[mcrdev]

I'm sure someone mentioned that there are only two teams working their way through all the English regions. There was a slowdown during summer which was perhaps due to higher levels of annual leave.

Some posters have come to the conclusion that because two temporary sets are making the rounds, that there are two separate teams doing the work. I suspect this is unlikely to be the case - put simply, the people building the videowalls are not going to be the same people who are training and helping the local teams integrate the new sets into their programmes - these are two distinct parts to the process, and two distinct skill sets, of getting the new sets on air.

The facility upgrades required for HD broadcasting will be a major undertaking for each site, far more complicated and disruptive than changing the sets around. Furthermore, the amount of work will vary quite considerably - a small, relatively modern facility like Hull will probably require little infrastructure changes and just need new equipment fitting to the existing spaces; while for an older, larger site like Southampton it may end up easier to rip everything out and start from scratch. These works will have significant planning and implementation stages, and this work won't be being done by the set fitters. It's worth remembering that you need to upgrade far more than just the cameras to start outputting in HD.