Arise News

Arise News videos are being uploaded to the BlackRook Media YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqjBD2GvqkxbR6mxeBwnqag

And I note from the BlackRook website that in November, BlackRook Media won "a new contract for 2015 to provide television news, current affairs and entertainment programming for Arise."
So I suppose a bit like ITN winning a contract to supply Channel 5 with news?

Which possibly means the end of doing news in-house. Personally, this sounds like cost-cutting.

AFAIK Arise News doesn't have any 'in house' news production in London currently.

I believe the current set-up (well at least before the late-/non-payment issues...) was that two production companies were involved in producing the output from New Zealand House, using facilities separately hired by Arise from a third party resource provider.

Well it appears Arise News have moved to new temporary studios after their London freelance staff who used to work out of New Zealand House went on strike / refused to work after months of allegations of late or non-payments...

Looks like they have moved out of New Zealand House and are now here : http://www.celebrostudios.co.uk

Picture and lighting is terrible.

Somethings not right, watching 'Arise News Now' and the presenter said 'morning to you' to the guest, at 14:21...

No real surprise as Arise is notorious for repeating bulletins.

Channel has gone off the air just showing a caption "Normal service will resume as soon as possible".

Back on.

Apparently they've been kicked out of Celebro for non-payment of fees, according to the latest Eye.

I wondered why it looked like they were in yet another studio!
Sound quality from London has been abysmal, and while in Celebro, the lighting was awful - you could see the big studio lights reflecting off Michael Wilson's glasses in a very distracting way!!!