New Graphics coming to TWC

[toxictwister00]

Schedule Change? I new so I'm just curious. What schedule change?

Anyone know why TWC is doing no live shows from 5pm to 4am?

https://twctodayforums.com/forums/everything-else-twc/general-twc-discussion/msg183048/#msg183048

Weird thing is my Xfinity guide didn't show the changes 

Surprised yours didn't show it, mine did. There was no WCL on my programming guide when I checked it last night after seeing that thread.

EDIT: Checked it again, it has WCL back on there again.

[Metarvo]

It looks like things are back to normal as far as WCL is concerned tonight, but now I'm wondering how long it will last.  What (nearly) happened last night is the equivalent of the Friday Night Death Slot for WCL.  By attempting to skip WCL last night, TWC has metaphorically "moved it to Friday Night" IMHO.  Weather intervened, which is a perfect example of why they shouldn't do this.

[gt1racerlHDl]

Schedule Change? I new so I'm just curious. What schedule change?

Anyone know why TWC is doing no live shows from 5pm to 4am?

https://twctodayforums.com/forums/everything-else-twc/general-twc-discussion/msg183048/#msg183048

Weird thing is my Xfinity guide didn't show the changes 

Surprised yours didn't show it, mine did. There was no WCL on my programming guide when I checked it last night after seeing that thread.

EDIT: Checked it again, it has WCL back on there again.

My brother informed me when i was at work the guide said the same as you posted tavores, the last time i saw the guide was 8am yesterday morning and i didn't see any longform 

[brandonmahaffey85]

Looking at my channel guide last night it didn't show WCL it just showed the programming that was on. And as for today it's showing WCL on at 5pm and again at 10pm. I know they said there was a meeting which is why they didn't go live. Maybe their meeting last night was about rolling out the new GFX and things.

[gt1racerlHDl]

A friend of mine in Framingham got this reply from TWC when asking about seeing Wellesley, MA's Metro Conditions on the Locals.

My Friend's Reply

Hi TWC Feedback, are there any plans to bring back the Metro Conditions page in place of the Current Conditions page on the IntelliStar? the reason i ask is i cannot see my area Wellesley's conditions on the IntelliStar Local On The 8s and instead i always see Boston Int'l Airports conditions.

Please fix this soon i want to be able to see my area's forecast again.

TWC's Reply

This is the result of TWC dropping down to 60 second locals. I have passed on your comment to my boss. Hopefully, they review this issue. I know we have a lot of changes for local all the time coming in the fall, so I hope this gets addressed by then if not sooner. There is a lot of developmental work which is why it will take that many months.

[gt1racerlHDl]

I had a lengthy discussion with Tony F via email about the new graphics and this is what he told me

The new graphics and products are still a long way away and only in the planning stages, We are not making any changes from now on until the new graphics and products come out toward the end of the year Unfortunately, we still don't know when Comcast will do their HD locals. And it will be a number of months before we know anything about the new product dates.

and here's what he told Vala about previous versions of Stars (XL,3000,4000)

We are very sorry about this. Unfortunately, your cable company has one of our older Local on the 8's computers. That model is having difficulty getting updates. We are trying some things to make it better but there isn't much we can do to these old models. We will continue to try to find fixes.

The good news is that a newer Local on the 8's model is replacing all the older ones in 2013. I don't have a date but the new one will be coming in a number of months and the new one will be much, much better than the local you are currently seeing.

[WeatherWitness]

I'm very anxious to see what's in store for the LOT8s later this year.  It's hard to believe that in October the SD IntelliSTAR will be approaching its sixth year since the latest upgrade.  With the Emergency Feed running on TruVu Max now, I wonder if the locals will follow suit?

On the other hand, I am perfectly fine with the graphics TWC currently has and am not looking forward to a change any time soon.  TWC updates their on-air graphics far too often in my opinion.  Is that all the graphics department does?  The day new graphics debut they have to go back to the drawing board and start making even better ones?

[TWCJim]

...and here's what he told Vala about previous versions of Stars (XL,3000,4000)

We are very sorry about this. Unfortunately, your cable company has one of our older Local on the 8's computers. That model is having difficulty getting updates. We are trying some things to make it better but there isn't much we can do to these old models. We will continue to try to find fixes.

The good news is that a newer Local on the 8's model is replacing all the older ones in 2013. I don't have a date but the new one will be coming in a number of months and the new one will be much, much better than the local you are currently seeing.

Wow, so they're going to replace all of the legacy STAR units with a brand new generation of STARs for the non-IntelliSTAR-using cable headends? 

[Eric]

Replacing all the XL, 4000, and Jr. units with a new unit just seems strange at this stage.  Why not just upgrade every non-Intellistar to an Intellistar?  It's one thing to have a current unit alongside legacy units that have simply aged into "legacy" status, but to unilaterally decide that old units need to go and be replaced by another non-standard unit... that's something I can't comprehend.

When the 3000 had to be replaced because new FCC regulations required its retirement - that's one thing.  But an arbitrary decision like this makes no sense.

[gt1racerlHDl]

from what Tony told me he should have more information on the new "Star" sometime in September or October.

[Star4000 Fan]

I'm very anxious to see what's in store for the LOT8s later this year.  It's hard to believe that in October the SD IntelliSTAR will be approaching its sixth year since the latest upgrade.  With the Emergency Feed running on TruVu Max now, I wonder if the locals will follow suit?

On the other hand, I am perfectly fine with the graphics TWC currently has and am not looking forward to a change any time soon.  TWC updates their on-air graphics far too often in my opinion.  Is that all the graphics department does?  The day new graphics debut they have to go back to the drawing board and start making even better ones?

I remember distinctly being upset with this version of graphics because I saw it as "dumbed down" from previous versions.

[gt1racerlHDl]

does anyone know if these graphics are new? i've been working and haven't been able to watch TWC in a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoJnrFfRD2Q

[yourweathertoday]

does anyone know if these graphics are new? i've been working and haven't been able to watch TWC in a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoJnrFfRD2Q#ws

The only thing to me that looks different (mind you, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to the Channel anymore) would be the blue title bars-definitely an improvement over the God-awful red monstrosities they insist on smacking everywhere.

[Coldwinter]

does anyone know if these graphics are new? i've been working and haven't been able to watch TWC in a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoJnrFfRD2Q#ws

Ahh, it's finally nice to see TWC use a color other than red.

[Mike M]

I haven't seen the blue titlebars today.