FOX News Media Unveils Industry-Leading Election Technology Across Platforms
October 21 2020 - 12:53PM
Business Wire
Real-Time 3D Graphics and Virtual Set
Innovation Among Features Designed for an Immersive Viewer Election
Night Experience
FOX News Digital to Complement Network
Coverage with Interactive Live and Historical Race Data
FOX News Media will unveil state-of-the-art election technology
across its linear and digital platforms during 2020 presidential
race coverage on Tuesday, November 3rd. Broadcasting from FOX News
Channel’s (FNC) flagship Studio F, Special Report’s Bret Baier and
The Story’s Martha MacCallum will utilize new immersive 3D graphics
and enhanced studio technology for live updates, providing viewers
unprecedented access to the election process and comprehensive
insight into the evening’s developments.
Applying industry-leading technology from the company that
created Fortnite, real-time 3D graphics and visual effects of a
digitally-constructed White House will serve as an immersive
backdrop to showcase the status of various races and guide viewers
through the most critical developments across both FNC’s and FOX
Business Network’s (FBN) live coverage. Constructed to visually
breakdown the path to victory in the House and Senate, graphics
will feature “Balance of Power” and “Net Gain” indicators to
illustrate turnovers of Democrat and Republican held seats as the
results are reported. The network’s Presidential Race Scoreboard,
National Popular Vote and Electoral Vote count will be highlighted
visually through virtual set and special effects technology in
Studio F. The studio’s signature video chandelier, featuring
528-square-feet of high-resolution graphics around its 14-foot
diameter, will function in tandem with the space’s video floor
directly beneath it, displaying the latest generation of digital
effects.
FOX News Predictability Meters, designed to calculate how a race
in progress is yielding a predicted winner, will be expanded beyond
the national level to also analyze possible outcomes of
state-by-state races. The “Meters” will provide insight into which
candidates hold the winning advantage at any moment in time based
upon statistical models, while voting precincts report in and
critical votes are being tabulated.
Bill Hemmer’s signature “Bill-board” will also return to provide
viewers an interactive presentation platform with new technical
capabilities for the 2020 election. Based on real-time data
technology, Hemmer’s “Bill-board” will enable a more dynamic view
into all election data, census data, and historical data, to drill
down state-by-state, county-by-county and illustrate scenarios that
can lead the different candidates to the path to victory.
Simultaneously throughout the evening, FOX News Digital will
serve as a viewer resource to complement the network’s linear
coverage. User tools include a state-by-state visual representation
of the vote split along with past data, county level presidential
result maps with zooming functionality and historical data, margin
of victory data with the capability to examine previous election
cycles, and a FOX News “dial” page to track the predictability and
probability of races for president, the Senate and the House. The
website will also provide a pop-out video player option so users
can watch the channel while browsing the site, as well as functions
to allow users to personalize their screens to track their favorite
races with “My Races.” A real time ticker of results will also run
at the bottom of the screen that will mirror what is seen on the
linear channel.
The FOX News Mobile App will also feature up-to-the-minute
election news, results and information. Real-time data and
developments will be provided to the digital audience so users will
have the ability to analyze individual state and county-level races
and see the results of FOX News Voter Analysis election surveys as
polls close in each state. Additionally, users will be able to
follow the live updates page throughout the day as the latest races
are called, reactions pour in from across the country and live
video speeches come into the newsroom.
FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business
Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio and the
direct-to-consumer digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX
News International as well as the newly announced FOX News Books.
Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been
the most watched television news channel for more than 18
consecutive years, while FBN currently ranks among the top business
channels on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News Media reaches
200 million people each month.
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