New Graphics coming to TWC

[micvachon]

Is there ANY chance that they will be doing live weather after 8pm weekdays and 2pm weekends? Or do we pretty much have concrete info that that is the new schedule. I guess I'm just kinda hoping maybe they are gonna make Sunday afternoons and evenings all reality shows with that latest press release and focus more on weather the other days. But I know that's not likely at all and very wishful thinking. Just seems like they are going to try to incorporate more weather related shows.

[mightynine]

Just saw the LOT8 LDL at 1:38 CST.

Mike's picture of the set is clear because he's either using a better camera or taking a better picture.

And if mornings is TWC's most popular daypart, and it's pulling in just 233,000 in total viewers...yikes.  What are those primetime shows pulling in?

[yourweathertoday]

Interesting line from the MB article:

"HD viewers will see an enhanced sidebar (shown above) with more detailed weather information including barometric pressure, tides and moon phases"

Wonder if the full sidebar will make it to the SD viewers? We'll know soon enough! 

[IceManNYR]

Is there ANY chance that they will be doing live weather after 8pm weekdays and 2pm weekends? Or do we pretty much have concrete info that that is the new schedule. I guess I'm just kinda hoping maybe they are gonna make Sunday afternoons and evenings all reality shows with that latest press release and focus more on weather the other days. But I know that's not likely at all and very wishful thinking. Just seems like they are going to try to incorporate more weather related shows.

No. They are only going live after 8pm weekdays and 2pm weekends to cover sever weather and OCMs have already shifted time slots.

[mightynine]

Interesting line from the MB article:

"HD viewers will see an enhanced sidebar (shown above) with more detailed weather information including barometric pressure, tides and moon phases"

Wonder if the full sidebar will make it to the SD viewers? We'll know soon enough! 

Probably not.  What that does imply is that the SD feed isn't going away - which makes sense, considering the IS2 still isn't rolled out everywhere yet.

[toxictwister00]

The set looks nice, it's somewhat reminiscent to how Day Planner was set up w/ the city backdrop. In fact it's also like a condensed version of the previous studio set imo. Maybe too condensed, it looks kinda cramped in that photo on the previous page.

EDIT: Heck, they even kept one thing in connection to the old set and that's the yellow light pillars, well a revised version of them.

[Localonthe8s]

I'm wondering if the locals will stay at a minute long. Judging by the video, it's about a minute and ten seconds and the local ends abruptly when Nissan Commercial airs. They didn't even go through the Beyond and Summary pages.

[Eric]

I'm assuming the promo was just to give a taste of what's to come, not show the new format in its entirety.

[GEAUXmedic]

new video from DC.. now im officially pumped. 

[micvachon]

new video from DC.. now im officially pumped. 



heres another one he posted 4 months ago! im guessing this is what it was supposed to look like at first?

Wow some of those graphics are insane! They look so good!!

[toxictwister00]

new video from DC.. now im officially pumped. 

This makes the 2008 HD graphics look like an embarrassing child's play. +10 I love it! 

I love how animated and lively the live show openers are. I think Morning Rush was the best one to illustrate that look and it really works. It's a damn shame they didn't go in this direction 5 years ago, I feel like we were cheated.

[Adrian]

new video from DC.. now im officially pumped. 



heres another one he posted 4 months ago! im guessing this is what it was supposed to look like at first?

One Word: Wow!
The question to be answered tomorrow: Are these graphics generated from a 9-year old IntelliStar or a completely new system?

[GEAUXmedic]

if you notice in the video, there's one city mentioned in the LOT8's when they're flipping through thats not a major city, so there's hope!. sadly it looks like the sidebar will be missing from SD broadcasts, they could've letterboxed like espn.

[mightynine]

What's going to debut tomorrow looks far better than the version 1.0 video.

There was something interesting in that 1.0 video, though: looks like they were going to change the name of the website to theweather.com - which already exists, so perhaps that put a kibosh on the idea.

Or maybe they're holding that until tomorrow.

Either way, the new look, uh, looks pretty good. Did I even see a couple of different varieties of LOT8s - including an OCM-hosted one?

[curtjr4]

I'm excited for these changes. Everything looks great!

Probably not.  What that does imply is that the SD feed isn't going away - which makes sense, considering the IS2 still isn't rolled out everywhere yet.

The SD feed was never going to leave us. What everyone was talking about was the analog feed, which powers the legacy STARs (I personally think they'll make it. They likely just wont be cued as much. The simple fix is to run the LDLs if they are proportionate to the new format). The IntelliStar and IS2 run on the digital feed