New look Five News onwards

It looks very nice. The set feels like a physical evolution of the last with the clever desk whilst tying it closer to the channel's branding.

IMO it's a shame that they haven't used this to change the music I've never really been a fan of the current theme.

i like the new 5 News logo ...the lozenge shape is nice. The new graphics are nice that are displayed on the video wall. I would have like to have seen that entire strip area on the back wall used as a video wall, rather than just 2 screens and a lit panel. Remove the lit panels and replace them with screens. They could do something dyanmic across the back. Oh well... But it doesnt look bad. The colour combinations are interesting, but they work somehow. And its certainly better than the virtual set. And it has its positives. I think the desk design is interesting to use the logo as the shape. I can see how the curved part of the 5 will almost certainly be used for sitting, it seems low enough to lean on.

Will be interesting to see the full broadcast. I did note the camera blocking was off in my opinion. The straight on presenter shot is not good, the wall "radiator thingy" makes it look looks angled. And the lighting of the presenter at the desk....not good either. Totally needs a desk face light. Massive chin shadows. Massively different...ehh?. They could have done this as virtual set with same design. But its nice. I always felt that Ch5 gets the red-headed step child treatment from ITN. Yes I know ITN has a budget from Ch5 that they have to work with. I think I have an aversion to the pink and purple for news because so many talk/chat/game shows use that colour scheme on their sets. To me subconsciously it never feels that serious. I always feel a newsroom gives a news programme an air of legitimacy, especially if they arent a legacy broadcaster that have nothing to prove like the BBC or ITV(ITN). But that just my opinion. But well done to Ch5 for getting a real set finally.

I'd say this is probably the first time ever the 5 News set has ever looked like 'proper' news set in my opinion. But its still distinctive enough to stand out.

Horrible lighting... Looks like it's being filmed in a cave.
Why can UK networks invest in proper lighting design, chin lights at the very least to get rid of that awful shadow.

5 News at 5 still using a short sting rather than a full set of titles, it will be interesting to see if 5 News Tonight have longer titles. The update to the music headline bed is definitely an improvement though.

The update to the music seems to have similar beats to the TEN News in Australia, punchy if that's the word I'm looking for. On the whole it looks quite nice and the desk outline of the 5 logo is a good move.

So much better than the 'cartoon VR set'.

It's a nice versatile set, with plenty of presentation positions, as demonstrated in the 5pm bulletin. I also like the graphics, although I would have preferred a proper title sequence.

C5 News looks credible and yet still different, once again.

Is this a VR set? I'm sure someone posted that it would be VR at the end of the old thread but that certainly doesn't look like VR to me! It could be, but it's a very conservative set if they had the potential to do whatever they wanted in VR.

EDIT: The ATV Today article says they've moved to a physical set. Good on them.

Looks much better though the intro would be much more effective if it used short punchy headlines rather than effectively being a full news update.

A shame Sian has gone from the weather - at least she used to have a bit of fun with it. Seems her Halloween effort was her sign off then.

Has a touch of the S4C's about it.

The new look for the news updates gave me an idea. What if?

I like this a lot. Modern and innovative - just how 5 News from ITN has always been when it's at its best.