From Dan Walker on X.
New look studio at @5_News
See you later at 5 on 5
https://x.com/mrdanwalker/status/2043959870211109126?s=46&t=RPKXX3QJ5bwM_6c5rMb0SA
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That looks yuck. 
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itâs like a pastiche of a news intro.
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Under the agreement, France Télévisions will distribute its national and regional news bulletins, along with flagship daily and weekly current affairs and investigative programmes, on YouTube.
The partnership also includes a stronger editorial presence on the platform, with content organised by programme and theme, alongside original YouTube-native formats designed to appeal to specific audience segments.
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Bom Dia Brasil (Good Morning Brazil) is debuting a new studio from Monday 27 April.
Reformulated, Bom Dia Brasil debuts new set more integrated with the newsroom and use of augmented reality and AI. Changes go on air on Monday.
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Detalhes do novo cenĂĄrio do 'Bom Dia Brasil. Ficou lindo demais! pic.twitter.com/fj0LCEoHLw
â Douglas Pereira (@uaiteve) April 22, 2026
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Good morning Brazil
The new Bom Dia Brasil is on air
Lower res but longer
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O vĂdeo que conta os bastidores do novo cenĂĄrio #BDBR, principalmente a parte que envolve o novo telĂŁo. đ pic.twitter.com/3EzBUjn8pF
â Douglas Pereira (@uaiteve) April 27, 2026
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BBC and Sky have both provided livestreams of news events with makeshift versions of their graphics in recent years.
Tonight is a prime example of why it probably isnât a good idea.
What do you mean?
The small screen youâre seeing contains lower third specifically made for a dedicated online stream (you can see the ticker containing just the static URL).
The word âBreakingâ flashed three times every 30 seconds or so just like the television version, so when it was presented in full-screen, they could use that feed and no one would be the wiser.
Then itâs 1pm UK time. Itâs BSL time, so the screen was pushed back, and suddenly Red Bee fired up the ticker with the BBC News logo.
So for one entire hour, this was the screen layout.
I donât get whatâs wrong?
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The presence of two lower thirds on the screen, both with BBC News logos?
theyâve always pushed the main screen back to insert the Sign Language interpreter, means theyâre not blocking any images/graphics.
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News channel NTV unveils its brand-new set, which will go into operation this Friday.
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đ©đȘ La chaine info NTV dĂ©voile son tout nouveau plateau qui entrera en service ce vendredi.
â Guillaume Rouffet đ«đ·đ©đȘđŠđč (@GRouffet) April 29, 2026
Dâune surface de 230 mÂČ et entiĂšrement automatisĂ©, il est plus spacieux que le studio actuel et sâaccompagnera Ă©galement dâun nouvel habillage. pic.twitter.com/2ZoGqOTS7p
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Now a physical one instead of green screen, plus a graphics update:
With the new set also came major changes to the lineup: First, a new joint breakfast show replaced the Punkt 6/7/8 newscasts on RTL. This was the last edition from the RTL Aktuell set:
And the first moments of the new show. Donât think the set is suited for breakfast TV - itâs too bare and cold, especially in wide shots. The opening feels very RTP with the pill shapes and underscore, but more colourful than its predecessor.
Telebörse, the channelâs financial news updates, were revamped as NTV Wirtschaft, a name already used in their AI-produced complement podcast.
The former predated the channelâs birth by a few years, and was considered a forerunner to financial news on German TV. Its last edition was its 100,000th.
Speaking of RTL, their former corporate sister in the Netherlands has been undergoing their studio revamp since November last year. Thereâs a three-part series detailing the behind the scenes, two of which are now online. The set, however, seems to have been delayed from the planned February launch to March, but still no signs of it as of now. This is the part 2:
Hopefully they can also finally bring the online-only United branding to TV!
Meanwhile, the public broadcaster NPOâs news service NOS vacated their decade-old set in March and are currently using a temp setup across their current affair output. Theyâre aiming for an Autumn reveal.
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This looks like a spaceship!
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The first signs of PĂ©ter Magyarâs far-reaching attempt to change the media landscape in Hungary are now being seen: after the landslide win of his Tisza Party, Magyar promised a significant reform to the media system, citing a need to âboost the independenceâ and end the era of rampant cronyism in Hungarian media. One of the first moves he has constantly promised is to temporarily suspend all of the news and information programming of the Duna Media Agency and the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA), the state-owned media outlets, when he is sworn in to power, so that he can start making a thorough restructuring of the state broadcaster. This could lead to a series of reforms which are similar to what happened in the 2023 reform of the Polish public media institutions, which led to a significant crisis over disputes of management. He also plans to pass a new Media Law, including the replacement of the countryâs media watchdog with a new, independent authority "that would allow state media to resume under better conditions and âto actually do what it is meant to doâ, according to The Guardian.
Another government-sanctioned media outlet owned by Fidesz-friendly businessmen, TV2, is also completely changing its news and infotainment operations with the arrival of Magyar as PM. TĂ©nyek, the networkâs newscast which has been on-air since its inception in 1997, will be axed as part of the changes. Long a tabloid newscast with emphasis on crime and social issues, though often supportive of liberal policies, since 2015 has been regarded as a pro-OrbĂĄn propaganda mouthpiece; that year, the TV2 Group (which had been sold to a group of management from the company by ProSiebenSat.1 Media in 2013, after years of political and editorial pressure from Fidesz, and the German company in the process of selling its assets outside its core Germanophone markets) was sold to Andy Vajna, the Hungarian-American film producer who was brought back to Hungary by OrbĂĄn to revive the countryâs film industry, and received support by OrbĂĄn and state-owned lender Eximbank to complete the transaction. After Vajnaâs sudden death in 2019, TV2 was sold to another OrbĂĄn crony (and then Hungaryâs richest man at the time), LĆrinc MĂ©szĂĄros, in association with JĂłzsef Vida, chairman of state-owned savings bank TakarĂ©kbank, through his personal investment trust.
Since then, TĂ©nyek (Facts) had received strong criticism from opposition leaders. In fact, Magyar had previously decried TĂ©nyek as âthe most disgraceful programme in the history of Hungarian mediaâ and described it as âthe flagship of OrbĂĄn-era propaganda.â During a ten-year period, Vivien Szalai, former editor-in-chief of pro-OrbĂĄn and tabloid gossip publication Story, directed TĂ©nyek, and in the process had also hired various âanchorsâ and âreportersâ which had defected from HĂrTV, which had transitioned to a more objective editorial style and presentation, after its owner Lajos Simiczka cut all ties with OrbĂĄn after trying to target RTL. Since then, TĂ©nyek had become known for rampant coverage of pro-Fidesz activities and meetings (down to reporter GĂĄbor Gönczi being often humbling in front of OrbĂĄn), plus a heavy dose of fake news and conspiracy theories, including campaigns agasint PĂ©ter JuhĂĄsz, GĂĄbor Vona and even 444 media reporter Daniel PĂĄl RĂ©nyi, and even gossipy stories about PĂ©ter Jakab and AndrĂĄs Batiz.
With the cancellation of TĂ©nyek, TV2âs CEO MiklĂłs Vaszily has described âlessons learned from previous operationsâ as a factor for the axing, and plans to launch a new news offering that âcan provide news coverage that meets expected professional standardsâ, according to a conversation with 444.hu, an independent online news outlet known for critical coverage of OrbĂĄnâs regime, which has described TĂ©nyek as a programme âdisguised as a newscast, but in reality is a propaganda toolâ.
Vaszily has also fired Szalai, with no replacement in the news director post still yet named. He has also hired ZoltĂĄn Fekete-SzalĂłky, who resigned from the editor post at Index, a former independent outlet taken over by OrbĂĄn cronies (which led to the resignation of many of its journalists, which created a separate outlet, Telex, shortly thereafter), after falsely reporting on a supposed financial austerity programme by Magyar, which led to accusations of forgery, as a consultant to proceed with the major restructure.
Vaszily had previously signalled major restructuring in the broadcasterâs operation, including the possibility of âconsolidation measuresâ and the prospect of layoffs.
Magyar will be sworn in on Saturday and we should start seeing change from there.
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Speaking of the media landscape after political shifts: Channel 1 Bangladesh resumed broadcasting after 16 years (and the fall of the Hasina regime last year) in April.
The private channel was shut down in 2010, not long after Hasina returned to office. The authorities claimed the channel sold its equipment to repay debt, then rented them back, which was illegal; however, the channel argued the buyer hasnât make the payment and the equipment were still technically theirs.
Some suspected the closure had more to do with political reason, as private satellite channels, including Channel 1, had close ties to the former ruling party, the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), at the time. This was the moment of the channelâs closure back then:
Notice the original ident and opener are kind of retained in the relaunched channel, now in a virtual studio.
MDR is reportedly looking to hand the production of ARD MIMA to NDR in Hamburg from 2027 onwards, in an effort to cut costs. MDR um Zwei, their weekday 2pm newsmagazine, is also ending by the end of the year.
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They finally launched the new look today, during the evening edition. The new look was designed by CapeRock (the Dutch agency which also worked on RTL Nederlandâs channel looks), with music commissioned from KH Music (Utrecht), with a new sound logo based on that of the RTL channels. Belgian company PiĂšce MontĂ©e designed the new set, which is less reliant on the chroma-key-based video walls and adds real screens and a warmer design, whilst also introducing XR elements.
The newsroom workflow has also changed: they have pivoted to a new, story-first model, whilst also making big investments in the newsroom technology, moving to Saga and Ross Overdrive for production during last year.
The changes were already introduced, in a first stage, last week, when RTL Z (their business-leaning news and documentaries channel) introduced a bespoke version of the new look for its news flashes.
And hereâs the final episode of their behind-the-scenes series, which shows more of the new look:
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