Post by dkennedy on Dec 17, 2007 6:51:07 GMT -5
Dec. 17: NewsHour With Jim Lehrer Goes HD
PBS will make the switch a few weeks earlier than expected.
December 16, 2007
By Phillip Swann, tvpredictions.com
PBS' The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer will begin broadcasting in High-Definition on Monday night (Dec. 17).
The one-hour news program, which airs Monday through Friday, will be the second broadcast evening newscast to go high-def. NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams switched to high-def earlier this year.
PBS says the NewsHour will be broadcast in 1080i.(NewsHour air times vary; consult your local listings.)
Jim Lehrer will look crystal-clear on Monday night.
The network is also introducing a new set for the high-def broadcast, according to Chris Dee, the program's director of production operations.
"We want to take advantage of that to produce a new look that is similar to the NewsHour, keeping in tradition with the NewsHour and the stately look we have," Lee says at PBS' web site, "but leverage the real estate, the width of the picture, being that High-Definition is wider, has greater color point, and certainly has more depth and definition to it. Thus, a new set is required in tandem with the new format."
Hosted by Jim Lehrer, the PBS nightly newscast has been on the air since 1973. It was previously known as the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, but Lehrer took over the sole hosting duties when Robert MacNeil retired in 1995.
In addition to Lehrer, the show includes contributions from Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and David Brooks, a New York Times columnist.
Steve Howard, the show's director, believes the switch to high-def could help attract a new audience.
"I believe we can capture new audiences with this technology -- younger people, viewers who have not been viewers of the NewsHour before. I think that this might be an attraction to some of those people. And I think that the older viewers will be thrilled at the new look," Howard says at PBS.org.
PBS will make the switch a few weeks earlier than expected.
December 16, 2007
By Phillip Swann, tvpredictions.com
PBS' The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer will begin broadcasting in High-Definition on Monday night (Dec. 17).
The one-hour news program, which airs Monday through Friday, will be the second broadcast evening newscast to go high-def. NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams switched to high-def earlier this year.
PBS says the NewsHour will be broadcast in 1080i.(NewsHour air times vary; consult your local listings.)
Jim Lehrer will look crystal-clear on Monday night.
The network is also introducing a new set for the high-def broadcast, according to Chris Dee, the program's director of production operations.
"We want to take advantage of that to produce a new look that is similar to the NewsHour, keeping in tradition with the NewsHour and the stately look we have," Lee says at PBS' web site, "but leverage the real estate, the width of the picture, being that High-Definition is wider, has greater color point, and certainly has more depth and definition to it. Thus, a new set is required in tandem with the new format."
Hosted by Jim Lehrer, the PBS nightly newscast has been on the air since 1973. It was previously known as the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, but Lehrer took over the sole hosting duties when Robert MacNeil retired in 1995.
In addition to Lehrer, the show includes contributions from Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and David Brooks, a New York Times columnist.
Steve Howard, the show's director, believes the switch to high-def could help attract a new audience.
"I believe we can capture new audiences with this technology -- younger people, viewers who have not been viewers of the NewsHour before. I think that this might be an attraction to some of those people. And I think that the older viewers will be thrilled at the new look," Howard says at PBS.org.