Am I right in thinking that we'll have to wait until 2008 until we can see the end of the tacky BBC News studio, in the inconsistant graphics and the boring titles?
Surely some minor changes are planned for the near future - maybe when the new weather graphics are introduced - or am I just clutching at straws?
By the way, has anyone got a file that they could upload to me containing ANY BBC News promotion that has been shown over the years? Thanks,
Nath.
Yes the poster is obviously talking about the move to Broadcasting House....but as an additional point, I think there is no long-term future for the 1,6 and 10. They'll still be there in 2008 (though possibly with News 24 taking over BBC One at 1pm (rather than the other way round a la ITV), but thinking 10-15 years down the line, news will be delivered via dedicated news channels and interactive TV.
Frankly there is no point in watching the "6"- even if it wasn't patronising drivel. If you've got access to News 24 you have the same stories with the same correspondents (slightly later) but with more insightful and intelligent questioning and a rapid response to breaking news which is absent on BBC One.
There you go- a bit of futurology for you...which is why I believe its essential that News 24 is at the absolute centre of the Broadcasting House development, as oppose to the national bulletins (as has traditionally been the case).
I've got a pretty good idea of how News 24's studio *should* look - but I suspect it won't. Nearly 360 degree studio, with huge window on one side (facing the old bit of Broadcasting House) and the newsroom on the other side. Videowall between the two. Seems pretty versatile to me, I'd mock it if I was any good at them.
There'd be two desks, one in front of the window and one in front of the newsroom. The newsroom one would be used when the sun's in the wrong place or overnight perhaps. Just my thoughts. I have a feeling the studios will be in the basement of the building, so this probably won't work.
I've got a pretty good idea of how News 24's studio *should* look - but I suspect it won't. Nearly 360 degree studio, with huge window on one side (facing the old bit of Broadcasting House) and the newsroom on the other side. Videowall between the two. Seems pretty versatile to me, I'd mock it if I was any good at them.
There'd be two desks, one in front of the window and one in front of the newsroom. The newsroom one would be used when the sun's in the wrong place or overnight perhaps. Just my thoughts. I have a feeling the studios will be in the basement of the building, so this probably won't work.
Yes, I always liked the idea of a studio with windows.
I've got a pretty good idea of how News 24's studio *should* look - but I suspect it won't. Nearly 360 degree studio, with huge window on one side (facing the old bit of Broadcasting House) and the newsroom on the other side. Videowall between the two. Seems pretty versatile to me, I'd mock it if I was any good at them.
There'd be two desks, one in front of the window and one in front of the newsroom. The newsroom one would be used when the sun's in the wrong place or overnight perhaps. Just my thoughts. I have a feeling the studios will be in the basement of the building, so this probably won't work.
Yes, I always liked the idea of a studio with windows.
Isn't that a bit too vulnerable? Although I wouldn't wish it, nothing says high profile terrorism like blowing out the windows of the BBC News set while it's on air.
And yes, I know that CNN and NBC have street-front studios...but that concept comes from NBC's Today...and was started in 1952 because television was new and people were impressed by the novelty that they could be on TV just by looking through a window. Nowadays, though, why wouldn't a simulated window (a la virtual newsroom) in a well-protected set work better?
Isn't that a bit too vulnerable? Although I wouldn't wish it, nothing says high profile terrorism like blowing out the windows of the BBC News set while it's on air.
I'm assuming that like the current TVC news centre, the new BH news centre will have bomb-proof windows.
And yes, a real newsroom in the background is better the then a virtual bay of blurred monitors and shadowy figures that never leave. Just look at Midlands Today's studio.
I've got a pretty good idea of how News 24's studio *should* look - but I suspect it won't. Nearly 360 degree studio, with huge window on one side (facing the old bit of Broadcasting House) and the newsroom on the other side. Videowall between the two. Seems pretty versatile to me, I'd mock it if I was any good at them.
There'd be two desks, one in front of the window and one in front of the newsroom. The newsroom one would be used when the sun's in the wrong place or overnight perhaps. Just my thoughts. I have a feeling the studios will be in the basement of the building, so this probably won't work.
Yes, I always liked the idea of a studio with windows.
Isn't that a bit too vulnerable? Although I wouldn't wish it, nothing says high profile terrorism like blowing out the windows of the BBC News set while it's on air.
And yes, I know that CNN and NBC have street-front studios...but that concept comes from NBC's Today...and was started in 1952 because television was new and people were impressed by the novelty that they could be on TV just by looking through a window. Nowadays, though, why wouldn't a simulated window (a la virtual newsroom) in a well-protected set work better?
Oh, come on, I don't think that BBC News is in the black list of Osama Bin Laden and, I mean, if something bad must happen it will happen with or without windows...
Simulated windows like those in the New York and Washington BBC studios just don't look as good as they were real.
I'm sure if it were possible to have a real newsroom like News 24's in the background of the national set, they would use it instead of the fake one. But the location of the studio where the national comes from obviously does not permit this.
Having said that, if someone put their mind to it they could probably place some cameras somewhere in the newsroom to feed to the projectors, to make it look as if there is a real newsroom in the background. Although I imagine this could be very hard to do in practice.