Newsroom South East

Has anyone got a screen shot of this please?

And not only that, they've got a 16:9 OB on at the moment, and cleaner looking 'LIVE' DOG and astons - although they're still nasty cyan.

Asa - about the titles being in widescreen!

Has anyone got a screen grab please?

A few changes then:

• 16:9 : First English region in true widescreen
• Astons: Astons have slightly changed. They now fade up and down slowly, and the bottom line is not bold (similar to national news)
• New feature: Obviously gearing up for London Live, they now check the travel cameras at around 18:45
• New sting: 18:45 sting now does not show a programme title, just ends with a graphic of the region

Also, I noticed that no stories tonight were from outside of London

Set looking very cramped, a bit of background noise in places. They may have a new desk (not sure), and the set is definitely a bit different to Elstree. The wall and window seem to be different - hard to explain.

So can anyone get this new sting, and all the titles in widescreen? I'd love to see them on TV Home! We haven't got long to get them.

I've got it all on video, and if you can hang on a couple of weeks or so I should have a TV card by then, so I will have a go at capturing them then.

I think the most striking thing about the change to widescreen is that, on digital terrestrial at least, the pictures are much, much sharper and clearer, and almost all of the reports were filmed in 16:9. Pity as mentioned aboven there was nothing from outside London. Perhaps they think it's changed to London Live already.

Waaaaaaahhh You are making me homesick:(

The wall and window look different because they are not real - they are all fake .. CSO ... you can see the fuzz around heads.
The studio is part of the newsroom - hence the noise.
It is much smaller than Elstree and will be the same studio when they relaunch as London Live.
The technology is the same as News 24 so things will freeze rather than go to black.
But they are 16:9!

So is EVERYTHING fake done by chromakey? Or is it just the window?

I couldn't really tell on my very crap reception of Crystal Palace so could someone enlighten me?

What do viewers in the South East think, with no stories related to Kent and other area's. Then again, how would you tell?

For us in kent, i think we are quite lucky - if we want local news we can read the paper or watch (boring!!!) Meridian news, with stuff in the locality. But we get london news as well - keeps us up to date - it was bad when we onholiday and saw look north where every cat stuck up a tree is headline news! - no literally, the top story was farmers complaining of hard water - something us southerners have had to put up with for some time!

i have to agree the set is incredibly cramped and the CSO badly done - a white halo around mike embly - but it's only temporary!

james