(From Broadcasting And Cable -- By Glen Dickson)
ABC NEWS is using the platform of the 2008 political conventions to launch a campaign of its own -- a significant expansion of its HDTV offerings.
On August 25th, WORLD NEWS WITH CHARLES GIBSON and NIGHTLINE start broadcasting in 720-line progressive (720p) HD, first from the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION in Denver, then from the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION in Minneapolis-St. Paul the following week.
And like the other networks, ABC NEWS will also broadcast both conventions in HD for the first time.
After being on the road for two weeks, WORLD NEWS and NIGHTLINE will return to their New York studios September 8th and start being produced in HD from there.
Later that week, newsmagazines 20/20 and PRIMETIME, as well as the weekend editions of WORLD NEWS, will also make their HD debuts.
All of the HD production will be driven from a new HD control room, called TV-2, which will serve as a temporary home for the news programs for the next year while the WORD NEWS control room, TV-3, is upgraded.
ABC added additional channels of HD ingest and playback to its AVID AIRSPEED servers, which already had some HD capability.
Graphics are also fully HD, with a mix of VIZRT and CHYRON DUET HD systems.
Design of the new HD-capable TV-3 facility will begin in September.
While equipment hasn’t been specified yet, the work flow probably won't be significantly different from that of the existing TV-3, which is only four years old and which Siegel called "the most powerful news control room I've seen in my 25 years in the business."
World News Kicks Off HD Expansion At ABC
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