The man was knocked down outside London St Pancras International railway station during an ITV News Reporter Ria Chatterjee was doing a live shot about how the Channel Tunnel was closed due to a fire.
While she was reporting live a man walking behind her is knocked down by a out of control motorcycle rider.
The Reporter missed the entire thing, but did tweet out later that both men were fine.
Here's the video:
Tony Verna, a Television Director and producer who invented instant replay for live sports games 51 years ago, has died. He was 81.
Tony Verna, a Television Director and producer who invented instant replay for live sports games 51 years ago, has died. He was 81.
The newspapers in Seattle and Green saw the same story from two completely different angles:
CBS scored at touchdown with the announcement that the network will continue their partnership this fall on Thursday nights.
CBS will again produce all 16 games in the package. CBS will show the first 8 games of the season which will be simulcast on NFL Network.
Then NFL Network gets the last 8 exclusively.
The NFL regularly tops the ratings and has preformed exceptionally for CBS.
CBS Sports Basketball analyst and former NBA player Greg Anthony has been arrested and charged with soliciting a prostitute.
DC Police Lt. Kelvin Cusick tells The Associated Press that Anthony was arrested at 5:46 p.m. on Friday. He said Saturday that Anthony faces a misdemeanor solicitation charge that's punishable by up to 180 days in jail.
The 47-year-old Anthony was released Friday evening.
No further details were available.
According to the NCAA website, Anthony was scheduled to announce the Michigan State-Maryland men's basketball game Saturday in nearby College Park, Maryland.
We're guessing that CBS will be finding a replacement to do that.
The fraud trial against a former Philly Sports Anchor is expected to wrap up next week.
After he was fired from his $240,000-a-year job at WTXF Fox29, Don Tollefson was living off his wife's income and disability payments related to a car crash.
But two infusions of cash soon came his way.
The first was a $333,000 out-of-court settlement in the car accident. When that dried up, he cracked open his $400,000 pension from Fox, Tollefson testified Friday.
All the money was gone in less than four years.
"I'm proud to say I spent it on the kids," Tollefson told jurors on the ninth day of his fraud trial.
Tollefson is accused of selling $340,000 worth of bogus travel packages to sports-related events in the name of his charity, Winning Ways, and pocketing much of the money.
"You already spent the money to keep living your life," Prosecutor Weintraub said.
Tollefson denied the contention, saying he was a bad businessman who tried to save his charity, established to help poor city children. But he never rebutted claims that he failed to deliver travel packages to the World Cup, the Kentucky Derby, an Eagles game, or other events.
"I don't dispute anything you are saying," Tollefson said. "I took contributions until I ran out of money. . . . I told people I will pay you back someday. . . . I told people I don't have the money. I can't pay you back. Someday I will."
Tollefson also agreed that much of the money intended for his charity ended up in his personal bank account. But he said that was out of convenience, not deception.
"Should I have done that?" Tollefson asked, referring to mingling the money in the charity and his own accounts. "Probably not. But I never did it to deceive or commit a crime."
H/T Philly Inquirer
Longtime CNN Correspondent Jim Clancy is out at the network and sources tell FTVLive that he was pushed.
Clancy sent a memo out to his co-workers telling them he was leaving. "Through it all, CNN has been a family to my own family. That means something."
But many inside CNN believe this was not a friendly parting between Clancy and the network. His leaving comes just day after making comments on the attack in Paris blaming in part Israel.
The network confirms that Clancy is gone and won't say much else.
After 34 years, we doubt that Clancy thought this was how it was going to end.
FTVLive FIRST told you that WRIC Morning Anchor Amie McClain is leaving the station and TV news altogether.
McClain, who joined WRIC in 2009 is leaving to work full time for her church.
She signed off Today and it started with her co-anchor crying and went downhill from there. The way it started out, I didn't know if Amie was leaving or dying.
Let's go to the cry fest:
New Jersey Governor and Dallas Cowboy fan boy Chris Christie thinks that the local TV Reporters act like children.
Tell us something we don't know Governor.
Christie was on a local radio show with an "Ask the Governor" segment when he took a swipe at local Reporters, calling them "self-consumed" individuals who act "like children."
Christie was commenting on the criticisms he's received for blocking New Jersey reporters from a meeting he held Tuesday with national reporter ahead of his State of the State address. Christie invited members of the press from CNN, ABC, NBC, the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, but shut his doors to local media. Meanwhile, the governor continues to consider a 2016 presidential run.
“Could you find a group of more self-consumed people? On a day like that, they are writing about themselves," the governor said in response to complaints from local New Jersey media. “Do you think the public cares a whit whether they got into a private meeting?”
"The other private meetings they’ve had with me, which they’ve had within the last month, they didn’t report on that did they?” he continued. “They didn’t did they because that would be fair, and God knows we wouldn’t want to be that."
“If they want to act like children, let them act like children,” he added. “That’s the way it goes.”
H/T HuffPo
We head to the left coast for today's edition of How I work and KTLA Reporter Jennifer Gould. Gould lives the life of a Freelancer, working a lot of hours with none of the benefits. She also develops reality based shows and works for the Discovery Network. Back a million years ago, Jennifer and FTVLive worked at the same station. While I have aged quite a bit since then, for some reason she hasn't.
This is how she works:
Twitter Name: @jennifergould
Location: Los Angeles
Current gig: reporter KTLA Morning News & Crime Reporter on My Dirty Little Secret on Investigation Discovery Network
Current computer: Ipad, Sony Vaio PC
Current mobile device: Samsung Galaxy S5
One word that best describes how you work: ridiculously thorough & competitive...but i also love making people I work with, smile & often crack jokes :) And I love mentoring some of the younger reporters... kinda like a mama bear for advice etc...
What are your favorite Apps that you can't live without? Twitter - absolutely addicted!!! Need an intervention! Instagram (@jennifergouldTV) ... Yelp/VZ Navigator...
What's your workspace like? I'm a freelance reporter so I have no desk/office... I live/work out of a live truck when on duty
Besides your phone and computer, what gadget can't you live without? IS THERE anything besides a phone and computer?!?
What Music are you listening to? in the car: news radio. at the gym - smorgasbord of music from 60s to present... rock, metal, alt r & b, pop.. love it all!
What's your sleep routine like? I wake for work at 1am...my shift starts at 2:30am. I usually get to bed 8p...although that doesn't mean I fall asleep at that time! but I LOVE this shift... as I not only work with an amazing crew of writers, photographers, producers & desk assistants...it's when some of the most compelling stories happen. I LOVE the crime beat - it's where I thrive... and, you get a lot of those stories in the overnight hours!
Best Advice you Ever Got? to know a little about a LOT of things; be well-read....and well informed. Looks will only get you so far... your brain will keep you there. Don't just learn a second language, MASTER IT... And lastly, be the best YOU, you can be - don't imitate anyone else...being unique makes you unstoppable!
NBC is looking to the past as it looks to the future of the Today Show.
Noah Oppenheim was a Senior Producer of Today it was No. 1 in the ratings. Now he's returning to the morning show as the boss.
Oppenheim will be in charge of the entire editorial operation of the Today Show.
Oppenheim will fill the role that was briefly occupied by Jamie Horowitz, the onetime ESPN programming whiz who was fired in November shortly after he took the NBC job.
The LA Times reports that in recent years, Oppenheim has worked as a screenwriter in Los Angeles. He had been a program development executive for the production company Reveille and is the coauthor of a bestselling book series, "The Intellectual Devotional."
During his tenure at "Today," Oppenheim oversaw the 7 a.m. hour, which is where the bulk of the program’s hard-news reporting runs. But with his background in the entertainment business, he is expected to have a strong point of view on the program’s softer content as well.
His new position gives him control over the four hours of "Today" on television and its digital platforms. He will also be charged with finding ways to expand the "Today" brand name.
Oppenheim was a popular figure at "Today" during his previous stint, which ran from 2005 through 2008. NBC News executives said they believe that he will have the trust of staffers and anchors needed to enact a new strategy to challenge ABC’s "Good Morning America," the current ratings leader.
"Today" has a reputation of being a closed society that is resistant to change, and Horowitz apparently found that out during his short tenure at the program.
Back on January 9th, FTVLive told you that Canadian News Anchor Leslie Roberts has been suspended from the network after an investigation found he is secretly the part owner of a small public relations firm whose clients — lawyers, small businesses and others — appear on his show.
Now word comes that Roberts has "resigned" from the network.
Following a meeting to inform staff of Roberts’ resignation, senior management sent an internal memo to Global News employees:
“Leslie Roberts has resigned, effective immediately, from his position as Anchor and Executive Editor of Global Toronto, and co-host of The National Morning Show. In light of the findings of an internal investigation, conducted on the basis of our Business Conduct Standards and the Global News Journalistic Principles and Practices, Global News is satisfied with today’s outcome,” the statement read. “Global News remains committed to balanced and ethical journalism produced in the public’s interest. We will not be offering further comment at this time.”
2015 is starting out looking like 2014 for MSNBC.
The cable news network, that does't like to cover news is still dragging an anchor when it comes to the ratings.
In a huge news week, MSNBC's ratings were awful. The terrorist attack, aftermath and citywide demonstrations in Paris last week didn't do much for MSNBC's numbers.
The ratings-challenged network, whose struggles over the last year have been documented at length in media circles, averaged only 523,000 prime-time viewers for the week ended Jan. 11, which includes the network’s prime-time coverage of the Wednesday attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices as well as the massive unity rally that attracted more than 3 million people on Sunday.
Despite the historic events, MSNBC’s total prime-time viewership was down more than 25 percent compared to the same week last year. Ratings were down in the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic as well, averaging 132,000 viewers compared to 244,000 last year.
The Phil Griffin gets fired clock is ticking a bit faster.
When the Oscar nominations came out, many were shocked that all Academy Awards acting nominations went only to white actors and actresses.
Of course, all the best movie nominations went to movies that no one has seen or heard of.
But, it was the all white thing that is sticking in the craw of MSNBC host Al Sharpton. And he is thinking about doing something.
The outspoken civil rights activist said Thursday that it was “appallingly insulting in the year of 2015" that the 20 Academy Awards acting nominations went only to white actors and actresses.
“In the time of Staten Island and Ferguson, to have one of the most shutout Oscar nights in recent memory is something that is incongruous," Sharpton told The Daily News.
Sharpton says he will take time out of paying his back taxes to meet next week with allies and colleagues to discuss “potential actions” before or during the nationally televised Feb. 22 award ceremony.
In other words, Sharpton has to see how much face time he can get?
If you work at a Raycom station, you might want to say your goodbyes to the folks in the Traffic Department, they're all leaving.
Raycom announced that it will centralize traffic operations for 51 television stations it owns or operates. The new Raycom Centralized Traffic Operation will be located in Charlotte, N.C.
The company says that all current Raycom Media traffic employees will be offered the opportunity to apply for positions in the new Charlotte operation.
It is expected that many will not make the move or could not afford to do so.
“Raycom television stations have benefitted from some of the best and most loyal traffic professionals in the industry, and we are deeply grateful for their service” said Paul McTear, Raycom president-CEO.
They were so loyal and so good, we are eliminating their jobs.
Isn't TV just grand?
FTVLive told you yesterday that Fox News and Dish Network had ended their retrans dispute and FNC has returned to the Dish bird.
The multiyear agreement ends a three-week fight between Dish and Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox. Fox Business Network, which was also dropped by Dish, has been restored as well.
As we predicted, the terms of the new deal weren’t disclosed. However, people familiar with the talks said Dish is paying a significant increase for Fox News, which is one of the most popular networks, not just among news channels but entertainment and sports services as well.
According to research firm SNL Kagan, the average monthly fee for Fox News is currently about $1.00 per subscriber. Under terms of the new pact, the price Dish would pay would rise to an average fee of around $1.50 per-subscriber, per-month, people familiar with the matter said.
Dish is also going to distribute Fox Business Network to more of its subscribers, the people said, and give it a channel position near Fox News as part of the agreement.
What does that mean if you are a Dish customer?
Eventually, your satellite bill will be going up.
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