ITV News

Yes I saw that, I was wondering if anyone could explain why a virtual floor would be beneficial.

I really can't imagine it - I have a horrible image of Trevor floating above a picture of Iraq or something.

Unless it's some incredible clockface that actually moves in real time from ten to ten thirty. Or ... I don't know, some device to make the studio for News at Ten look completely and utterly different to the others - floor, wall, you name it.

Just to clarify, is the curved green wall still in place in studio 2 at the moment? Or has the whole studio been turned into another green box?

Also, why bother removing the walkway now, only to key in a fake one for a month? Couldn't the floor simply have been painted green immediately before the launch of News at Ten? And if News at Ten is to have a virtual floor, presumably all the other bulletins will too, as there won't be a real floor in place in the studio. And also, virtual floor ? It sounds fúcking dreadful. Hopefully they'll prove me wrong.

Anyone else feel like starting a thread on this? It seems unfair to have speculation about a potentially earth-shatteringly tacky new presentation device for news buried on pg 345 of the ITV News thread.

^^ Go ahead, if you wish! You make good points and raise questions I think a lot of ask are asking.

I'm quite certain that it was a misquote,I don't think there would be a virtual floor. I don't think they're keeping the walkway, or the curved wall for that matter, it's a complete new set. They obviously would be removing the walkway, so they could build the new set...I don't think you understand that the all virtual "set" is in a different studio than the Theatre of News.

It's not a misquote, it's a direct quote. Sure it may not be correct, but it's in context and is all we have to go on so far.

Lovely, a frenzy of speculation.

A virtual floor does sound terrible actually, and to add further gimmickery would appear to go against the so called "back to basics" idea.

I really dislike the idea of the set becoming any more virtual than it is already. Aren't things moving towards more real tangible sets anyway ? Virtual seems to be a bit passé now.

They've always been able to key over the top of the desk, as they used to use show maps and things in the ITVNC days, so not sure for the need of a "virtual floor".

I think the original poster meant "virtual floor" as something else other than an actual virtual floor...

I was thinking maybe a huge white clock face on a black background and the time being shown on that, with a circular desk in the middle. But who knows, the term virtual floor could mean anything.

Has someone forgot to mention to ITV that people just want to have the news read to them, in a professional way, with decently edited and impartial reports.

I don't want Trevor or anyone else spinning on an imaginary cart-wheel over a GoogleEarth picture of the location being reported on using 80s CSO technology.

It's a news broadcast, not a "straight-to-DVD" B-movie!


Why have a "virtual floor"? A normal one will do, with a man/woman sat there reading the news!