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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 15, 2009, 05:10:21 PM »

MSNBC ran for at least one or two hours without commercials in continuous live coverage.

Why is TWC covering the story? It's not a weather event at all...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 01, 2009, 06:33:07 PM »

Oh no...

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=165944

Comcast and NBCU?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Promoting Cloudy With A Chance of Meat Balls

« on: September 21, 2009, 09:38:18 AM »

It did seem to work: it won the weekend box office for the week.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 21, 2009, 09:32:43 AM »

I've been having periodic no picture and macroblocking (along with sound outages) for weeks now.

I am wondering if the STAR has gone kaput and they need to get a replacement? If so, I'd hope for an XL...(but it's a pipe dream, obviously)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Promoting Cloudy With A Chance of Meat Balls

« on: September 17, 2009, 10:45:03 PM »

That explains part of it, but what studio is doing the movie? Universal?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Promoting Cloudy With A Chance of Meat Balls

« on: September 16, 2009, 11:24:28 PM »

This is what I was talking about that said "TWC hit a new low".

I didn't know which OCM it was, gang. Sorry. At least I know who it is now.

It's horrible product placement on the level of pure TWC blasphemy.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 09, 2009, 12:09:00 AM »

More bad decisions by the marketing department at NBC Universal.

I wish I had video - it really comes off as the worst commercial with a tie-in to TWC. Ever.

I think our plane has arrived at rock bottom - and not gently, either.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: An earlier WeatherPlus?

« on: August 31, 2009, 11:29:27 PM »

Probably never launched. By 2000, TWC did have a pretty good hold on things. While 1998 and 99 were the best graphics years, 2000 was kinda the beginning of the decline. They got rid of their old VO guy too (the one they used since 1996).

All the patents and trademarks were registered to New Horizons Telecasting, Wycombe, PA.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 31, 2009, 11:27:30 PM »

That's a new place to sit a water bottle...

I'm thinking that's Carl's.  j/k

Did the OCMs get sucked in by the Eco Canteen?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 25, 2009, 12:40:27 AM »

Anistorm: Look for ClamWin.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 21, 2009, 05:44:16 PM »

Al: You'll learn fast why TV buffs hate Nexstar/Mission Broadcasting.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: August 17, 2009, 09:14:50 AM »

I had an issue where TWC had macroblocking overnight (1am ET hour) and would cut to gray. After I had TWC on for 15 minutes, my cable box rebooted. It was downstream from the IS though, so it could have been my box.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 15, 2009, 10:20:12 PM »

The promo for Brian Williams on Katrina doesn't have a Jim Cutler voiceover but an Eric Gordon one. Gordon's biggest client is CNN, and he's done a lot of local stations. Go to southernmedia-nmsa.com, click on Broadcast, then go to to ETC. in the top bar, select Voiceover Artists, then Eric Gordon. His newer stuff is a different sound than even earlier this decade.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: August 08, 2009, 10:13:12 PM »

When old and new footage are mixed...all but the die-hards won't notice.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 03, 2009, 08:12:50 PM »

When I saw FO in the last month, it was at the small desk by the map wall.