In an effort to ensure that consumers area aware of NY1 as being exclusive to Time Warner, the cable network will be changing the station name to TWC News. The NY station as well as the other local news stations available only on Time Warner will receive new logos, graphics, and theme music in [Full Story…]
Time Warner Cable To Launch 24-Hour Traffic Channel
August 6, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Time Warner Cable's NY1 local news subscribers will soon have access to a dedicated channel providing traffic and commuter information for the New York metropolitan area. The channel, launching as soon as August 18, will debut on channel 104 in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, and [Full Story…]
NY1 App Lets Users Become Reporters
June 1, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Time Warner's local cable news channel NY1/NY1 Noticias launched a free app that lets users become reporters by sending news tips, video and photos directly to the channels. The app, which works on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, also lets user read text and watch high quality news [Full Story…]
Panel to Discuss How NY Media Firms Use Technology
May 7, 2010 at 4:27 pm
A panel discussion presented by the New York Technology Council called "New York Media Success Stories: How Media is Using New Technology to Evolve" will focus on how NY-based media companies are effected by and use technology. The event will take place Tues. May 25, 6PM at [Full Story…]
This Week’s Digital Media Tech News Wrap-Up
August 9, 2009 at 2:00 pm
NYConvergenceThis week, we stopped by the first NY Tech Meetup held in August, hearing about developments at blip.tv and Magma, and learning about a few other new NYC-based startups.In other digital-media technology news this week: Pingg's relationship with Martha Stewart is enabling it to [Full Story…]
NY1 Web Site Traffic Increases After Relaunch
August 6, 2009 at 9:37 am
NY1's Web site relaunch last year has paid off for the local news channel. Prior to the relaunch, the site had about 2.3 million visitors per month on average. After the relaunch, the visitors increased to 3.1 million. One of the major updates included having 90% to 95% of on air stories running [Full Story…]
Verizon Launches FiOS1 News Channel
June 23, 2009 at 10:49 am
Verizon has launched its new FiOS1 local channel yesterday for its Long Island and New Jersey subscribers, according to the New York Daily News. The channel was launched to compete with Time Warner's Cable's NY1 and Cablevision's News 12. Much like its competitors, the channels [Full Story…]
NY1 Anchor Formally Launches Headlines Web Site
April 6, 2009 at 10:14 am
As previously noted in NYConvergence, NY1 anchor, Pat Kiernan, known for reading the day's headlines from local NYC papers has formerly launched his Web site Pat's Papers, where Kiernan will do a expanded, Web version of his broadcast segment. The New York TimesPrevious:> [Full Story…]
New York Nonstop Gets Mixed Reviews
March 10, 2009 at 9:46 am
WNBC's new digital New York news channel, New York Nonstop, launched yesterday and critics began their scrutiny today. New York Daily News found the programming "fluffy" and lacking in immediacy, explaining that if the channel intends to compete with New York 1, it should feature live [Full Story…]
NY1 Anchor Launches Newspaper Headline Webcast
December 11, 2008 at 11:01 am
The anchor, Pat Kiernan, known for reading the day's headlines from local NYC papers on the Time Warner Cable news channel, has launched a Web site called Pat's Papers. On the site, Kiernan will do a expanded, webcast version of his broadcast segment, summarizing headlines from both [Full Story…]
NY1 Becomes Default Channel on Time Warner
October 31, 2008 at 9:00 am
Since early October, Time Warner Cable has been reprogramming its cable boxes in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island so that its cable boxes automatically tune to NY1 when the power is switched on. The reprogramming is expected to be completed in Manhattan next month.New York Daily [Full Story…]
NBC’s NYC TV Station To Be A ‘Hyperlocal Hub’
October 13, 2008 at 4:09 pm
When NBC's NY1-style, 24-hour New York's Newchannel launches in November, it'll have a companion Web site going beyond the 6 PM and 11 PM newscasts that includes content from outside bloggers and news Web sites. The new Web site, which will have a different "look and feel" from [Full Story…]
Time Warner Prepares For Verizon’s FiOS
October 3, 2008 at 10:00 am
For the past year, Time Warner Cable has been preparing for Verizon's entry into the local cable market with a multitiered approach almost complete in Staten Island, the first NYC borough where FiOS has been made available, and underway in Brooklyn and Queens. It includes: initiating a “Price Lock [Full Story…]
NY1 Convention Coverage Picked Up Regionally
September 3, 2008 at 10:47 am
The local Time-Warner cable channel's coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions is being picked up beyond NYC: on Capital News 9 (Albany), News 10 Now (Syracuse/Binghamton), R News (Rochester), NY1 and NY1 Noticias. There was a similar partnership for the Pope's visit, but this is a [Full Story…]
NY1 Relaunches Website with Enhanced Video, Tools
August 13, 2008 at 11:15 am
Eleven years since its first launch, New York City's local cable news station NY1 has updated its website. The new site allows visitors to easily watch video news segments like the news wrap-up feature called NY1 Minute, which is now available on the homepage. Most stories, which were [Full Story…]
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