[Keith]

The most adventurous shot on the 1330 was the at the start and end wideshot. 1 camera was used throughout excluding the intro and end, which was the OTS plasma and a locked off shot of the presenter.

So again, why light the whole bloody thing if you're showing 1/3rd of that space on camera.

£157 a year I pay to the BBC, as do many of us, why waste our money?

Probably because it's not quite as simple as you think, and won't give the savings you think.

Often lighting setups are preprogrammed. Changing them requires someone spending time to adjust it and check the visible area. All well and good if it's a permanent change for a bulletin, however a lunchtime bulletin in a few days time might require one of these other areas. That would require another change, and I suspect paying someone to change it for each bulletin depending on what areas are being used isn't cost effective.

Similarly plasmas probably can't be turned off in the gallery. There's probably also the fear that once turned off they won't turn back on again.