New look 3News in Ireland

Not sure when this happened, but TV3 in Ireland has made some fairly major changes recently. It looks like it happened on the 27th March.

Gone is the old virtual studio which has been pretty much standard for many years on TV3, and they are now in a real studio set, which doesn't look that large, not much more than a corner of a studio. The studio is blue and white on TV3, and dusky pink and white on Be3, which fits in the colour schemes on both channels. There are two presentation points, one at the desk, and a stand up point where the sport is done. There is also a point where a guest can join the main news anchor.

The programme names have changed again. The 12:30 and The 5:30 have become 3News at 12:30 and 3News at 5:30 respectively. This brings them into line in naming terms with the bulletins on Be3, which are named 3News at Seven and 3News at 10:00.

The title sequences on TV3 have changed slightly, though the theme hasn't. The theme to the Be3 bulletins is different to the TV3 ones.

I would add pictures, but for some reason, I can't.

Discussed already in the Irish TV thread:
http://tvforum.uk/tvhome/irish-television-38683/page-51

Yeah, but it's a "Newsroom" thread, it shouldn't be in with the rest of the standard Irish television fare.

TV3 have expanded their weekend news offering with new 5:30 bulletins. This makes the 5:30 a 7 day a week offering, and joins Saturday AM and Sunday AM, which spun off from Ireland AM back in 2015.

There'll be a new look to 3 News from Monday with a brand new set. It's purple, has a video wall, and seems to have a vague resemblance to the ITV "theatre of news" from the mid-2000s.

Source?

It looks very similar to the 5News set at ITN in London. I know they are not high res imagea. I got them off Twitter.

Horses mouth:
http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/250375/TV3-announces-host-of-new-shows-as-part-of-New-Season-launch

And more about the studio:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv3-s-pat-kiely-we-have-something-up-our-sleeve-1.3197309?mode=amp

Oh my goodness, that's not a news set. Looks more an entertainment show set or an interivew show set, without the seating for guests. Looks impressive, but not really a news set.

And in my view, looks nothing like ITVs old news set.

It does lean a bit more newsmagazine-y. But its not a hideous set. Probably didnt need the huge purple wave structure. Not sure whats happening with the desk. Hard to tell. Just have to wait and see.

Yeah, no not when you see more pics of it. The catwalk and video wall was what had me thinking of it but it's not really similar.