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Bschneider
03-13-2007, 08:51 AM
Is construction of a new studio at WTVT debuting at the end of April a sign of a newscast in HD next at the station? hmm..
Resco
03-13-2007, 02:44 PM
Doesn' WFLA channel 8 already broadcast their news in HD?

I remember seeing something mentioned about that.
Bschneider
03-13-2007, 05:30 PM
Nope. No local station broadcasts their news in HD at this time.
bdraw
03-13-2007, 09:06 PM
My neighbor is the reporter April Kellog, but she doesn't know anything about going HD.
ramarc
03-15-2007, 08:11 PM
so we can see hold they are and how much makeup they wear?
Bschneider
04-23-2007, 02:32 PM
So is tonight at 6:00pm the night that WTVT broadcasts the new studio in HD on their 6 o'clock news?

http://www.tampahdtv.com/images/wtvt_studio.jpg

One would think so, even after Bill mentions that "high def studio" back in March. Watch and listen for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiautvsLgTE
Resco
04-23-2007, 03:22 PM
B,

There is nothing on their website about tonight.

Is it happening??
Bschneider
04-23-2007, 06:04 PM
Nope.
bdraw
04-23-2007, 06:09 PM
sucks, maybe at 10.
Bschneider
04-23-2007, 06:46 PM
Probably not. Apparently the studio isn't 100% completed.
Palmateer
05-04-2007, 08:40 AM
One thing that is unique - NBC Nightly News on WFLA is now HD seven nights a week. The other networks ignore questions about when they are going to go HD with network nightly news.

Doesn' WFLA channel 8 already broadcast their news in HD?

I remember seeing something mentioned about that.
Bschneider
06-18-2008, 01:54 PM
So I heard from someone at WTVT today, and they are still ordering new equipment and replacement old equipment to go HD for their news. No timeframe still.
bdraw
06-18-2008, 04:36 PM
Still blows my mind that we all thought they'd go HD first and here we are like 3 years later and they are the only local news not in HD.
Palmateer
06-18-2008, 05:19 PM
Can't wait, because their use of the Stretch-O-Vision gimmick on their DT station is one of the most wretched in the bay area. Turns my stomach.

So I heard from someone at WTVT today, and they are still ordering new equipment and replacement old equipment to go HD for their news. No timeframe still.
teampozer
06-25-2008, 12:57 AM
What's even more amazing is that WNYW, FOX 5 in New York STILL isn't in HD either. You'd think FOX would have upgraded those guys to HD... yet when I tune to channel 88 on DirecTV I see the same SD look I get from 13. It's gotta be an O&O thing.

PS.... What's funny is WTVT was the first station in Tampa Bay to use the term "HD" when referring to their Skytower HD Vipir, yet here we are years later and it makes no sense whatsoever without the broadcast itself in "HD"!
Palmateer
06-25-2008, 07:43 AM
I couldn't agree more - all their competitors blow their weather graphics away. What a farce.

PS.... What's funny is WTVT was the first station in Tampa Bay to use the term "HD" when referring to their Skytower HD Vipir, yet here we are years later and it makes no sense whatsoever without the broadcast itself in "HD"!