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itsrobert Founding member
aprilj posted:
itsrobert posted:
Bob Paisley posted:
thegeek posted:
bazinga posted:
I thought the news channel would give a little goodbye to n9 , I know it wasn't a news channel studio . But world didn't bother! , or will it still be used for the elections?


I've heard that May's local election programme will still come from TVC, though I don't know which studio. Given that it's been N9 in the past, it wouldn't surprise me if it's used again.


I don't want to cast doubt on your sources - but I find that very hard to believe. Why would they broadcast from TVC in May when, by then, all their resources (journalistic and technical) will be based at NBH? It doesn't make much sense.

I don't see why that would be an issue. The BBC have hired a studio at ITN for several election programmes over the years. Clearly NBH does not have a suitably large enough studio to accomodate an election programme so they need to use one somewhere. If TVC is available, why not use it?


But N9 is tiny compared to Studio B. They could even go virtual and use Studio A, they could make the studio as big as they wanted that way!

Who says they would use N9? thegeek was merely speculating.....
SP
Steve in Pudsey
The benefit of using N9 in the past was that it wasn't being used for anything else, so rehearsals etc could easily be accommodated. The studios at NBH are all in use every day.

I guess Studio A will be used for the Jeremy Vine bits in the future?
GE
thegeek Founding member
LeeWorldNews posted:
And yet some say TVC will be closed after March.

Yes, most people do say that, but at least one department will still be operational there until October.
LW
LeeWN
thegeek posted:
LeeWorldNews posted:
And yet some say TVC will be closed after March.

Yes, most people do say that, but at least one department will still be operational there until October.


What department?

I wish the Domestic or the NC would do something like what Newsnight did, with the lights and barcos being switched off.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
CAR, the Central Apparatus Room which, amongst other things, handles comms circuits in and out of the W12 buildings.
GE
thegeek Founding member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
CAR, the Central Apparatus Room which, amongst other things, handles comms circuits in and out of the W12 buildings.


Yup. Well, to be pernickety, Central Communications Area - CCA includes CAR and Sat Ops. The new Sat Ops operation won't be live yet, and there isn't really sufficient connectivity between CCA and NBH to support a whole election programme - whereas there are plenty of internal lines in TVC.
LL
London Lite Founding member
A trailer for the new look News Channel aired just before Newsday.

NJ
news junkie
Looks good, although the newsroom looks darker in the studio than I'd have thought. Then again, it depends what time it was filmed at. Also looks as though the desk isnt big enough for two
AG
AxG
Not a patch of the BBC World News version.
BA
bilky asko
news junkie posted:
Looks good, although the newsroom looks darker in the studio than I'd have thought. Then again, it depends what time it was filmed at. Also looks as though the desk isnt big enough for two

By the looks of some sort of vignette effect has been applied - it shouldn't be that dark in use.
DK
DanielK
Don't like that all-white desk body at all, red needs to be put back in! Good promo though, hopefully a longer version comes out.
JO
Jon
Looking promising.
news junkie posted:
Looks good, although the newsroom looks darker in the studio than I'd have thought. Then again, it depends what time it was filmed at. Also looks as though the desk isnt big enough for two

It's about the same size if not bigger than Midlands Today, and they manage.

Was only having single headed presentation on the News Channel part of DQF?

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