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(January 2013)

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DO
dosxuk
London Lite posted:
fanoftv posted:
Have they had an HD upgrade?


Considering Channel has also had a HD upgrade, I'd expect so.


Channel moved to a new building, which happened to have one of the new sets, rather than they got a new set, and upgraded to HD.
LL
London Lite Founding member
dosxuk posted:
London Lite posted:
fanoftv posted:
Have they had an HD upgrade?


Considering Channel has also had a HD upgrade, I'd expect so.


Channel moved to a new building, which happened to have one of the new sets, rather than they got a new set, and upgraded to HD.


Yes, same for Meridian which continues to broadcast upscaled.
RK
Rkolsen
London Lite posted:
dosxuk posted:
London Lite posted:
fanoftv posted:
Have they had an HD upgrade?


Considering Channel has also had a HD upgrade, I'd expect so.


Channel moved to a new building, which happened to have one of the new sets, rather than they got a new set, and upgraded to HD.


Yes, same for Meridian which continues to broadcast upscaled.


Out of curiosity how many of the ITV regions actually broadcast their news in HD?

Maybe I am reading the comment about Channel incorrectly but it sounds odd that they did a new build and not get HD equipment. Or did they get HD equipment and are just operating it at 16:9 widescreen waiting until they can "flip the switch"?
DB
dbl
Rkolsen posted:
London Lite posted:
dosxuk posted:
London Lite posted:
fanoftv posted:
Have they had an HD upgrade?


Considering Channel has also had a HD upgrade, I'd expect so.


Channel moved to a new building, which happened to have one of the new sets, rather than they got a new set, and upgraded to HD.


Yes, same for Meridian which continues to broadcast upscaled.


Out of curiosity how many of the ITV regions actually broadcast their news in HD?

London, Granada.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Rkolsen posted:
London Lite posted:
dosxuk posted:
London Lite posted:
fanoftv posted:
Have they had an HD upgrade?


Considering Channel has also had a HD upgrade, I'd expect so.


Channel moved to a new building, which happened to have one of the new sets, rather than they got a new set, and upgraded to HD.


Yes, same for Meridian which continues to broadcast upscaled.


Out of curiosity how many of the ITV regions actually broadcast their news in HD?

Maybe I am reading the comment about Channel incorrectly but it sounds odd that they did a new build and not get HD equipment. Or did they get HD equipment and are just operating it at 16:9 widescreen waiting until they can "flip the switch"?


They moved to a new building and were equipped with HD. Same happened when Meridian moved and Wales. Unsure about Yorkshire.
HA
harshy Founding member
London Lite posted:
Rkolsen posted:
London Lite posted:
dosxuk posted:
London Lite posted:
fanoftv posted:
Have they had an HD upgrade?


Considering Channel has also had a HD upgrade, I'd expect so.


Channel moved to a new building, which happened to have one of the new sets, rather than they got a new set, and upgraded to HD.


Yes, same for Meridian which continues to broadcast upscaled.


Out of curiosity how many of the ITV regions actually broadcast their news in HD?

Maybe I am reading the comment about Channel incorrectly but it sounds odd that they did a new build and not get HD equipment. Or did they get HD equipment and are just operating it at 16:9 widescreen waiting until they can "flip the switch"?


They moved to a new building and were equipped with HD. Same happened when Meridian moved and Wales. Unsure about Yorkshire.


We will probably find out tomorrow as the test channel on Sky switched to ITV Yorkshire HD today.
RD
RDJ
Here's some dodgy caps of the Lunchtime bulletin taken from my phone...

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There's also a feature on Central's website of a timelapse of the set going up and some pictures and videos of previous sets of Central and ATV including some contributions from TV ARK of all places!: http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2015-06-20/all-change-a-new-itv-news-central-set/
Last edited by RDJ on 22 June 2015 5:25pm - 3 times in total
LL
London Lite Founding member
Is it me or is Central's desk slightly higher than Calendar/Channel, but not as high as Wales?
ST
Stuart
The picture quality on Sky is dreadful, so I'm guessing Central aren't broadcasting their regional news in HD.
FA
fanoftv
The studio doesn't look that bad. The black on the long shot is bad, but the shot has been framed so that black is only beneath the screens.
Central also have the distraction of their itv branded laptops. I was hoping that this new studio would see the laptops go in favour of computers under the desks. Hopefully they're just temporary.

Yes Stuart the picture quality is appalling. After these weeks out of the studio I'm guessing that they won't go HD until they move to different premises ala Channel TV.
MW
Mike W
It's good they've made their desk bigger, can't be good for old Bob to lean forwards!
LE
Lester Founding member
Seems bizarre that they didn't just put teal lights in the black sections. It's like watching a CinemaScope film in the background. Very strange design decision.

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