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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 14, 2013, 07:05:05 PM »

TWC is talking about severe weather for a big part of the mid west on Sunday so it might be the first use of the dual feed or extended live coverage.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: New OCM Jennifer Delgado joins TWC

« on: November 14, 2013, 06:57:24 PM »

Someone has to be leaving as TWC does not need any more OCMs.
Maybe this is why 7pm only has one OCM since the schedule changes?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 14, 2013, 12:34:59 PM »

Understand your points on the snow color indication.
I do agree with Eric though that the maps should not be white. They should have more of a darker earth color.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 14, 2013, 05:16:22 AM »

Make that three. The maps are way to simple and it's odd not having snow indicated in white as it is on all other channels.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 13, 2013, 10:27:51 PM »

This is what we get on the national feed with no IS2,


This is why I said it's not really Weather All The Time. They apparently have no setup in place for those who don't have the IS or IS2 to have weather info during longform.


They should at the least turn the national LDL back on during commercials breaks so the gray area is not empty.


On the national SD feed they should turn the national LDL on since they have the space for it and the local LDL would simply cover it up for those who have the IS.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 13, 2013, 09:12:19 PM »

First off I hate the schedule changes. I want weather after 2pm on weekends and later in the evening on weekdays.

3rd When severe weather breaks out in parts of the country only there going to get break ins what Bullsh-- I want to see the coverage also and not stupid non weather related programming..

I have a feeling due to all the complaints about the reduction in live hours they are going eventually add hours back to the weekends and maybe be an hour weekdays for those on the west coast.
The OCMs that lost shows are being told by their fans on FB how they are not happy.

Agree on the severe weather coverage. Show it everywhere.
What happens if there is sever weather in more than one location? Do they both get the same coverage?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 13, 2013, 06:18:03 PM »

Anyone else with no IS2 notice the clock on the national HD LDL is about 50 seconds behind the actual time?
I know there is a bit of a delay from encoding the HD feed though this seems a bit much.

On my SD IS feed the clock is only off by 4 seconds.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 13, 2013, 05:28:37 PM »

During long forom shows there is still no weather information on the bottom of screen during commercials beaks for those who do not have the IS2.  It should be there because they do it during live shows on the national feed and I don't get why they can't set the computer to turn it on and off during long form?
Are those who have an IS2 getting any info at the bottom during commercials?

The LDL during longform is transparent.  If there were a national LDL on the screen, the local LDL would need to have a solid background to cover it up, thus blocking out most, if not all, of the bottom portion of the screen during longform.  The only way to show longform full-screen without covering up the bottom is to keep a transparent local LDL, which, unfortunately, means no national LDL underneath.

I'm not talking about the LDL being on during longform shows. I get why it's off.
I'm talking about the commercial breaks during long form.
Why can't we get LDL the they do on the national feed during commercial breaks on the live shows during longform?


One other observation. They still need to make the lighting on the OCMs at the green screen brighter.


There's an article from the AP who talked to David Clark.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/weather-channel-tightening-focus

I found two things interesting,
"Now, The Weather Channel will be able to localize such specialized coverage: if severe weather is threatening the Midwest, for example, the channel in those areas will follow it full-time while other parts of the country will stay in regular programming. Clark said this might happen some 100 to 150 days of the year."

While personally I'd rather watch the severe weather coverage it's good they are going to break into long form for those areas.

This comment also sounds promising,

"The Weather Channel is not abandoning its long-form programming, but is trying to make these shows more focused on science and the weather so they don't seem like they could be on any other channel, Clark said. He cited "Iron Men," a series about construction workers on high-rise buildings, as one that didn't work because it didn't fit the brand. Better fitting the new direction is "Freaks of Nature," a show about people with unusual abilities to withstand the elements."

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 13, 2013, 04:25:01 PM »

During long forom shows there is still no weather information on the bottom of screen during commercials beaks for those who do not have the IS2.  It should be there because they do it during live shows on the national feed and I don't get why they can't set the computer to turn it on and off during long form?
Are those who have an IS2 getting any info at the bottom during commercials?

Checked out Morning Rush and the lighting was much better today. Overall it had a much brighter and warmer feel.
As they could do with the old studio the walls and now the floor for the desk can change color.
The used a nice warm yellow color for Morning Rush.


(This is an observation not a complaint)
During the first forecast segment at 9am the music was almost at the same level as Mike Bettes' voice.

For WCL they are back to blue. They also started with the OCMs standing at the side table.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 13, 2013, 03:38:27 AM »

"Our first objective is to ensure our fans get their weather, all the time, on our screen, even during commercial breaks and when watching our shows."

Except if you have a cable system that does not have an IS2 and you get nothing on screen during longform and the longform commercial breaks. I get why it's not on screen, technically it's not weather all the time.

"Weather Center Live starts at 10 a.m. ET giving you all the weather stories around our globe and hosted by the most talented meteorologists today."
Huh? A rebroadcast of "Wake Up With Al" was on at 10am ET Tuesday.

"Starting at 8 p.m. ET and throughout the night, every night, we will provide our fans the most engaging stories of real people tackling the natural drama of lives lived in the elements.  Shows in November and December at night include Prospectors at 9 p.m. ET and Freaks of Nature at 10 p.m. ET every Sunday."

BS! Prospectors has nothing to do with weather and should be on another channel.
I am happy though that other non weather reality shows are no longer on the schedule.

TWC still does not have a set OCM schedule. Jen was on 4am Tuesday with Alex Walice and today Julie is on with Alex at 4am.

Same music is back under all forecast segments

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 07:38:50 PM »

Mark Elliot just showed up doing a live segment in studio and now Kyla and Mark are on though only Chris is doing the forecast segment.

I'm guessing there are no plans to update WeatherScan to the new grapgics?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 07:08:31 PM »

No Kim Cunningham on WCL at 7pm. TWC is going cheap and using only one OCM Chris Warren.
So  Kim Cunningham and Daneille Banks it appears are no longer doing live shows and just live updates if they still do them during long form.
Not sure when Keith Carson is going to be on either.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 05:40:31 PM »

TWC's response on FB about the narration on the LOT8s,
The Weather Channel "Daniel - We're revamping the voice for local on the 8s to bring you more local information. It will be back soon."

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 05:10:08 PM »

To me it's a bit dark and the studio could be a little brighter. Yes I know it's day one. Just an observation.

I actually like the full screen video. The wing on the right is not doing much for me and the forecast maps are better full screen.

One other thing I noticed is at the green screen the OMC's have a purple shadow on them. which used to happen before the studio remodel.
I wonder where it's coming from?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 03:15:38 PM »

Long-form observations:
Why can't they just have the transparent LDL on the both SD and HD feeds?

I guess TWC wants the screen layout to stay the same no matter what is on the SD feed.
The HD video is letterboxed and moved to the top of the 4:3 frame leaving the bottom space for the LDL.