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Fox Weather Streaming Channel

TheBigA said:
Fox News is launching a Fox Weather steaming channel:


Critics wonder if they can expect real weather or weather with a slant:

uproxx.com

People Are Amused And Aghast Over Rupert Murdoch’s New ’Fox Weather’

Fox News is preparing to launch its own weather channel, which should be interesting considering the network denies climate change.
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Wait isn't Fox Weather supposed to be like News Now from Fox instead of news but this time weather. But I get the concerns of politics given Fox's history though it's this outlet providing streaming content for Tubi though.

The concerns over Fox Weather according to the first link is that Fox News Media that's running this outlet and not Fox Television Stations is where the criticism is coming from.
 
I've asked this before but will they claim the forecast was rigged??? 🤪

I guess there is a real question though of if they will push ideas that global warming doesn't exist.
 
I have to admit The Weather Channel seems to slide in Climate Change and some discussion with every weather event they talk about. I sort of feel like the Weather Channel has an agenda in weather reporting. Will Fox? Will be longing for just a weather update without suffering another climate change talk or through the search of Jade or some 18 Wheeler blocking traffic on some Canadian highway.
 
b-turner said:
I have to admit The Weather Channel seems to slide in Climate Change and some discussion with every weather event they talk about. I sort of feel like the Weather Channel has an agenda in weather reporting.
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We report, you decide. Presenting the facts and offering a discussion doesn't mean they have an agenda.

There's a scientific reason why certain things are happening. Most of the world accepts it as true.

People are free to form their own conclusions, based on the information.
 
I'm not saying climate change isn't happening. The Weather Channel alludes to many weather related events as being the result of climate change, often spending minutes talking about it. I agree Climate Change is occurring but I'm not so sure what percentage of blame is purely man's part.

On the subject, I get that on days when there is no big weather event, Weather Channel viewing must be quite low. I'm thinking sales and how many units they'd have to place because of low times spent viewing if not for the long-form programming.
 
b-turner said:
I'm thinking sales and how many units they'd have to place because of low times spent viewing if not for the long-form programming.
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Could be why NBC sold it to Byron Allen. It takes creative selling to get advertisers to sponsor a service that has unpredictable audience patterns. One way is through "institutional advertising," where they buy a bulk unit of spots but are charged at a rate that's spread out over an average audience level.
 
I’m guessing that at least initially, they’re going to stick to headlines & forecasts and try to avoid the topic of climate change altogether, so as to not compromise their scientific integrity but also keep from alienating viewers who think TWC has “gotten too liberal.” Of course, there’s a fair number of people who will probably never even give this a fair shake because “Faux.”

I am curious to see how this will affect upstart competitors in the weather sphere (i.e. WeatherNation, AccuWeather Network). While WeatherNation will probably never be as slick as TWC, they’ve made significant improvements over the years, & often I find myself tuning to them during big weather events as an alternative to the TWC hype machine. I also appreciate that even during big weather events, they don’t totally ignore the rest of the country. Admittedly I haven’t watched AccuWeather much since my home telco doesn’t carry it & they don’t have a free stream. I know they have a different business model such that even if the TV network were to tank, it probably wouldn’t hurt the company too much (though any loss of jobs would be unfortunate). With WeatherNation, though, my understanding is that the TV network is the core of their business, and I would certainly hate for this to hurt them.
 
I used to watch TWC in the morning for the local forecast on the 8s (although that has become 0nly 18 and 48 minutes after the hour) but with only getting Spectrum cable on streaming boxes that doesn't always work. So I'm usually getting the forecast from Local Now instead. I figure Fox Weather won't be any better on being able to get a local forecast, and I probably won't be getting them.
 
anotherguy said:
I used to watch TWC in the morning for the local forecast on the 8s (although that has become 0nly 18 and 48 minutes after the hour) but with only getting Spectrum cable on streaming boxes that doesn't always work. So I'm usually getting the forecast from Local Now instead. I figure Fox Weather won't be any better on being able to get a local forecast, and I probably won't be getting them.
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On WeatherNation’s app (on Roku at least), it shows a local forecast for your area when you launch the app, with the broadcast playing in the corner. Of course you don’t get that if you watch WeatherNation on service like Pluto TV, though they do show ongoing forecasts for different cities in a sidebar, so you’d get the forecast for your area eventually.

I’m guessing Fox Weather will do something similar—likely an instant local forecast in their own app, and some kind of ongoing sidebar with rotating city forecasts in the broadcast.
 
grey_dan said:
I’m guessing Fox Weather will do something similar—likely an instant local forecast in their own app, and some kind of ongoing sidebar with rotating city forecasts in the broadcast.
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And of course because they own TV stations in major markets, they have access to video crews and other local resources when needed.
 
TheBigA said:
And of course because they own TV stations in major markets, they have access to video crews and other local resources when needed.
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they already have weather apps for some of their O&O stations, KDFW Fox 4 in Dallas calls theirs the "Fox 4 WAPP" (the name predates the song WAP by Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion).
 
www.newsnowfox.com

How to Watch LiveNOW from FOX | Breaking News, Live Events

LiveNOW gives you today's breaking news, live events and stories taking place across the nation. Stream 24/7 on your TV, mobile device and computer.
www.newsnowfox.com www.newsnowfox.com

Most likely Fox Weather is supposed to follow the News Now feed that appears on Fox Owned app pages by Fox Television Stations and Tubi Feed where News Now borrows segments from Fox owned stations like KTTV Los Angeles, KSAZ Phoenix, KTVU Oakland-San Francisco.
 
A 24/7 weather channel is not feasible in the era of The App. The Weather Channel conceded the argument by going to taped programming in primetime long ago.

Heck, there exist WeatherStar 4000+ emulators where you can automatically feed through National Weather Service data by location and it plays like the Weather Channel Local Forecasts of old.

What I'm getting at is, I don't get what Fox Corporation is doing here. Why are they now targeting an audience that just ... isn't there?
 
Nathan Obral said:
A 24/7 weather channel is not feasible in the era of The App. The Weather Channel conceded the argument by going to taped programming in primetime long ago.

Heck, there exist WeatherStar 4000+ emulators where you can automatically feed through National Weather Service data by location and it plays like the Weather Channel Local Forecasts of old.

What I'm getting at is, I don't get what Fox Corporation is doing here. Why are they now targeting an audience that just ... isn't there?
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More like to attract a News Now by Fox crowd apparently?? I knew News Now by Fox was intended to go after CBSN and CBSN Local done by CBS News and CBS Television stations. Not so sure what Fox has in mind but I know it has something to do with boosting attention to Tubi. I know Fox Soul, News Now, and the Fox O&O's have feeds on Tubi.
 
RadioPatrol said:
More like to attract a News Now by Fox crowd apparently?? I knew News Now by Fox was intended to go after CBSN and CBSN Local done by CBS News and CBS Television stations. Not so sure what Fox has in mind but I know it has something to do with boosting attention to Tubi. I know Fox Soul, News Now, and the Fox O&O's have feeds on Tubi.
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Slightly off topic… I see that they’ve reimaged this channel as “LiveNow from Fox.” Probably a more accurate name, as their programming is pretty much press conferences & speeches all day.

Honestly, I never thought NewsNow/LiveNow from Fox was all that close of a competitor with CBSN. CBSN is mostly headlines & stories with some analysis & occasional speeches/press conferences, closer to traditional cable news with a bit less hardcore partisan spin. NBC News Now, and ABC News Live to a lesser extent, run a similar format. And any of those, you could usually watch for a half hour and get most of the day’s headlines, or keep it running in the background all day. LiveNow is really a different kind of channel. I appreciate the idea behind it, but it’s not really a headlines channel, & I’m not sure even most news junkies would enjoy watching speeches & press conferences all day long.

(Personally I think there might be an audience for a Fox News Headlines streaming TV channel—similar to the SiriusXM channel—for conservative-leaning viewers who like Fox News’ daytime coverage but don’t care for the more extreme prime time shows, or who just want a quick run-through of the headlines during the evening hours. But that’s probably a topic for another thread.)
 
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