Re: Altering Live TV Pictures

["Douglas J. Broda" <djbroda@mindspring.com>]

At 03:03 PM 1/15/00 -0500, PublicRef2 wrote:

>The solution for CBS on New Year's Eve was so obvious....They should
>have re-arranged Dan Raher and the camera location so that Dan would
>have blocked the camera's view of the NBC Astrovision screen! This way,
>they could have covered-up their competitor's logo without having to
>electronically blot-it-out to replace it with a CBS "eye".
>

Too easy. :) Seriously, my suspicion is that they arranged for the
location, realizing that they had the ad in-view too late to arrange for a
new position. Speculation only.

>As for me, my girlfriend and I watched "ABC 2000" with friends who live
>in Hicksville, Long Island (28 miles due east of  Times Square) that we
>visited for he New Year's weekend. I seem to recall that in wide shots
>panning Times Square that yes, the NBC peacock did appear.
>

I watched the same show (taping PBS and CNN), and you're right, the NBC ad
did show a few times in the wide shots.

>On the other had, because Dick Clark was there, ABC's ratings were
>higher for both prime time and midnight than NBC and CBS combined.
>

ABC also had a rather lengthy lead-in program. :)
Douglas J. Broda
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