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Fox 8 News Set
- Thread starter skiwest
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Talking about screens, I'd wish they'd go back to the green screen for the weather. Much easier to see what's on the map rather than looking at 9 TVs put together that don't even fill up your screen. As far as I know, WKYC is about the only one that still uses a green screen for their weather reports.
WEWS still does as well.
Channel 3 sometimes uses a green screen and other times a video wall.
WJW and WOIO/WUAB have completely ditched the green screen and have switched to video walls full time.
That video wall was such a focal point when they debuted the new Fox 8 set.
Speaking of Fox 8, has anyone been checking out their online stream of-late? Some days, it's on the delay - which I love, because the end of "Fox 8 News in the Morning" runs into my lunch break at work - while others, it's been actually live. I was thinking that, since the weather reports now include Toledo on the maps, that the station now broadcasts wider and that's why there's a delay now, but the other Fox 8 - myfox8.com from North Carolina (it's eerily the same website and almost identical station logo) - runs the same way, so it must be a Nexstar thing. However, the past couple of days, the feed's basically been dead, until this afternoon, when I checked just before 3pm and saw the tail-end of the noon news, so I'm guessing whatever issues it had have been fixed?
Speaking of Fox 8, has anyone been checking out their online stream of-late? Some days, it's on the delay - which I love, because the end of "Fox 8 News in the Morning" runs into my lunch break at work - while others, it's been actually live. I was thinking that, since the weather reports now include Toledo on the maps, that the station now broadcasts wider and that's why there's a delay now, but the other Fox 8 - myfox8.com from North Carolina (it's eerily the same website and almost identical station logo) - runs the same way, so it must be a Nexstar thing. However, the past couple of days, the feed's basically been dead, until this afternoon, when I checked just before 3pm and saw the tail-end of the noon news, so I'm guessing whatever issues it had have been fixed?
That's interesting that the Fox affiliate in North Carolina (WGHP) is owned by Nexstar, but still uses "My Fox" in their web address. The My Fox branding was common across Fox's O&O stations and their websites back in the mid to late '00s. Prior to the fox8.com domain for WJW, it was myfoxcleveland.com. Fox sold off WJW in 2007, which was about the time when that domain was being used. Sometime near the beginning of 2009, the My Fox branding and domain for WJW were dropped, probably after the move to the Tribune/Local TV LLC platform.
Yes, WGHP's logo does look similar to WJW's. In fact, they also used the same "ei8ht" logo back in the 70's as well, only with the ABC logo dotted for the "i".
I did figure out that Fox 8 just doesn't stream the morning show anymore. New Day Cleveland streams starting at Noon, and the news for the rest of the day is still there on a delay.
It's weird, because Fox 8 is the ONLY station that delays their live feeds. 19 streams EVERYTHING live, as does 3, although 3's feed volume is 1/10 that of the commercials that they show, which makes for some interesting viewing. Is it to do with 8 now going out to Toledo (I'm guessing, based on the weather radar maps) and the others not going that far?
It's weird, because Fox 8 is the ONLY station that delays their live feeds. 19 streams EVERYTHING live, as does 3, although 3's feed volume is 1/10 that of the commercials that they show, which makes for some interesting viewing. Is it to do with 8 now going out to Toledo (I'm guessing, based on the weather radar maps) and the others not going that far?
No. Its Nexstar who's doing this. Nexstar delays their live streams on all their stations' websites across the board with the EXCEPTIONS of KTLA, KRON, and WGN.
Is that something recent? Fox 8 (and, I presume, the rest of the Nexstar stations) used to be concurrent with the station's live feed, and you'd think that with DirecTV dropping them from their lineups, they'd WANT to be live.
Since January 13th (I believe) they've done this.
The exception of course is during severe weather situations, which will be streamed live.
It's a gamble by Nexstar that they think linear television is still relevant at the expense of streaming, and is quite honestly a self-defeating move.
It's a gamble by Nexstar that they think linear television is still relevant at the expense of streaming, and is quite honestly a self-defeating move.
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