Television news

NBC News, CBS News and ABC News are the trusted and respected news divisions of the iconic and world-famous Big Three broadcasters in America.

Eyewitness News and Action News are the most successful and influential formats in America's local television news industry, doubling as newscast titles.

The Eyewitness News concept uses visual elements and action video, with reporters in the field being known as "eyewitnesses" to an event to the anchor in the studio and the viewer at home.

Conversely, Action News uses a tight format with strict time limits on set packages, a focus on young people and a focus on surrounding outskirts.

11 p.m. serves as the frequent time for late-night local television news in America's Eastern and Pacific time zones.

Meanwhile, in America's middle time zones, late-night local television news is often aired at 10 p.m.

The iconic and famous names for late-night local television news in both the Eastern and Pacific time zones of the United States include The Eleven O'Clock News and News at Eleven.

Stations in America's middle time zones often use a similar name structure based on the hour.

Film at 11 is a phrase in American television news to indicate the late-night local newscast being seen typically at 11 p.m., keeping viewers informed with the day's top stories and breaking news.

Non-Big Three television stations in the United States, including many independent stations, have a primetime local newscast being seen typically at 10 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific time zones.

In the middle time zones of the United States, there is a primetime local newscast on non-Big Three television stations being seen typically at 9 p.m.

The iconic and famous names for primetime local television news in both the Eastern and Pacific time zones of the United States include The Ten O'Clock News and News at Ten.

Plus, in America's middle time zones, stations use a similar name structure based on the hour.

For non-Big Three television stations in the United States, they typically air a primetime newscast, one hour earlier than the traditional late-night newscasts seen on major network-affiliated stations.

NewsCentre, NewsWatch and NewsChannel, aside from Eyewitness News and Action News, are some other newscast titles.

Reuters, the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) are some of the world's major news agencies.

Where the News Comes First, Coverage You Can Count On and Live, Local, Late-Breaking are usual slogans being iconic and famous in North America's local television news scene.

For this Where the News Comes First slogan, it is widely used to emphasize a station's commitment to breaking news, often paired with a fast-paced "news-heavy" image.

Plus, the other variations of the iconic and famous Where the News Comes First slogan include Where News Comes First, Where Local News Comes First and Where Your News Comes First.

Coverage You Can Count On is a variant of a common brand technique in North America's local news scene, known as franchise news; it is designed to build viewer trust and reliability in local news.

Some of the other variations of this iconic Coverage You Can Count On slogan include News You Can Count On, News You Can Use, News You Can Trust and Experience You Can Trust.

Live, Local, Late-Breaking is also a news catchphrase that highlights three of the core pillars shaping modern local news: immediacy, community relevance and speed.

Besides the three iconic and famous slogans in local television news in North America, other slogans include On Your Side, The News Leader, The News Station.

Independent Television News (ITN) is ITV's news service, doubling as one of the world's major news providers.

Cable News Network (CNN) is the first television network in the world to offer live and uninterrupted news coverage around the world, around the clock, also one of the world's major news providers.

The CNN effect is a theory of television news.

For the CNN effect, television networks, utilizing their ability to provide live 24-hour television news coverage from around the world, play a role in deciding the actions and outcomes of events.

Headline News is CNN's spin-off channel.

While CNN juxtaposes newscasts with specialized topical and feature programs, Headline News uses a former focus on rolling news coverage, featuring half-hour newscasts 24 hours a day.

On television, online or in other sources, CNN is one of the world's most successful and trusted media sources for news and information.

CNN has had a significant impact in pop culture across the globe, influencing news trends.

Your 24-Hour News Source is a testament to short news updates at the top and bottom of the hour.

Inspired by CNN and CNN Headline News, Your 24-Hour News Source belongs to viewers who keep tuning in to the television set at home and who want fast-paced news coverage.

During the pre-CNN era, television news had used a strict and limited model, in which the designated morning, afternoon, evening and late-night news blocks were on major broadcasters.

Therefore, during the pre-CNN era, television viewers waited for these specific times to earn news on national and international levels.

With CNN and satellite television, the rolling half-hour news cycle is on.

Lowell Thomas delivered the first television news broadcast on a commercial level on July 1, 1941 via WNBT (and NBC), which Sunoco sponsored, at fifteen minutes to 7 p.m. (or a quarter to 7).

Richard Hubbell also had the second commercial television newscast at 8 p.m. via WCBW (and CBS), coming after Lowell Thomas' Sunoco newscast on WNBT (and NBC), also on July 1, 1941.

In the days after July 1, 1941, Richard Hubbell competed against Lowell Thomas on WNBT by airing visual-heavy newscasts on WCBW at 30 minutes past 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Douglas Edwards is the first individual on television to be delivering the day's news on both a national and an on-camera basis.

In addition, Douglas Edwards is also the first newsreader on television to use videotape for time-delay broadcasts.

The Ampex VRX-1000, with quadruplex videotape, used Douglas Edwards with the News on CBS.

For Douglas Edwards, he is one of the individuals who succeeded Richard Hubbell as the WCBW-TV newsreader.

John Facenda is the main news anchor for WCAU-TV from 1948 to 1973, during which it became the ratings leader in the Delaware Valley.

Some notable innovations shaping the modern local television news concept, which John Facenda had pioneered at WCAU-TV, include the 11 p.m. news and a four-person news team.

Plus, WCAU-TV is a pioneer of the format being used in television news: news-sports-weather.

During its first decade since its debut in late-May 1948, WCAU-TV was a CBS network station being owned by the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper.

The Levy brothers, which ran WCAU during WWII, have their brother-in-law William S. Paley.

Since William S. Paley served as the brother-in-law of the Levy brothers, WCAU served as one of the original CBS affiliates.

Altogether, both Douglas Edwards and John Facenda are the first individuals to be presenting the news stories of the day on television in front of the camera on both a national and a local level.

Whereas early newscasts relied on newsreels, audio-over-slides or behind the camera readers à la radio news, both Douglas Edwards and John Facenda were telegenic newsreaders.

Lowell Thomas and Richard Hubbell were pioneering news individuals on television.

Both the Golden Spike connection via DuMont station WDTV and the historic speech to the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference by Harry S. Truman led to network television.

For its first ever edition, Edward R. Murrow's See It Now (CBS) aired the first live transmission to be presented simultaneously on commercial television from coast to coast.

Prior to Edward R. Murrow's See It Now (CBS), Douglas Edwards with the News (CBS) was the first nightly television news program to have a coast-to-coast simulcast.

Modern 21st-century news studio designs cannot leave behind Dave Garroway's television traits; they instead use digital technology to merge and evolve them into flexible ecosystems.

Some of the innovative Dave Garroway traits that modern 21st-century news studio designs can never leave behind include a newsroom/bullpen, a street-side studio and a news ticker/clock display.

In addition, modern 21st-century televised election studio set designs could not also leave behind these similar Dave Garroway traits to those being used in the television news business.

Likewise, modern 21st-century business/financial news studio set designs cannot also leave the similar Dave Garroway traits behind to those being used in television news.