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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedWCBS-TV goes virtual.(television station uses virtual-set technology for news)(Brief Article)
Broadcasting & Cable, February, 1998 by Dickson, Glen
WCBS-TV New York has purchased an RT-SET virtual-set system that it began using on its 11 p.m. newscast last Monday. The CBS owned-and-operated station is the first bigmarket broadcaster to commit to virtual-set technology for its daily news coverage. "The technology is getting better and better," says Steve Friedman, WCBS-TV vice president/station manager.
"It was time to try it." The live-to-air Larus Virtual Studio System, which runs on SGI supercomputers and costs about $850,000, is being used by WCBS-TV for its news opens, bumpers and teases, as well as for significant sections of the newscast that feature on-air talent. In last Tuesday's 11 p.m. newscast, for example, the station used the Larus set during a package of winter Olympics...
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