But I doubt she expected this to happen during the live newscast in Central Park...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Live TV will always truly be LIVE TV
As another snowy night hit New York City -- and the entire Northeast for that matter -- Diane Sawyer lead ABC World News with snow stories. Not only that but she did this portion of the newscast completely outside! Clever.
Friday, January 14, 2011
When Healthy Competition Becomes Unhealthy
In TV news, there's nothing like a little healthy competition. The few stations in each viewing area, or market, are always going to compete over every newscast, whether it's the morning show, the noon show, the 5, the 6, the 10, or the 11. Yeah. That's a lot of competition. It's all a matter of: Who had the better stories? Who lead with the better story? Who has the better graphics? And so on and so forth.
But in New York City, the biggest market in the country, two stations are competing over...wait for it...the weather!
Yes, the weather. While that might seem silly, it actually makes perfect sense. After all, most viewers tune into the news specifically for the weather and tune out immediately after.
And while we're at it, a look at Channel 7's "exclusive" Road Cam. (To avoid bias, I tried finding a video of Channel 2's Mobile 2, but had some difficulty. Sorry!)
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competition,
New York City,
ratings,
TV,
TV markets,
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