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사건ID: SCP-OMTF-2015-004
날짜: 2015-08-26
장소: New York, NY, United States
보고기관: SCP Foundation - Occult Media Task Force
상태: 미결
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사건 개요
On 2014-10-29 an official network announcement documented the renewal of the television series Paranormal Witness for a 13-episode fourth season. The season premiered on 2015-08-26; all official broadcast, promotional, and distribution materials for the premiere list the program title as Paranormal Witness: True Terror. The temporal sequence of renewal announcement (2014-10-29) and premiere/retitle (2015-08-26) is confirmed by independent broadcast logs and network press archives. The Foundation initiated a records review after encountering inconsistencies between contemporaneous archival captures of the network's public press release and later-distributed copies.
상세 기록 (증거 목록 포함)
1. Evidence Item 2015-004-A: Copy of network press release dated 2014-10-29 archived in Foundation retrieval vault. Document header records renewal for a 13-episode fourth season. File metadata (creation timestamp: 2014-10-29 09:12:03 UTC) matches network internal submission logs.
2. Evidence Item 2015-004-B: Broadcast schedule logs from three independent cable monitoring services confirming premiere broadcast on 2015-08-26 at 21:00 local time under title 'Paranormal Witness: True Terror'. Time-coded capture files included.
3. Evidence Item 2015-004-C: Promotional assets (digital posters, trailers) distributed to affiliates between 2015-07-20 and 2015-08-24 bearing the retitled name and corresponding episode identifiers.
4. Evidence Item 2015-004-D: Archived web captures (Wayback and network CDN snapshots) of the original 2014-10-29 press release. Multiple snapshots taken between 2014-10-30 and 2015-06-01 show the release with the original series title; snapshots taken after 2015-08-26 display the same URL content updated to include 'Paranormal Witness: True Terror' without a recorded republication event.
5. Evidence Item 2015-004-E: Correspondence logs between network marketing and affiliate stations dated 2015-07 to 2015-08 requesting use of updated title metadata in electronic program guides (EPG).
6. Evidence Item 2015-004-F: Viewer complaint logs and social media captures collected by Foundation monitoring that document user reports of inconsistent titles across platforms during the transition window.
목격자 진술
'When I looked up the show in 2014 it was just Paranormal Witness, nothing else. Then by August it was listed as True Terror. I didn't see any announcement that said they'd rename it.' — Viewer A, submitted 2015-08-27.
'I work at the cable ops desk. We got new metadata files in July that changed the title field. The files had timestamps from that morning, but we never saw a formal press bulletin that said they were renaming the show.' — Affiliate Technician B, interview 2015-08-29.
'We pulled the press release off the site after someone noticed the title change. The URL didn't change, but the text did when we checked it in August.' — Network Archive Specialist C, interview 2015-08-30.
분석
Chronology: Network internal records show a standard renewal announcement on 2014-10-29. Promotional and distribution materials for the season were prepared in mid-2015 and carry the expanded title. EPG and affiliate metadata were updated in July–August 2015 in advance of the premiere. Archive captures of the original press release indicate that a single persistent URL contains content that was modified between the original publication and the premiere date; CDN snapshots after 2015-08-26 display the retitled content at the same URI.
Causal relationships: The update of metadata and promotional assets in mid-2015 causally precedes the widespread appearance of the new title in broadcast and third-party listings. Communications between the network and affiliates (Evidence 2015-004-E) document operational steps taken to propagate the new title through distribution channels. Viewer reports (Evidence 2015-004-F) corroborate the timing and perceptual effect of the change.
Points of interest: Multiple independent archival captures demonstrate a content substitution at the original press-release URI; there is no separate or reissued press release bearing a later publication date that documents a formal retroactive rebranding of the 2014-10-29 announcement. Operational logs from the network indicate content management system edits to existing pages during the 2015-08 window, and affiliate metadata ingestion shows update activity, but there is no record of a formal republication event in news feeds or release registries that would typically accompany a title change applied retroactively to an earlier release.
미해결 사항
상태: 미결
Archived copies of the press release dated 2014-10-29 currently display the updated title 'Paranormal Witness: True Terror' despite no logged public republication event between 2014-10-29 and 2015-08-26.
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**참고 이미지:**
*출처: lhon karwan*
*출처: Fabio Santaniello Bruun*
*출처: Andrea De Santis*
사건ID: SCP-OMTF-2015-004
날짜: 2015-08-26
장소: New York, NY, United States
보고기관: SCP Foundation - Occult Media Task Force
상태: 미결
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사건 개요
On 2014-10-29 an official network announcement documented the renewal of the television series Paranormal Witness for a 13-episode fourth season. The season premiered on 2015-08-26; all official broadcast, promotional, and distribution materials for the premiere list the program title as Paranormal Witness: True Terror. The temporal sequence of renewal announcement (2014-10-29) and premiere/retitle (2015-08-26) is confirmed by independent broadcast logs and network press archives. The Foundation initiated a records review after encountering inconsistencies between contemporaneous archival captures of the network's public press release and later-distributed copies.
상세 기록 (증거 목록 포함)
1. Evidence Item 2015-004-A: Copy of network press release dated 2014-10-29 archived in Foundation retrieval vault. Document header records renewal for a 13-episode fourth season. File metadata (creation timestamp: 2014-10-29 09:12:03 UTC) matches network internal submission logs.
2. Evidence Item 2015-004-B: Broadcast schedule logs from three independent cable monitoring services confirming premiere broadcast on 2015-08-26 at 21:00 local time under title 'Paranormal Witness: True Terror'. Time-coded capture files included.
3. Evidence Item 2015-004-C: Promotional assets (digital posters, trailers) distributed to affiliates between 2015-07-20 and 2015-08-24 bearing the retitled name and corresponding episode identifiers.
4. Evidence Item 2015-004-D: Archived web captures (Wayback and network CDN snapshots) of the original 2014-10-29 press release. Multiple snapshots taken between 2014-10-30 and 2015-06-01 show the release with the original series title; snapshots taken after 2015-08-26 display the same URL content updated to include 'Paranormal Witness: True Terror' without a recorded republication event.
5. Evidence Item 2015-004-E: Correspondence logs between network marketing and affiliate stations dated 2015-07 to 2015-08 requesting use of updated title metadata in electronic program guides (EPG).
6. Evidence Item 2015-004-F: Viewer complaint logs and social media captures collected by Foundation monitoring that document user reports of inconsistent titles across platforms during the transition window.
목격자 진술
'When I looked up the show in 2014 it was just Paranormal Witness, nothing else. Then by August it was listed as True Terror. I didn't see any announcement that said they'd rename it.' — Viewer A, submitted 2015-08-27.
'I work at the cable ops desk. We got new metadata files in July that changed the title field. The files had timestamps from that morning, but we never saw a formal press bulletin that said they were renaming the show.' — Affiliate Technician B, interview 2015-08-29.
'We pulled the press release off the site after someone noticed the title change. The URL didn't change, but the text did when we checked it in August.' — Network Archive Specialist C, interview 2015-08-30.
분석
Chronology: Network internal records show a standard renewal announcement on 2014-10-29. Promotional and distribution materials for the season were prepared in mid-2015 and carry the expanded title. EPG and affiliate metadata were updated in July–August 2015 in advance of the premiere. Archive captures of the original press release indicate that a single persistent URL contains content that was modified between the original publication and the premiere date; CDN snapshots after 2015-08-26 display the retitled content at the same URI.
Causal relationships: The update of metadata and promotional assets in mid-2015 causally precedes the widespread appearance of the new title in broadcast and third-party listings. Communications between the network and affiliates (Evidence 2015-004-E) document operational steps taken to propagate the new title through distribution channels. Viewer reports (Evidence 2015-004-F) corroborate the timing and perceptual effect of the change.
Points of interest: Multiple independent archival captures demonstrate a content substitution at the original press-release URI; there is no separate or reissued press release bearing a later publication date that documents a formal retroactive rebranding of the 2014-10-29 announcement. Operational logs from the network indicate content management system edits to existing pages during the 2015-08 window, and affiliate metadata ingestion shows update activity, but there is no record of a formal republication event in news feeds or release registries that would typically accompany a title change applied retroactively to an earlier release.
미해결 사항
상태: 미결
Archived copies of the press release dated 2014-10-29 currently display the updated title 'Paranormal Witness: True Terror' despite no logged public republication event between 2014-10-29 and 2015-08-26.
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**참고 이미지:**
*출처: lhon karwan*
*출처: Fabio Santaniello Bruun*
*출처: Andrea De Santis*
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