[DTV]

World Business Report sticks out like a sore thumb, who would have thought out of the daytime branded programming the only one to survive after all these years is World Business Report, it’s almost like 23 years ago minus Asia Today.

I'd agree that it does stick out a bit - both in terms of it being a quite lengthy deviation from the typical format of the new channel and its irregular scheduling - but I'm not sure it is particularly surprising for it to have survived, even if its place is debateable. Aside from the 'part of the fabric' issues of being there from day one, it's not really in the same category as the other now-gone 'branded' programming - being more of a specialist news programme than a 'branded' news programme. Sport Today is the only particularly comparable dropped programme, but that still exists in a sort of 'shadow' unbranded form.

[Brekkie]

Does seem odd - I thought they might not be from B but assumed they'd be in the newsroom or on the balcony, or pre-recorded to insert.

No, it was certainly D at least when they moved - they gave it away by using wide shot once, as mentioned in BBC London thread (the video itself was deleted).

The NaT regional head on London used another camera position last night, which clearly shows it's studio D:
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The headline is most likely played by Studio B, as it went out on BBC One HD and the titles are played out in full~

Studio D is not used just for London, though, keep in mind HardTalk which has new episodes 3 times a week.

Which makes it even odder London has been thrown out.

[Former Member 406]

If BBC London is ultimately due to be exclusively Studio B based (just like the BBC One network bulletins seemingly are), would there then be anything other than just HardTalk to justify Studio D not being mothballed?

[Daveuk]

Come one BBC, what you playing at?!?!!

Don’t big up the Open AI chiefs at the US Congress and say you will being it to us live and then cut away from it 10 mins in.. either show it or don’t.. dipping in and out means you have no idea what’s going on.

[Worzel]

BBC News at One back in E today

Looked like a last minute change as there was no stood Top of Hour and no graphics other than 'BBC News' on the screens.

[DTV]

If BBC London is ultimately due to be exclusively Studio B based (just like the BBC One network bulletins seemingly are), would there then be anything other than just HardTalk to justify Studio D not being mothballed?

If they do move all of BBC London from D to B, surely HARDtalk would/could follow anyway? Its main requirement for a 'base' studio has always been that it was free in the middle of the afternoon - N6 filled that requirement until it couldn't, then TC7, etc. - no reason that B couldn't.

[MFTJA]

If they do move all of BBC London from D to B, surely HARDtalk would/could follow anyway? Its main requirement for a 'base' studio has always been that it was free in the middle of the afternoon - N6 filled that requirement until it couldn't, then TC7, etc. - no reason that B couldn't.

I don't regularly watch HARDtalk, but I'm quite sure they still use the Millbank studio on a semi-regular basis. This further reduces their need for an NBH studio to be frequently available meaning they could definitely move into B.

Do the BBC not want to use Studio B? Utilising it for more programmes could free up several studios which would surely save some money.

[oscillon]

BBC News at One back in E today

Looked like a last minute change as there was no stood Top of Hour and no graphics other than 'BBC News' on the screens.

Indeed it was, B malfunctioned

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Which begs the question - when E is put out of use for a refit where do they go if the gremlins hit again? Virtual Studio A?

[LDN]

Looked like a last minute change as there was no stood Top of Hour and no graphics other than 'BBC News' on the screens.

Indeed it was, B malfunctioned

twitter.com 

Which begs the question - when E is put out of use for a refit where do they go if the gremlins hit again? Virtual Studio A?

Is this not what D is for, and why it was upgraded with its own monoliths, even after BBC London was destined to move to B? 

Is D not intended to function as a multipurpose 'hot standby' studio for the world feed, UK opt and even the nationals, along with other duties, such as HARDtalk and occasional BBC London usage?

[bbctvtechop]

If BBC London is ultimately due to be exclusively Studio B based (just like the BBC One network bulletins seemingly are), would there then be anything other than just HardTalk to justify Studio D not being mothballed?

It's the only studio-gallery combination which is in the "Peel Wing, NBH Bridge and NBH Street" fire zone, so it would be very short sighted to mothball it. It also used to be the News Channel DR studio; I'm no longer across arrangements since I left a few months ago, but I imagine it still serves a DR purpose for at least one of the outlets.

It used to be (in order of disaster priority):
- World - Studio B/C
- Arabic - Studio L
- Channel - Studio D
- Persian - Studio M
- London - Studio A
- WS Languages - Studio L/K/M/P

I'm not sure how the upgrade of studio K (from a playout/con suite for Parliament to a full MosArt gallery and studio) changed these arrangements, if at all. 

Even further back before NBH was occupied, Arabic DR was TVC N9, and Persian was a chromakey studio and very basic gallery at Caversham!