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Live with Lucy Hockings actually strikes me as having a better name, titles and music for the programme they’re trying apparently trying to produce now. News Now and the Daily Global both come across as deleted scenes from W1A or Alan Partridge rather than serious news programmes.

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The use of the set in Studio E/C strikes me as deliberately trying to make all news channel content streaming-friendly - the simpler the better for smaller devices. No catwalks (except for WBR), interviews done on split screen rather than presenter turning to a screen etc.

Presumably it's because using the close up shot of the presenter is the only way you can frame them without making it very obvious they're scrolling Autocue themselves using the controller on the desk.

And the presenter having to scroll it themselves means they're glued to the desk, so no catwalks etc.

That doesn’t explain why interviews are done to camera rather than to a screen, though, given these are usually not autocue-driven. They’ve also not been afraid to hide the auto cue controller on the desk given it’s visible sometimes in wide shots.

One argument that works in favour of the current arrangement is its very hard to actually tell whether we’re in Studio C with the ‘core’ programming or if we’ve broken off to studio J as the backgrounds behind presenters are indistinguishable. If they used the studio more, it would be far more obvious that the UK had opted out to a balcony/broom cupboard.