I don't know if there's a better place to post this, but last night I was watching the weather on the local NBC affiliate, and the video and sound quality were poor. I guess if you don't have to be in the studios to do your job, don't!
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WCBS-TV's CBS 2 News that preceded CBS Sunday Morning was anchored by Mary Calvi today. Regular weekend anchor Cindy Hsu has been absent for several weeks. Has anyone heard anything about her?
As far as I was aware the CBS LA office only controlled the west coast feeds prior to the NYC offices being evacuated.
Have they shut down MC in NY?
NA apparently in one part of the articles the east coast feed for CBS has moved to YES Network in Stamford, CT for now.
Not sure about the entire east coast feed. WCBS-TV News is at Yes in Stamford:
https://www.newscaststudio.com/2020/03/21/wcbs-coronavirus-temporary-studio/
It references this memo from CBS News about its various network locations:
https://www.mixdexhq.com/tv-news/cb...tes-staffers-on-nyc-broadcast-center-closure/
Not sure about Colbert, but when Letterman did the show, they had a full technical crew at the EST.
Since they're now originating the morning show there, I'd guess they can do whatever's necessary in that building or the truck outside.
I saw the 5:00 news on a local Fox affiliate and the anchor's sound quality and video quality were not up to par. Hey, if you don't have to be there, don't!
It's not that hard to make Skype look good, these networks just don't know how to use it.
Well, by your definition, it might be that it does look good. It's just that we can tell.
Skype done well looks like broadcast. Skype with a bad camera, horrible connection, and no mic looks like crap.
Good lighting also helps.
I just don't understand why the engineers are not giving people mics a proper camera and light kits who are doing these things from home.
Perhaps it's because some stations lack the cameras needed for work from home operations? Or the news directors/GMs are being too lazy. Maybe there's insurance and other hoops to jump through.
I would hate to see my local newscast look like a Skype feed filled with poor audio and artifacts. Albeit I've seen blocky, buffering-like poor pictures during some reports out in the field, sooooo....
I would hate to see my local newscast look like a Skype feed filled with poor audio and artifacts. Albeit I've seen blocky, buffering-like poor pictures during some reports out in the field, sooooo....
That's because they are cheaping out on a live truck and using bonded cell phone setups.
Yuppers! How many times have I seen reporters break news on Facebook or on TV, and they are using a *cell phone*. Gah. I mean I know they are called multimedia journalists nowadays, but it would look eons better if you had a real HD television camera AND a camera operator out there. I guess the answer is: you can't always do that in market #1XX.
I've even seen times where it buffered so bad during a live report, that the station went back to the anchor who always said 'we're not sure what happened there, sorry for the technical issue'...
I've even seen times where it buffered so bad during a live report, that the station went back to the anchor who always said 'we're not sure what happened there, sorry for the technical issue'...
Depends on the market, but in union shops, talent can only use certain types of cameras.
They are using a real camera, just broadcasting on a cell network. A lot of networks are using LiveU now.
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