Local Weather Always On

[brandonmahaffey85]

I remember reading about TWC leaving the local weather on all the time even during commercials. I have been watching TWC for the past hour and my local weather is always at the bottom of the screen now. Is anyone else seeing this as well? Maybe it's an Intellistar problem at my head end. But let me know if anyone else is seeing their local weather at the bottom of the screen now during commercials. And by the way it's on my SD channel not my HD channel

[Zach]

Seems like a glitch. Happens on IntelliStars every now and then.

[weatherfan_2013]

It's probably your head end. I got nothing on my side. Which I checked the SD channel. 

[brandonmahaffey85]

Yeah that's what I was thinking. But I do like it on all the time. Maybe it will stay...

[WeatherWitness]

If TWC does this, it would be very similar to what ESPN does with their "Bottom Line."

[gt1racerlHDl]

It would make sense to have the LDL's scroll during the commercials because they show relevant weather information the current 60 second locals don't.

[Eric]

It would make sense to have the LDL's scroll during the commercials because they show relevant weather information the current 60 second locals don't.

Maybe that's not part of the deal with advertisers, if they have any say in the matter.  I'm sure advertisers would prefer to have their commercials playing without anything else on the screen to detract attention from them - emergency weather bulletins notwithstanding.

[Zach]

It would make sense to have the LDL's scroll during the commercials because they show relevant weather information the current 60 second locals don't.

Maybe that's not part of the deal with advertisers, if they have any say in the matter.  I'm sure advertisers would prefer to have their commercials playing without anything else on the screen to detract attention from them - emergency weather bulletins notwithstanding.

In that case, the best TWC could do is just windowbox the advertisements, which is what ESPN and ESPN2 so that they can keep the bottom line turned on and commercials aren't covered up in any way.

[Eric]

I agree - that would be the best solution.  One can only speculate why that hasn't yet happened, other than TWC's dwindling interest in actually showing weather reports.

[GEAUXmedic]

I agree - that would be the best solution.  One can only speculate why that hasn't yet happened, other than TWC's dwindling interest in actually showing weather reports.

Did anyone get to go to their sneak peak event today?

[jrhtwc]

I agree - that would be the best solution.  One can only speculate why that hasn't yet happened, other than TWC's dwindling interest in actually showing weather reports.

Did anyone get to go to their sneak peak event today?

what event?

[luesjo12]

It's just A sun outage

[Metarvo]

Maybe that's not part of the deal with advertisers, if they have any say in the matter.  I'm sure advertisers would prefer to have their commercials playing without anything else on the screen to detract attention from them - emergency weather bulletins notwithstanding.

This of course is proof that TWC is trying so hard to be more like every other cable channel rather than being a unique, valuable place where viewers go for something different.

In any case, I'm on satellite and see no LDL on screen during the commercials.  During the normal programming, a LDL showing weather info for select cities appears.

[Eric]

This of course is proof that TWC is trying so hard to be more like every other cable channel rather than being a unique, valuable place where viewers go for something different.

You're right, and it's sad.  There is hardly any uniqueness amongst cable channels anymore.  They're all falling over themselves to be exactly the same as everyone else.

In any case, I'm on satellite and see no LDL on screen during the commercials.  During the normal programming, a LDL showing weather info for select cities appears.

As it is right now, LDLs over commercials are errors, not the norm, so no one should really be seeing them... yet.  I strongly dislike when my IntelliStar 2 goes down (or just doesn't get cued - happens too often) and I see the national LDL instead.  It's as useful to me as the "Travel Cities Forecast" national feed local forecast from ages ago - one line in the whole segment may be useful, but not very, and you have to wait forever for it to show up.