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New-look BBC One news goes live

Posted on 13th June 2022 by The Clean Feed Team
Last updated on 19th June 2022 Filed under News

The BBC’s new, state-of-the-art news studio went live at 10pm this evening on BBC One and the BBC News Channel.

The BBC News at Ten was the first programme to utilise the revamped Studio B facility at New Broadcasting House in London.

The new-look Studio B boasts a number of presentation areas, featuring high resolution video walls:

  • Catwalk: includes a large, curved video wall. This will typically be used to display illustrative graphics during story links and to explore stories in more depth using animated graphics.
  • Touch-screen video wall: allowing the presenter to provide a more engaging way of telling a story, using graphics. The presenter can control the transition of graphics by touching the video wall. This area is also used for the weather segment.
  • Monolith video walls: one of two such walls is positioned in a standalone section of the studio. This wall will provide another means of using graphics for story links. It’ll also be used, minus the presenter, to display BBC website content (e.g., when promoting material on the BBC News website or pointing to programmes on the BBC iPlayer).
  • Desk: a large, curved desk, allowing for a panel of guests, where required. The large video walls behind this area provide suitable imagery for anchor and guest positions at the desk. The background for the main presenter position includes recorded footage of a portion of the BBC newsroom. The desk area also features a monolith video wall.

Electric Friends supplied the tracked robotic camera system. As well as providing the route around the studio for the cameras, the tracks also carry the power and video signals to the cameras, eliminating unsightly cables.

For the time being, the studio will be used for the BBC News at Six and the BBC News at One. It will also be used for big events, such as local and general elections.

There are plans for BBC London – currently based in Studio D – to move to Studio B.

Earlier this evening, Huw Edwards took viewers of The One Show on a tour of Studio B.

VIDEO: Huw Edwards previews the new-look BBC News on The One Show. Presenters: Alex Jones and Huw Edwards. TX DATE: 13th June 2022. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
VIDEO: edited highlights of the first BBC News at Ten to be broadcast from the new-look Studio B. Presenters: Huw Edwards and Matt Taylor. TX DATE: 13th June 2022. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
VIDEO: edited highlights of the first edition of the BBC News at Six to be broadcast from the updated Studio B facility. Presenters: Sophie Raworth and Matt Taylor. TX DATE: 14th June 2022. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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PICTURED: preview of the new BBC News Studio B facility on The One Show. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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Dates for the Diary

30th January: BBC Reporting Scotland moves to a temporary set. The programme will move back to a refurbished Studio C in the summer.

30th/31st January: BBC One East HD and BBC One East Midlands HD launch on satellite.

6th/7th February: BBC One West Midlands HD, BBC One East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire HD and BBC Alba HD launch on satellite. BBC One/Two Wales SD services close on satellite.

13th/14th February: BBC One West HD, BBC One South West HD, BBC One Channel Islands HD, BBC One London HD and BBC RB1 HD launch on satellite.

20th/21st February: BBC One North East and Cumbria HD, BBC One North West HD, BBC One Yorkshire HD and BBC Parliament HD launch on satellite. BBC One Scotland SD and BBC Scotland SD services close on satellite.

22nd/23rd February: BBC One South East HD launches on satellite.

February 2023: new set for BBC Midlands Today goes live.

13th February 2023: Sky Kids launches.

Q1 2023: BBC Chameleon branding introduced on air for BBC Weather, CBBC and CBeebies.

April 2023: BBC News Channel and BBC World News merge.

November/December 2023: World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-23).

Q1 2024: SD versions of BBC channels close on satellite.

2024: BBC Four and CBBC go online-only.

2024: BBC Radio 4 Extra goes online-only.

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