20-02-2023, 08:28 PM
Quite a few members seem to be down on the idea of the balcony studio being used for UK breaking news opts. I'm not sure why - you've got a multi-camera set-up, a good live newsroom view - replace the old plasma with a monolith and put in a new-style desk and you've got quite a nice little set. I mean, forumers have poo-pooed all the alternatives - not wanting a CSO cupboard for obvious reasons and being worried it'll take too long to prep and get to a basement studio.
Aside from that, it a) possibly explains why Studio A has been out of action - as its gallery has to be used for Outside Source, presumably it is being modified for future use for the UK opt; and b) the plans present a weird full circle symmetry to the initial 2001 plans for NBH - you'll have a UK and a World studio on opposite sides of the newsroom (though God knows how many empty studios they'd now have if they'd've stuck to those plans!).
Aside from that, it a) possibly explains why Studio A has been out of action - as its gallery has to be used for Outside Source, presumably it is being modified for future use for the UK opt; and b) the plans present a weird full circle symmetry to the initial 2001 plans for NBH - you'll have a UK and a World studio on opposite sides of the newsroom (though God knows how many empty studios they'd now have if they'd've stuck to those plans!).