BBC Scotland channel - service to also launch in HD

A Still Game fan would get the reference...

Can only see Scotland being worse off in the long run once they axe the channel but remain stuck with network BBC2.

That's my biggest fear. However, hopefully they allow the channel to bed-in and develop. One definite strength from this move is the number of talented commercial journalists (from radio and STV) who've joined the BBC recently. The list is huge and BBC Scotland desperately needed a new injection of talent.

Was at BBC Scotland today - the set for the Nine news looks nice. Built on the ‘street’ at Pacific Quay.

Does it feel BBC News or is it more a stand-alone style?

If it's on The Street, is that a similar location to where Jeremy Vine presented the graphics for the Independence Referendum from?

I think that might also be where one of the BBC Four (or was it BBC Two) Culture show replacements made by BBC Two Scotland came from at one point?

Stand alone, very different feel. Set is very open, atrium is lit up blue and purple. Big tv screen, curved sofa and presenters standing behind a tall desk.

Also.... serif.

Reith serif? No surprise there, as that's what BBC News will go with when they eventually get a new look.

First look at #TheNine, @BBCScotland’s new nightly news programme, launching on 24 February 2019: https://t.co/bwPUw0itb3 pic.twitter.com/7Pp86jvb6D

— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) November 28, 2018

Welcome to The Nine - pictures are released ahead of the new BBC Scotland news programme. pic.twitter.com/hznTNRHgKa

— BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) November 28, 2018

Wow thats crap

It's bold. Actually quite like that.
Not so sure on the border behind the sofa though.
Odd there's not a single BBC News logo anywhere.