[JMT1985]

I don't see Channel 4 leaving GIR, especially considering they signed a new contract with ITN to continue to provide Channel 4 News.

In a way, both Channel 4 News in Studio 6 at ITN and the ITV News in Studio 1 at ITN are in real need of a refresh by now.

The design of Studio 6 has actually remained largely the same since it launched in 1999, of course with changes to the set, lighting, colours etc, but the basic look has remained unchanged, with that nice atrium view. Maybe tweaking the colour scheme and lighting, a new desk etc is all that is need to freshen up Studio 6.

Not knowing the ‘geography’ of that building, I have no idea if this is possible - but I’d love it if ITV could make a real version of their current set (so have it actually backing on to the control room). As I said, I have no idea where the control room actually is in relation to the studios/newsroom, so don’t know if this idea is at all feasible.

Well they already did this back in their early days in the building - ITN News on ITV had their own studio based in the newsroom called Studio 3 - used for the Early Evening News from 1992 with News at Ten located on the newsroom floor too from 1992 to 1994, and then the weekend/bank holiday news bulletins. 

The newsroom and studio moved down one floor in 1994, so they do have experience of having a real newsroom studio