BBC World News from New Broadcasting House

I wonder, if there had been major glitches during the first day of broadcasts in NBH...
Are substitute presenters on standby at N8?

Watched the Zenab Badawi programme which goes out on BBC Four via iPlayer and noticed some very definite wobbling on the cameras as they tracked. Not good. Can they fix this?

I think only one camera was shaking during wide shots.

Day London skyline looks greqt, love the bus and cars moving around.

I guess they must have a good reason for TVC switch. My wishful thinking is that they plan to use studio E for those hours but they are not ready yet.

Also, seing the old look again made me realize how huge old graphics were, they took so much space.

Anyone else think when they had the balcony shot overlooking the newsroom on the screens behind the newsreader - during the World News Live slot after Global yesterday - that it'd make a fantastic backing for Studio C instead of the London skyline? It looked great!

Images from me, sorry for the mouse arrow at the top.

http://www.tv-live.org.uk/rob/wn1.jpg
http://www.tv-live.org.uk/rob/wn2.jpg
http://www.tv-live.org.uk/rob/wn3.jpg

Yes, I thought the same. I really don't like the London backdrop at all. Seems to be quite popular in Britain and has been talked up a bit in a few media pieces but I can't see any benefit to having such a localised backdrop on an international news channel. The image itself seems over-processed, artificial and has an uncomfortable purple tinge which clashes with the reds of the graphics.

The balcony shot of the "World's Newsroom" would be a far better option.

Sorry, no idea. My guess would be no - at least not until BBC Two HD launches.


I believe they were for at least some of yesterday.

Yes, that newsroom shot looked good. They should use it for those WN bulletins from stud B.

A few more observations:

- One countdown they used this morning had a different final shot of the gallery.

- Background used when they have a reporter photo is now just plain white, no globe or red strings.

- News presenters use right side of the desk (from viewer perspective) while biz presenters are on left side.

I just remembered this comment by mdta...



My satellite junkie friends told me that the Intelsat 19 feed exist indeed, since last year...
I'll try to ask them if they could screengrab another one with the NBH revamp.
http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/58255_4382981452553_945883072_n.jpg

But I really hope that they launch BBC World News HD before CNN International, since... obviously... they are ready!

I've got high quality images and a video coming in the next thirty minutes, so stand by...

The closings were a bit clumsy this morning, they can't get the timing right, main presenter shot stays for too long so they have to rush the wide studio shot.

BBC WN on BBC Two?