New Meridian, BBC South & South East Thread

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Glenn 13 December 2009 6:30pm

OK, I'm confused... dot com!

Andrew Pate did the news again this evening, but he was in the studio... still as teal as before!

I don't know what they did, but I don't know if they will be launching the yellow peril or what soon.

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rob Founding member 14 December 2009 2:07pm

Meridian News still teal this lunchtime...

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Macalolo 14 December 2009 3:37pm

This happened with the westcountry bulletines. Work was done over the weekends but it never launched until Tuesday. I also think that Meridian used a different studio because there was a difference in the pannels so it could be thjey were using former SE one. Also could be that the studio can be changed to yellow at a flick of a switch. ITV Central studios turned yellow for one night only for the peoples millions a few years back.

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Jamesypoo 14 December 2009 3:42pm

Stuart posted:

frostat01 posted:

With Calendar they should make both studios back into one again. Have one large Calendar studio again

To what end? You would still have the same set, but just in a larger studio.

It wouldn't look any different on screen.

I reckon he means the extra plasma screen that Yorkshire had when the generic set was first installed in Leeds.

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Macalolo posted:

This happened with the westcountry bulletines. Work was done over the weekends but it never launched until Tuesday. I also think that Meridian used a different studio because there was a difference in the pannels so it could be thjey were using former SE one. Also could be that the studio can be changed to yellow at a flick of a switch. ITV Central studios turned yellow for one night only for the peoples millions a few years back.

It's not just the lighting colour that's changing, though. There's the desk, the floor colour, the benches and the little lights around the edge of the floor facing upwards.

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Macalolo 14 December 2009 3:49pm

Macalolo posted:

This happened with the westcountry bulletines. Work was done over the weekends but it never launched until Tuesday. I also think that Meridian used a different studio because there was a difference in the pannels so it could be thjey were using former SE one. Also could be that the studio can be changed to yellow at a flick of a switch. ITV Central studios turned yellow for one night only for the peoples millions a few years back.

It's not just the lighting colour that's changing, though. There's the desk, the floor colour, the benches and the little lights around the edge of the floor facing upwards.[/quote]

Never tood that into account

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Glenn 14 December 2009 6:35pm

Sangeeta confirmed ITV Meridian will be "going yellow" tomorrow. So I guess it's finally arriving in the South and South East. Wonder when ITV London will be going over.

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rob Founding member 15 December 2009 6:40am

And there we are... looks ruddy awful.

Loved how Nia Mason (who?) got cut off at the end. I'll have video and screenshots shortly.

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rob Founding member 15 December 2009 6:45am

Video

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Put The Telly On 15 December 2009 1:49pm

Looks like a sauna. I'm sure Sangie will be on about how warm and Christmassy it is.

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rob Founding member 15 December 2009 2:14pm

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Macalolo 15 December 2009 8:50pm

What does everyone think about Yellow Peril in the south then??

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Andrew Founding member 15 December 2009 10:45pm

Only a minor point. but the yellow opening titles for Calendar News bulletins just say 'Calendar', the old titles (and indeed every set of bulletin opening titles since the introduction of time) have always said 'Calendar News'

(July 2006)