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February 8, 2007
'Nightly News' Going HD
NBC's to Be First National Newscast in Format
"NBC Nightly News" is about to become the first national evening news
broadcast to go hi-def.
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The show will begin broadcasting in the format in March; an exact
date is not yet decided.
The broadcast will join fellow NBC News production the "Today" show,
which started broadcasting in HD in September. NBC's "Dateline,"
which is also produced by NBC News, is not yet making the jump, an
NBC spokesperson said.
Though local news markets have increasingly embraced HD as a way of
keeping viewers coming out of HD prime-time programming, national
evening news departments have been slow to embrace the format. In
addition to the cost of overhauling a studio, the department has to
replace field cameras around the world. For "NBC Nightly News," most
field reports will continue to use standard-definition cameras until
early 2008.
This article is part of TVWeek.com's High Definition newsletter, a
weekly source of breaking HD news, articles and interviews written by
Senior Reporter James Hibberd.
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February 8, 2007
'Nightly News' Going HD
NBC's to Be First National Newscast in Format
"NBC Nightly News" is about to become the first national evening news
broadcast to go hi-def.
[]
The show will begin broadcasting in the format in March; an exact
date is not yet decided.
The broadcast will join fellow NBC News production the "Today" show,
which started broadcasting in HD in September. NBC's "Dateline,"
which is also produced by NBC News, is not yet making the jump, an
NBC spokesperson said.
Though local news markets have increasingly embraced HD as a way of
keeping viewers coming out of HD prime-time programming, national
evening news departments have been slow to embrace the format. In
addition to the cost of overhauling a studio, the department has to
replace field cameras around the world. For "NBC Nightly News," most
field reports will continue to use standard-definition cameras until
early 2008.
This article is part of TVWeek.com's High Definition newsletter, a
weekly source of breaking HD news, articles and interviews written by
Senior Reporter James Hibberd.
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