[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-20 Thread Steve Rhodes
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[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-17 Thread scruffy
On Dec 16, 2008, at 2:01 PM, PGage wrote: > And to be fair, I think CNN has been more careful with the "Breaking > News" than they used to be - and they often use something like > "Continuing Story" or "What We Are Working On". i dunno, last night they pulled it out during AC360 for the SEC mea

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-17 Thread Joe Hass
Or "Pardon The Interruption." Or "FSN Final Score." Or any soccer match. On Dec 16, 9:34 pm, Bob in Jersey wrote: > Wrecks, to Mark J.: > > > > > I tell you, they are preparing us. > > > Mark my words.  One of these days we are going to start > > seeing continuous ads in a portion of the screen

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-16 Thread Bob in Jersey
Wrecks, to Mark J.: > > I tell you, they are preparing us. > > Mark my words. One of these days we are going to start > seeing continuous ads in a portion of the screen the > entire time we are watching a television program. IOW, TV will be set back to sometime in the 50s... -- BOB _

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-16 Thread Wrecks
I tell you, they are preparing us. Mark my words. One of these days we are going to start seeing continuous ads in a portion of the screen the entire time we are watching a television program. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message b

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-16 Thread PGage
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:45 AM, David Lynch wrote: > From what I've seen, the bottom bar on CNN US isn't really a "flipper" > like CNN Int'l and Headline News. What I've seen has it completely > static except at change of topic. For (a completely made-up) example, > the flipper might show "Impe

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-16 Thread David Lynch
>From what I've seen, the bottom bar on CNN US isn't really a "flipper" like CNN Int'l and Headline News. What I've seen has it completely static except at change of topic. For (a completely made-up) example, the flipper might show "Impeachment hearings start for Gov. Rod Blagojevich" throughout a

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-16 Thread PGage
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Mark J. wrote: > Adapted by all of the cable news channels in the aftermath of 9/11, > CNN (and CNN Headline News) has finally gotten rid of its ticker and > replaced it with a "flipper" that shows headlines in a static form, > similar to some regional cable news

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-16 Thread scruffy
On Dec 16, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Mark J. wrote: > > Forgot to include this--a collection of screen grabs of the new, > infinitely more tasteful CNN graphics package: > > http://www.newscaststudio.com/graphics/cnn/ now if they could only be a bit more judicious in slapping BREAKING NEWS on just ab

[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN Replaces Ticker with "Flipper"

2008-12-16 Thread Mark J.
Forgot to include this--a collection of screen grabs of the new, infinitely more tasteful CNN graphics package: http://www.newscaststudio.com/graphics/cnn/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl