News update just ran
For a moment they had the empty anchor desk in 16:9 HD before putting the sidebars up and tossing to Tony Segreto, something went bad but there was HD for a second.
Reader Alain says the previous news update around 4pm ran in full HD
/hat tip reader Alain/
update 6p: false alarm, no hd, they still have the sidebars up
Miami Edison High students went on a protest today and police in riot gear was called. Info is sketchy at this time
Oddly CBS4 has soaps on TV but their website has live video from the chopper and another live feed with raw video with Jorge Estevez interviewing Jayne Seymour!?
WSVN.com is streaming everything online as usual, and today without any problems at all. They’re also live on the air.
WPLG and WTVJ are also live on the air and online too
WSVN keeps having to pull the live shots because of cursing. So far according to someone keeping score there were 2 – Fbomb, 2 – Shit Bombs, 1 – Ass
LuAnne Sorrell walked up to a lady near the school to interview her and as soon as the shit word came up they went back to the studio.
12:50p – LuAnne Sorrell before interviewing a student “You’re not going to use any curse words right?”
12:58p – 7’s going back to rregula programming. Christine Cruz apologized on behalf of station managers for any foul language during the live shots
12:59p – 6 and 10 are back to regular programing too
wsvn.com – WSVN-TV – Local News – Police put down disturbance at high school
local10.com Protest May Have Turned Violent Inside Miami School
Univsion issued a press release yesterday touting their 4th place in 18-34 demo beating CBS and CW. They finished number one in 18-34s on 25 out of 27 nights.
February sweeps ended yesterday and there are already rumors WPLG has come on top of even the Spanish stations, again, which are supposed to be unbeatable!
The bigger frenzy and hype though will kick off during May sweeps which begin on April 24th and end May 21st
HispanicBusiness.com – Univision Has Been No. 4 Primetime Network for Entire February Sweeps
WPTV meteorologist Dean Tendrich signed off yesterday for the last time. After 10 years at NBC5 Tendrich decided to leave the TV business and join his father at the family business.
wptv.com video – Dean Tendrich says bye
CBS4 and My33 were presented with the Corporate Responsibility Award during the annual Beacon Awards ceremony Wednesday night. WFOR prez and GM Shaun McDonald accepted the award on behalf of the stations.
The Beacon Council is Miami-Dade county’s development partnership tasked with working to bring investments to the county that generate jobs and assist existing businesses to expand. The awards are given out to leaders and companies in recognition of their contributions to the community
Shannon Hori and Antonio Mora emceed the event.
CBS4.com - CBS4 & MY33 Honored For Corporate Responsibility
beaconcouncil.com – Beacon Awards 2008
MediaBistro.com sat down with former CBS4 News anchor Maggie Rodriguez to talk about her new job as the newest CBS Early Show co-anchor and what sets The Early Show apart from its competitors.
Rodriguez was promoted after CBS snatched her away from WFOR May 2007 with an offer to host The Saturday Early Show.
MediaBistro.com – So What Do You Do, Maggie Rodriguez, Co-Anchor, The Early Show?
Jack Shafer from Slate mag says NY Times plagiarized two lines from a story about Argentina’s drug “paco” that ran in the Miami Herald 18 months ago. Shafer says that the author of the story Alexei Barrionuevo admitted to borrowing the two passages.
NY Times:
Paco is highly addictive because its effect is so shortâ€â€a couple of minutesâ€â€and so intense that many users resort to smoking 20 to 50 cigarettes a day to try to make its effects linger. …
Paco is highly addictive because its high lasts just a few minutesâ€â€and is so intense that many users smoke 20 to 50 paco cigarettes a day to try to make its effects linger.
More below…
Slate – A New York Times story helps itself to two lines from a Miami Herald piece
That would be WHDH’s version of News Never Stops. They are getting WSVN-ified more and more:
Weird how even a sister station can’t copy the original … WSVN’s version is much better, I think. But they have the sexier newsplex which WSVN didn’t copy that well either.Boston Globe writer Johnny Diaz takes a look at the psychology behind tv news promos and polls a marketing expert, a design student and a writer on what they think about the promos of 5 Boston area stations.
Says one of the people about WHDH’s News Never Stops promo:
“Oh my God, it’s a hip-hop video! It’s newshizzle! It’s local TV talent trapped inside a giant rave! I love the total idiotic shamelessness on display here. And I happily admit that I’ve been chanting ‘News Never Stops’ at my wife all day. Can I get a copy of the single on iTunes?”
Yeah, that about sums it up
Is the newshizzle working for you?
Spot on – The Boston Globe
How effective are the promo spots airing on local TV? – The Boston Globe
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