CNN International & Domestic

A couple of pics of the sofa area on the New Day set...

http://instagram.com/p/agRT88wqLz/
https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo/status/342685158698266624/photo/1

And one that shows how they've finished the top of the part that's shown in the promo:
https://twitter.com/LPernaCNN/status/344499425542037504/photo/1

A very 'New York' feel, by the looks of things. I really like what I've seen so far.

Indeed. In a specifically New York context, the brick walls actually make sense and are effective.

It looks a million miles better than the current set up for Starting Point/Early Start.

Absolutely - and they're putting a lot more effort into building a whole new identity for the show.

I got the impression that Early Start and Starting Point were just hastily cobbled-together replacements for the ailing American Morning. They rushed them both on air before they even had a proper set (Early Start came from Atlanta and Starting Point was out and about) - and, when they both moved back to New York, all they'd really done was give the American Morning studio a lick of paint. Early Start was basically just the same newsy format as American Morning, and Starting Point seemed to be a poor man's Morning Joe.

This time round they've put a bit of time and effort into creating something completely new. And, with the show being seen as Jeff Zucker's baby, I think we can expect them to give it a decent run.

So from today (Monday) all of CNNI's output is in widescreen and HD. Hong Kong morning show was the last to join the club.

Some pics from New Day, which launched this morning:

http://www.newscaststudio.com/setstudio/new-day/

The show looks great, love the set and also the content. It's very newsy, lots of live reporters, both domestic and international. The presenters have good chemistry. Twitter comments are quite positive. Very good first day imo, though there's still 45 minutes to come.

The new graphics look very... Windows Metro...

Definitely not a rip-off of CBS This Morning's set

So many screens! I don't know whether it will age well, but it looks kinda cool

Can't judge the news content as I didn't see the whole show but NewDay looks fantastic - so much fresher that anything else on CNN. Very impressed.

Is it HD in Europe?