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In terms of studios, the fact we haven't seen any shifts with just two months until launch suggests that the channels will merge into one studio (likely C) and they will then install a new set in the other (likely E) for launch later in the year. I suspect any change in how those sets are used will be along the lines of Studio B.

If the new channel does 'soft launch' from studio C for the Spring & Summer, let's hope they at least launch with a decent backdrop. The fake newsroom backdrop in C, whilst slightly better than the previous version, is still awful. I've never understood why the dark blue 'ghost pillar' on the far right side of the presenter on screen, and that is clearly in view when the presenter is talking to a guest on the right hand side screen, has never been corrected.

I suspect it isn't helped by the fact that the backdrop screen in studio C is a) now over 10 years old and has been in pretty continuous use since 2013 and b) is probably not 4K due to its age. Technology and screen panelling has moved on considerably in 11 years, as has the reduced cost of producing them. For example, 4K consumer televisions are pretty much standard and the norm when you buy them from retailers now. Most domestic retailers were flogging 1080p HD televisions in 2012/2013.

When the news channel used the updated rendered newsroom backdrop on the plasma screens in D it always looked much better.