[JMT1985]

ITV News probably didn't want to copy the BBC as in 2013, BBC News moved out of Television Centre and into their new studio at BBC Broadcasting House, Studio E which was located in the newsroom of course - I guess ITV had knowledge of this in advance, and didn't want to copy the BBC in style of having a real newsroom set

So they created the current look, which of course for them being in their virtual green screen studio, ensured a lot less money was needed on creating their new look, but their backdrop of the empty control room just looks odd.

I remember in the 2008 to 2013 BBC News era when they were using N6 and TC7, they had the fake newsroom backdrop, but if memory serves me correct, they added in blurry images of what looked like people working in the fake newsroom. I wonder if my memory is playing tricks with me, but that is what I think happened.

The real newsroom gives energy to the bulletins, and even if they simply had a live camera shot of the newly revamped newsroom into their green screen studio, it would be nice.