Launch BBC News: Studio B

[GraemeT]

They’ve update the location of the ‘10’ off the side of Huw.

The edge of the zero used to be visible at the left of screen on the close shot (which was different to e 6)

But now you can’t see this.

Little tweaks will get this looking great ongoing

[Steve in Pudsey]

On the point about having a UHD vision mixer crate, as well as being sensible future proofing, won't the screens in the studio be fed from M/E banks of the mixer? Presumably with the size of those it's necessary to have the biggest possible resolution so it looks sharp on camera?

[IanJRedman]

Got to admit, I was totally flabbergasted when I twigged that the walls of the balcony are just screens. I genuinely thought the walls of Studio B had big Bs on them

[Teilifís]

I wonder if we'll see more creativity with the balcony screens as other productions start to use the studio? Though as far as creativity goes, I personally think it's very clever. If the top layer of the studio had nothing but a stairwell going nowhere, it wouldn't make sense. The detail of the "ON AIR STUDIO B", the giant B...for geeks like us, it's very nice to see.

I wonder if, say when Laura K's show comes from here we may see a bit of a sky perhaps, to brighten it all up? Or maybe something similar to the old Breakfast with Frost set?



I say, whenever it'll be, the next election is when Studio B really shines properly. How they'll incorporate the interview elements (where Paxman, Neil, Husain etc.) would take place is my only concern...

[DeMarkay]

https://twitter.com/djneilsackley/status...4853990400

[Transmission]

P.S.  Has the big vertical screen in the middle been used for anything more than the opening shot and then promoting the app/iPlayer etc yet?  (Disclaimer - I've not watched a full bulletin since last Monday, but of the clips posted since I've only seen it used in this manner)

Probably the most creative use of it so far was turning it into a giant iPhone for a story about Apple.

https://twitter.com/djneilsackley/status...4853990400

Seeing it like that just shows how much of a blank slate it is with the potential to make it look different for the Sunday morning show and elections.

[Moz]

I say, whenever it'll be, the next election is when Studio B really shines properly. How they'll incorporate the interview elements (where Paxman, Neil, Husain etc.) would take place is my only concern...

I'd have thought a couple of chairs either side of the front Tower screen (TowA?) would be effective enough for the one-on-one interviews.

[AaronTV]

Those photos probably give us the most interesting behind the scenes look at the set so far, I think it’s extremely impressive how they’ve made such a small space above the set look absolutely enormous on screen, and look incredibly realistic. Kudos to whoever came up with that idea.

[neonemesis]

I think it’s extremely impressive how they’ve made such a small space above the set look absolutely enormous on screen, and look incredibly realistic. 

I suspect it's a result of all the 'fairly pointless design features'

[watchingtv]

I'm think AR being used later on. And the staircase and balcony can then be used part of showing situations or events

[Mouseboy33]

Now BBC News can join in the other pointless set design features like WHDH & WSVN's mezzanines in their NewsPlex sets.  (LOL)
Joke!
Seriously, design features such as the staircase and mezzanine are just that.... design features. Added for a feeling of expansiveness. The previous sets felt short and squat. And it you prefer weird, flat, plain soaring walls in the background, inserting a mezzanine was a good solution to break up the height whilst adding interest and depth. Not everything on a set needs to have an actual purpose some are literally there just for design. Large columns or maybe the venting grates the BBC seems to love to use on alll their sets. Lets just enjoy the set for what it is. Its a good design for the most part.





I was also thinking about the low-res screens up there and it reminded that KSL in Sal Lake City installed these panels in their background in 2012 and they worked brilliant for them all these years. These panels were a great idea for this BBC Set since its going to be used for many things other than news. Such as the election. WFTV in Orlando has a cosmetic mezzanine and they have video panels installed up there and it looks brilliant. YOu can imagine what the election coverage is going to wind up looking like. I think it going to look great. I just wish they chose better graphics than what they are currently using because it feels dark up there.
When WFTV is in rolling coverage for hurricanes the entire wall looks like a storm is raging outside the windows. But its subtly done with the palms swaying and clouds slowly moving across the sky. WFTV 9 has the low-res panels installed above their weather center. You can see it in use duing the hurricane coverage in the 3rd picture. It give them greater flexibility and I think this choice is going to serve the BBC well going forward.

[Inspector Sands]

P.S.  Has the big vertical screen in the middle been used for anything more than the opening shot and then promoting the app/iPlayer etc yet?  (Disclaimer - I've not watched a full bulletin since last Monday, but of the clips posted since I've only seen it used in this manner)

https://twitter.com/mariannaspring/statu...uvJPQ&s=19

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Capex v Opex, though. You can easily put together a business case for capital expenditure on physical infrastructure, especially if it's replacing something that's nearly a decade old and getting increasingly expensive to support. In some cases, kit from the original install may be longer supported by the manufacturer - in which case if it breaks, there'd be no option but to replace it anyway. The new assets will be expected to last another 8-10 years - so a big all-in-one spend then starts looking quite reasonably if you start looking at it for the number of hours it'll be seen on screen. You can't really go comparing it to the ongoing costs of, say, running a TV or radio network.

Yes, the budget of 6 Music might be £12 million, but that's running costs, not how much the studios it uses cost to build.

[Steve]

No post-weather walk to the big screen tonight from Sophie at 6 - she was there already for the hand to regions.

[valley]

On the point about having a UHD vision mixer crate, as well as being sensible future proofing, won't the screens in the studio be fed from M/E banks of the mixer? Presumably with the size of those it's necessary to have the biggest possible resolution so it looks sharp on camera?

They'll be fed directly from separate Viz engines but the vision mixer will be used when inserting video sources into the screens.

[IanJRedman]

Is this the first News at Ten not hosted by Huw since the revamp?