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Most of B it is a standing set, I don't see why some tinkering (putting back the big desk and LED screen) would take that long unless they were intending to use it from this week.
Because you need time to rehearse and integrate the technology. There's all the stuff to integrate the external feeds, template building, presumable there's a new graphics package with Reith, and you need time to make sure everything is working as you intend.
With B being in use so much, it also limits the time to do large or noisy bits of work, I'm not surprised they had to wait until a weekend to actually get the desk in.
This will also be a much higher profile election, organised at much shorter notice, than the previous election coverage covered from B, and they're used to having their own studio to themselves for weeks on these events.
Doesn't seem premature at all. In order to prepare for the Election Programme they have to build the set, do all the technical configuration and rehearsals.
Most of B it is a standing set, I don't see why some tinkering (putting back the big desk and LED screen) would take that long unless they were intending to use it from this week.
Because you need time to rehearse and integrate the technology. There's all the stuff to integrate the external feeds, template building, presumable there's a new graphics package with Reith, and you need time to make sure everything is working as you intend.
With B being in use so much, it also limits the time to do large or noisy bits of work, I'm not surprised they had to wait until a weekend to actually get the desk in.
This will also be a much higher profile election, organised at much shorter notice, than the previous election coverage covered from B, and they're used to having their own studio to themselves for weeks on these events.