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Other => General Discussion => Topic started by: wxmancanada on January 10, 2012, 12:26:45 AM
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Hello again folks!
For those who didn't catch the "I'm back" thread, hello again! I've truly missed hanging out around here, but as time progresses old habits sadly get lost, but let me remind everyone that my time spent here was quite enjoyable and the inspiration for my ongoing project would have never been possible had it not have been for this forum!
On that note, a lot of you know I've spent my time over the years trying to create a version of Weatherscan, but for broadcast in Canada. Who knew launching a television station independently could take so much work!
A lot of progress has been made over the past year, I'm at the point now where I'm in discussions with Rogers (Canadian version of Comcast) as to what the best 'launch plan' is for this service. In the coming months Rogers will be broadcasting my product "Weathercaster" during the evening, overnight and morning hours on a few different channels, this will allow us to get feedback and better prepare me for the full launch shortly down the road from that.
However, the most important feedback for me is what everyone here has to say. So many people have such creative mock ups, My inspiration for the project came from here, it seems only right to ask for everyone's feedback here.
So what does everyone thing? What should change? What do you like? What would you do differently? Let me know, I'll be taking all comments into consideration. I'd hate to launch a product that true weather channel lovers wouldn't approve.
Link: KSMI Broadcasting - Weathercaster v6.8 RTM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRglzFJdN50#)
Hope everyone is doing well!
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Like the narration. You actually hired AJ for those right? I think a little deeper integration of vocal would be helpful. I know when I have TWC on sometimes I am not actually in front of the tv so vocal local is very helpful.
Also I would suggest more emphasis on radar. A larger/animated/color coded image would be awesome. Regional satellite data would also be helpful
Looks awesome and hope you get it implemented :)
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Ah - you reminded me of two things I forgot!
1) The voiceovers will be fully implemented like they are on TWC's LOT8s, a full vocal local including current conditions and forecast readouts. Yes, AJ is helping me out on this one!
2) There is a full radar page that isn't in the rotation just yet as Environment Canada is still working on the custom radar data feeds for me. This is also the explanation for the small, un-animated radar box.
Appreciate the feedback!
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It looks fantastic - much better than Weatherscan itself!
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I like it as well. But will there be more slides? Some regional/provincial cc maps would be nice. Also Maybe some slides with weekend getaways like TWC has. Looks pretty awesome so far though! Will there be a warning crawl for watches/warnings?