08-05-2024, 07:25 AM
(07-05-2024, 05:32 PM)Juicy Joe Wrote: Well I'm not sure why it's taken them so long (11 months?) to install a vertical screen & a touchscreen, when I could have done it in one afternoon.
Not sure about the vertical display and I thought the three catwalk monitors on the other side would have been upgraded to one continuous video wall. However, it is good to see Studio E back in action!
The project to refresh Studio E hasn’t been happening for 11 months. Remember the old Studio E was in occasional use once the merger had happened for weekend BBC 1 Bulletins and weekly overnights when Studio C had maintenance (and before output moved to Washington). It was only once all BBC 1 bulletins moved to B and Washington/Singapore took full technical responsibility for their output that E was free to have its refresh.
As well as the touchscreen and tower tweaks, the studio has been relit, with worn out lighting fixtures being replaced. The floor has been repainted. Meanwhile the biggest change, is under the bonnet stuff, with new coding for the running order automation, a new vision mixer and re-training of staff. That whole project has taken weeks not months.
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