deerparker
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As expected, the focus was primarily on the interior. It looks great, as does the view from the 4th floor news studio.
I was looking forward to a big reveal on the end result of the exterior transformation. I don't think we'll see that if the promo for tonight's piece on the new studios is any clue.
According to my sources, a lot of change is yet to come, namely on the base of the tower and the tower itself. I'd love to see what exactly that transformation will look like.
^ The rotating media tower will never* happen. It was decided by the city that no significant signage could be pointed towards Dundas East because it doesn't belong in the "signage code exception zone" where almost anything goes.
NIMBY's included The Bond Place hotel who didn't want the rotating Torch shining into their rooms.
Most of the signage in Y&D Sq. would have been rejected by the city if it were proposed anywhere else but the area surrounding the square has been granted an exception. East of Victoria isn't part of it.
At least we'll see the exposed concrete covered in red trimming, the torch lit up from within with coloured LED's and a big Citytv sign at the top of the torch facing the square.
*never say never right? Eventually, Y&D Sq.'s über-commercialism will grow in all directions and we might yet see a more dynamic torch element. For the foreseeable future though: no signage pointing East on Dundas past Victoria.
However, I see how having a 40 foot tall sign, on top of a 5 story podium, with lights rotating in all directions like a light house could pose a problem for the hotel and apartments in the immediate area.
They aren't a single station. There's City's in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg and they buy programming as a block. Moreover, they are part of the Rogers empire that holds a huge variety of terrestrial and cable holdings. They are hardly any more independent than they were under CHUM, probably less so if you look at the relative size of those companies circa 2006.Yes, that's what I meant CodeMonkey. Citytv is now just a single station "starting from scratch". Of course they are no longer mocked as the startup news station they were 30 something years ago. They're a Toronto staple. But it's nice to see them return to their roots and start up from there.
Yes, there's interactivity, but that's pretty common everywhere. Every channel gets "streeters" for just about every story. It's not a City thing at all anymore (even though they pioneered the concept). Save the newscasts and BT though, there's nothing on City-TV that is about the city. Nothing! Name one show? There's no modern equivalents of The New Music, Speaker's Corner, etc. They also do relatively little "live hits" from small music venues, etc. and their entertainment news that used to be very heavily Toronto-skewed is now the same celebrity babble you get everywhere else.As for losing their connection with people, I don't agree. Their shows have consistently had viewer input, once over the phone and now through viewer submitted news, email comments, etc.
Nope.Do you work for CTV or Rogers?
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Originally Posted by AGTO
Do you work for CTV or Rogers?
Nope
I don't know if this has been addressed already, but given the red roof over the streetcar tracks, are we to assume those curves will never be used again? I'm not seeing any evidence of new overhead wire brackets. And those are the last brick-set tracks in the system, are they not?
I don't know if this has been addressed already, but given the red roof over the streetcar tracks, are we to assume those curves will never be used again? I'm not seeing any evidence of new overhead wire brackets. And those are the last brick-set tracks in the system, are they not?