BBC World News from New Broadcasting House

You have to have a quick crew standing by. It's happened a few times on MSNBC where one anchor finishes the show in one studio and sprints to the other side of the building to be there by the time the next shows anchor finishes the introductions/credit roll. They actually posted a video online of the anchor running from studio to studio. When she got to the new studio there were two people there waiting to swap her mic and IFB belt packs for her and was sitting in the studio at the end of the intro.

Just thought I'd add my two ¢ to this discussion.

Edit : That's just a rare instance where a presenter went to be a guest on another show in under a minute. But it is highly unlikely that a presenter could switch that quickly if they were just changing studios. Do each of the studios have their own IFB / Mic channels or are they shared through out the building?

Seems to be some sort of lighting issue in the midnight and 1am edition of Newsday. Red used by accident or as a back up.

They also had the Singapore presenter talking over a studio shot of the London presenter. They ended up cutting his audio and looking at the papers.

The orange palette actually looks better than the blue and white.

Each studio has its own separate range of radio mic and talkback frequencies so that they don't interfere with each other. There are separate radio return talkback channels too for the floor manager and sound floor assistant to the gallery. Frequency planning is a very big part of the design of studio and outside broadcast production.

As for the "module" programmes on BBC World News, they're very often sponsored and mean that two commercial breaks can be scheduled up to the top of the hour (when most likely a peak audience is tuning in for the headlines) so they make a huge amount of commercial sense for the channel as well as easing the logistical challenges of changing presenters, lighting, studio production teams etc.

GMT didn't always have a module before and after it, it's only been since the clock change. The last news bulletin from Studio C used to come off air at 1157:00, so only a 3 minute gap before GMT started. GMT itself used to be followed by Impact after a 4 minute gap.

Thanks for the info. I only asked because some new facilities in the US have been built where it's dynamic where everything is on one system so resources can change as needed.

Yes - that's happening in the UK too. RF-over-fibre allows for Radio Mics and IEMs to be all received/transmitted in a single location, and then routed between studios as required. There is some 'Wiber" stuff in W1 - but it isn't used by the news studios in that building.

It's presumably spelt "wibre" in the UK, if only for how strange it looks as a word.

No - it's Wiber in the UK. It's a trademark of The Wireless Works I think : http://www.thewirelessworks.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/TWW-Wiber-Product-Sheet.pdf

Is that because it is not reliable enough for news at the moment?

I'm not sure it's the same type but I believe it's just a large Shure wireless based system where the audio can be routed anywhere.

It's relatively easy to allow radio mics to be shared between studios, but it adds extra logistical complexity to make sure you always have the kit you need in the place you need it, and the correct number and type of frequencies available. (IEMs are more troublesome as they don't play nice with multiple transmitters as you'd need to cover any sizable building)

Much simpler for everyone if you have dedicated equipment and frequencies for each space for day to day usage. And simpler = more reliable.