New RTE News Studio

I notice RTE News has a new studio. I'll post a pic if I can find one on the net. They're going for a city backdrop... I don't think it works though because the studio is still the same sized and cramped, it is clearly a photographic backdrop. They need a much bigger studio if they're going to try that sort of thing.

Tá sé go huafásach!

The music is shite as well

Yea the last music was quite good actually. The last studio must have only lasted 12 months.

A big improvement on the dreary old set and the awful music and graphics.

This must have something to do with the refreshment of the website. RTÉ Business has substituted its old brown trousersuit for a demure dark blue number.

I didn't see any RTÉ news today so I can't comment on the TV revamp. I shall try to find some internet video so that I can pass judgement.

Too much going on in the background. To do something like that you need a much bigger studio so you can get more of a shot at the background. It just ends up looking like a peculiar pattern. I was always of the opinion that they should have sold Montrose during the boom years, established an RTE Trust with the proceeds that could run the station and invest in a fantastic high rise headquarters in Dublin City Centre with a sky high news studio over looking the city - magnificent.

Papal_knight Two wrote:

A big improvement on the dreary old set and the awful music and graphics.

Banned.

Just watched some clips on RTÉ.ie. The music isn't as good as the previous incarnation and seems to be a pale imitation of the likes of CNN. The graphics are cleaner, sharper and generally better than before but they should be consistent about them. I don't like Brian Dobson standing there, it takes from his dignity and gravitas, something which is essential as a newscaster. ITV News do it and it is one of the reasons why they are among the least authoritative news outputs in the UK.

johnfás wrote:

Too much going on in the background. To do something like that you need a much bigger studio so you can get more of a shot at the background. It just ends up looking like a peculiar pattern. I was always of the opinion that they should have sold Montrose during the boom years, established an RTE Trust with the proceeds that could run the station and invest in a fantastic high rise headquarters in Dublin City Centre with a sky high news studio over looking the city - magnificent.

And UCD could pick up some more prime property and develop a new multimedia campus for journalism/media courses and incubator units for start-up media companies out of it!

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

Just watched some clips on RTÉ.ie. The music isn't as good as the previous incarnation and seems to be a pale imitation of the likes of CNN. The graphics are cleaner, sharper and generally better than before but they should be consistent about them. I don't like Brian Dobson standing there, it takes from his dignity and gravitas, something which is essential as a newscaster. ITV News do it and it is one of the reasons why they are among the least authoritative news outputs in the UK.

They ceased to be authoritative years ago. long before they had guys standing around, when they went tabloid, around 1991-ish.