ABC news in CSO Set

ABC news seems to be in a temp news set, because It looked rather fake, and I've heard rumors that a new set is in order.

Really? The current set has been around for a little while, but it's only very recently been updated. I don't think it looks that bad, actually - although perhaps they want to give it a total overhaul now Charles Gibson's presenting.

Probably more to do with HD than anything else.
The GMA set went HD so I assume they are doing them all over time?

Why do they bother making news shows in HD when most of the footage coming in isn't?

RTE still aren't showing 4:3 pictures properly since they switched their news to 16:9...

Well I personally hate the set.It's a big screen with a desk. The bbc could pulll it off. ABC can't.

No it's not. ABC News has used the changing screen behind the anchor for over a year and ABCNews.com has always used a virtual backdrop. Here, check this out: http://www.setstudio.com/pages/abcnews/

I know that . The normal backdrop is Rear projection. And currently, the backdrop looks to be CSO, because it is fake-looking. Seriously, I think if I watch ABC News every day I'd notice what their current set is.

* ALso, the set is from 04, with minor changes in January.

Well, if you had watched tonight's broadcast, you would have seen a wide studio shot at the end.

You have to watch ABC to know what their set is?

But you know all about UK pres despite being an American in America... i'm very confused now

Was it ever resolved as to where Seamus was from... Ireland, America or UK?

The name "Seamus" and all the posts about RTE and the stuff on boards suggest he's Irish (or an American/Brit with a lot of free time and a way of getting RTE)

It is, of course, perfectly possible he is watching ABC World News Tonight on News 24 in the UK or the Republic, or an ABC station if he has relatives in the Armed Forces in Europe.

ABC World News Tonight has traditionally used a very large widescreen rear projection device which they frame behind their presenter in some shots. It is very easy to tell it from CSO - as it has that "projected" (i.e. soft and soggy) look.

As for the comments about HD for News - the reason ABC GMA and NBC Today (GMTV/Breakfast equivalents in the US) have gone HD first is that they have the greater benefit as they have lots and lots of studio chat - which will be in HD. (A few of their OBs are in HD - but their news footage and most news lives are SD and often - if not always - 4:3)

For an evening news cast to go HD in any sensible form, they really have to have HD newsgathering (i.e. location crews and location live trucks, and HD editing) - which is a much bigger change than just re-equipping a studio with HD (which if you are re-equipping anyway is the only sensible way forward)

There are two studios at BBC TV Centre with HD cameras now - one also has an HD production gallery, so could make studio shows in HD, the other still has an SD gallery. Ironically, the one show made at TV Centre regularly in HD (Later with Jools) isn't made in either of these studios, and instead is made in an SD studio with an HD BBC OB truck parked outside.