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It really is sad state of affairs isn't it. I know everyone involved are grown adults but the atmosphere around the NBH newsroom must be at an all time low. Mix in the redundancies, screen testing some of the most skilled people in the most humiliating way with people vying for a small number of jobs, an on air recruitment process largely squeued to World News presenters, overstretched staff and a really bodged relaunch - just how do the BBC manage to mismanage things so, so badly?

I feel like the relaunch is more of like rushed and unprepared.

Revisting posts made by various insiders, presenters etc... I found some of their statements to be conflicting at times. For example, it was suggested Studio C will be fully utilized 24/7 but at the end we get Studio C and E... A lot of staff inside BBC probably don't know the plans until very late.

My assumption is that there were a lot of unconfirmed details made by top management over the months leading to the relaunch, and a lot of last minute decisions was probably made weeks or days before April 3rd. This probably led to short rehearsals, new running orders being built in a hurry without a lot of QA testing, lack of coordination between different teams etc... which in result led to the relaunch becoming a botched mess.

The newsroom touchscreen area is a sign of rushed implementation. These screens are only seen installed in the newsroom about 2 weeks (?) before April 3rd, as observed by us in the trundle intros. The camera positions, equipment are probably set up in a hurry, hence the awkward positioning, low framerate, roughness in presentation in general. 1-2 weeks is probably not enough to fine tune all logistical and technical details, let alone training staff on the new workflow...