Adoption of TiVo and similar hacks from your local cable company has advertisers looking to cut down on their TV advertising budgets by as much as 20% in the next 5 years.
Monthly Archive for April, 2004
Some of you didn’t believe the 7Newsplex is getting re-done, but it is true. Just for the sake of it, I asked someone else, and this person would know for sure. Guaranteed.
WHDH is currently getting their newsplex refreshed. That started last week, and supposedly it would take 3 weeks. After they are done, the Deco Drive set is next, then the WSVN Newsplex. Plans for the newsplex are still in development, no info yet when everything is expected to come together
Any of you people who are into high tech gagetry will appreciate this one.
WSVN has made the switch from BetacamSP to BetacamSX. They’ve purchased 26 brand spanking new Sony DNW – 9 SX camcorders complete with accessories for their news department. The move is part of 7’s $10 million dollar investment to switch to digital. Speaking of money, the average price a Sony DNW – 9 SX retails for is around $33,000 to as high as $48,000.
The lucky people that made off with a lot of loot were
Midtown video in Miami
It appears Kristi Crueger and Dwight Lauderdale will be together for 5 more years. Crueger has signed a 5 year contract extention with WPLG.
Meanwhile, Doug Dunbar is leaving WPLG for KTVT, the CBS affiliate in Dallas, where he’ll be a morning news anchor
Part of the update for WPBF’s newscast includes new slogan, open and graphics with new theme.
Check the WPBF to see the new video click here
The video page for 7News WPLG and Other Stations are complete.
185MB in 70 videos total.
Click on the station images at the top to access the pages.
Check back later for even more clips
I was initally going to make a page with them but it will have to wait
and since some of you are so impatient
here’s a direct link to the folder Click here
I accidentally uploaded a test version of the front page and messed everything up. The videos are ready Im just linking the thumbnails to the files now
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