TV networks, streaming services add features to win election night

[CRAIG NIGRELLI]“This is a face of Univac, a Univac is a fabulous electronic machine which we have borrowed to help us predict this election from the basis of the early returns as they come in.”

ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE THIS YEAR WILL LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT DID ON CBS BACK IN 1952. ON THAT NIGHT – REPUBLICAN DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER DEFEATED DEMOCRAT ADLAI STEVENSON. AND YES, THE UNIVAC COMPUTER CORRECTLY PREDICTED THE RESULTS.
BUT THERE’S NO UNIVAC THIS YEAR – IN ITS PLACE…

MSNBC RELEASING A PREVIEW OF ITS VIRTUAL REALITY SET FOR ITS ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE – WHICH WILL SEE REPORTERS APPEARING TO STAND NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE — WHILE IN REALITY THEY’LL BE INSIDE THE 30 ROCK STUDIOS IN NEW YORK.

ITS SISTER NETWORK NBC UNVEILING ITS VR SET – WHERE ITS ANCHORS WILL APPEAR TO BE DELIVERING NEWS FROM OUTSIDE THE STUDIO.

AND NBC’S STREAMING SERVICE PEACOCK WILL DEBUT ITS MULTVIEW EXPERIENCE – FOR THE FIRST TIME BEYOND A SPORTING EVENT.

GIVING VIEWERS THREE LIVE STREAMS AT ONCE – INCLUDING THE KORNACKI CAM — A FEED ON CORRESPONDENT STEVE KORNACKI ANALYZING THE LATEST RESULTS.

NETWORKS, STREAMING SERVICES, NEWSPAPERS ARE ALL BRINGING OUT THEIR LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN GRAPHICS AND DATA ANALYSIS TO WIN YOUR VOTE – FOR ELECTION NIGHT VIEWING.

ABC NEWS IS TOUTING ITS 72 HOURS PLUS OF ELECTION COVERAGE – WHICH INCLUDES ITS “BALLOT WATCH” DESK OVERSEEN BY THE ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE UNIT – WHICH ABC SAYS WILL BE QUOTE “MONITORING ALL STORYLINES RELATED TO ELECTION INTEGRITY.

FOX NEWS – WHICH WAS THE MOST WATCHED CABLE NETWORK LAST ELECTION NIGHT IN 2020 – SETTING A RECORD WITH 13 POINT 7 MILLION VIEWERS — SAYS IT WILL DEBUT NEW IMMERSIVE GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF ITS SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 2024 ELECTION
—WHICH WILL INCLUDE A 3-D “PATH TO 270 MAP” SHOWING THE CANDIDATES’ OPTIONS AT REACHING THE CRITICAL NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES
OVER AT NEWSNATION – IT WILL BE COVERING ITS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SINCE BECOMING A FULL-TIME 24-HOUR NATIONAL NEWS NETWORK EARLIER THIS YEAR — WITH FORMER CNN ANCHOR CHRIS CUOMO. THE CW NETWORK WILL SIMULCAST PART OF NEWSNATION’S COVERAGE.
THEN THERE’S AMAZON PRIME —
“Live from every corner of our country. We’re here to provide clarity on what you need to know. When you need to know it.”
FORMER NBC NEWS ANCHOR BRIAN WILLIAMS LEADING AMAZON’S ENTRY INTO ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE.
AND NOT TO MENTION – COMEDY CENTRAL WILL HAVE A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART,
AND CNBC WILL FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY DURING ITS SPECIAL PROGRAMMING FROM THE FLOOR OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
AND CNN ADDING ITS MAGIC WALL EXPERIENCE TO ITS APP AS CBS NEWS WILL BE DEBUTING ITS NEW AR – VR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CENTER.
NOW MOVING BEYOND TV AND STREAMING — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WILL BE USING ITS QUOTE “STATE-OF-THE-ART” ANALYTICS TOOLS AS WELL AS ITS AP VOTECAST – WHICH SURVEYS AMERICAN VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THE POLLS CLOSE.
AND THE WASHINGTON POST IS UNVEILING A SLATE OF NEW FEATURES TO ITS COVERAGE – INCLUDING AN ELECTION DASHBOARD THAT PROVIDES LIVE UPDATES FROM KEY SWING STATES
AND OF COURSE THERE’S THE NEW YORK TIMES AND ITS FAMOUS NEEDLE.
AS FOR US HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, WE’LL BE BRINGING YOU UPDATES THROUGHOUT ELECTION NIGHT AND YOU’LL GET A FULL RECAP OF THE EVENING’S EVENTS ON OUR MORNING SHOW – UNBIASED UPDATES.
ACCORDING TO NIELSEN – AN ESTIMATED 56 POINT 9 MILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN TO WATCH PRIMETIME COVERAGE OF THE 2020 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THAT WAS DOWN FROM 71 MILLION VIEWERS IN 2016.
SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE NOT JUST NOW HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP AT THE POLLS THIS ELECTION – BUT HOW MANY SHOW UP TO WATCH THE RESULTS.
FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI.
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