Matt did a weekend bulletin last sunday too. Plus Keith Wilko keeps turning up at weekends too.
Bob at the end of todays lunch bulletin referred to the main edition as Central News at Six! He still hasn't really got grip with the name change nearly 2 years on! Fantastic!
The laptops appear to now have an itv corporate coloured logo on them. Looking at the desk there is a glass panel on there, very odd that they never utilised it.
The studio cameras appeared incredibly grainy tonight compared to the reports.
The laptops appear to now have an itv corporate coloured logo on them. Looking at the desk there is a glass panel on there, very odd that they never utilised it.
The studio cameras appeared incredibly grainy tonight compared to the reports.
I recall that London Tonight (as it used to be) had monitors under their desk.
After the quality tonight I'm hoping that there is something in the way of a HD upgrade for Central, I'm guessing chances of that happening in the foreseeable future are very slim.
If Central were to get a new set, could they gain new floorspace from encompassing the old East Midlands studio next door? What has happened to that studio and how extensive was the work to get the two studios in together in the first place?
The old studio pre-2004 was pretty massive, as could be seen from Central News at the past and the old CITV studio. The bigger floorspace could enable them to create something similar to Granada in terms of the new set (minus the real view of course) and look less naff and cramped like the Wales one does.
If Central were to get a new set, could they gain new floorspace from encompassing the old East Midlands studio next door? What has happened to that studio and how extensive was the work to get the two studios in together in the first place?
The old studio pre-2004 was pretty massive, as could be seen from Central News at the past and the old CITV studio. The bigger floorspace could enable them to create something similar to Granada in terms of the new set (minus the real view of course) and look less naff and cramped like the Wales one does.
They could also do that for Tyne Tees/Border - they have two studios and one is unused.
The studio complex on Gas Street is no longer owned by ITV - it is a private company and Central lease the space. The former studio for the East is leased to someone else now.
Laptops were no more expensive in 2004 than they are today.
Having bought laptops in both 2004 and today (well, a year ago), I'd say that's not true. £800 in 2004 would buy you a relatively basic, but fast, laptop with integrated graphics. Today, £800 can get you (in relative rather than raw terms) a lot more.
£250 can buy you a perfectly capable laptop for basic office tasks - in 2004 you'd be hard pressed to find a new laptop at £250.
Still, it doesn't negate the fact that Bazinga is talking rubbish - laptops were hardly beyond the bounds of local news studios.
Fantastic!