have been biting your nails (and toe nails) over the past few months:

(via NYTimes): "Under the terms of the deal, the Weather Channel will be run as an independent operation, rather than being merged into NBC’s own meteorological offering, NBC Weather Plus. Built as a competitor to the Weather Channel, Weather Plus has long been seen as an also-ran, with fewer viewers and generally higher placement on the channel dial."
EDIT: Billy clearly posted something similar above. Damn him. :P

That's a relief. If there was anything (and I mean ANYTHING) I could approve NBC doing with The Weather Channel is merging Weather Plus with WeatherScan. The graphics could be improved and the information could still be useful. Visually, what WeatherScan turned into is a monstrosity to watch. I like what WeatherScan had a few years ago. Add the local weather video segments that Weather Plus has and there's an improved and merged "NBC WeatherScan" hybrid.  Okay, I'm sure there would be plenty of tweaking to make a great sister channel for The Weather Channel, but you get my point.

As long as for The Weather Channel itself, NBC doesn't mess with the most important elements that identify what TWC has been. Then I'll be okay with NBC now owning TWC. DON'T TOUCH THE LOCAL ON THE 8s!
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #25 on: July 07, 2008, 02:18:11 AM »
I can see Weatherscan being merged though. It's L-bar was likely implemented to compete with WeatherPlus.
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #26 on: July 07, 2008, 02:27:15 AM »
You have a good and valid point there with Weather Plus' LDL. Holy crap, Mike... that's a live emulator feed you have going there?
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #27 on: July 07, 2008, 02:35:32 AM »
Quote from: NYCTWCjunkie on July 07, 2008, 02:27:15 AM
You have a good and valid point there with Weather Plus' LDL. Holy crap, Mike... that's a live emulator feed you have going there?
Yes, it's not my emulator though. I had volunteered to stream the emulator online for the developer. For more info, go here.
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #28 on: July 07, 2008, 10:25:44 AM »
I'll repeat what I said earlier again for the benefit of the doomsayers amongst us (cough Jtaylor cough). You won't see too many changes when the smoke settles. For the most part TWC is a winning recipe, so I highly doubt NBC is going to implement any terribly drastic changes. As they say, you don't fix what ain't broken.  :twothumbs:
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Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!
« Reply #29 on: July 07, 2008, 10:39:48 AM »
Quote from: Jtaylor1 on July 07, 2008, 01:07:05 AM
For one thing, NBC Universal will likely have our weatherstar videos removed and our YouTube accounts terminated, since they now have TWC.
Uh oh, for real? :blink:
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