Your First Look of the Brand Spanking New Supersport HD Set to be used in Supersport's Presentation for the Worldcup

These are the first pictures of what is billed as only an "upgrade" to Supersport's  main studio, Studio 6 at Mnet, though, from the pictures it is evident that it is a complete remodelling of the studio and not just the few touch ups as previously stated.
 
The first program to go live from the set, ironically, was not a sports program at all, but rather Mnet's Carte Blanche, which has now made a home for themselves in the Supersport Studios, though one must say their colour scheme and graphics go hand in glove with the studio.





This will be the studio from which all their South African based World Cup shows will be broadcast from, anchored primarily by John Dykes and Neil Andrews.

From the pictures, one can see that this set is actually smaller than its predecessor (seen below). The 2010 version of the set had stairs leading to higher presentation points from which hosts could present, but were never fully utilised. Its main mosaic of screens was bigger, and wider, than the new one, and even included one identical in size on top of it. The overal studio lacks the depth that it originally had that often made for some very good camera angles.

Compare the two and tell me size doesn't count

Even the desk at which the analysts and hosts are to sit has shrunk in size, likely a sign of what we have been seeing over the last few months of fewer analysts being used for Supersport presentations

The overall set just seems to lack space for anything exciting to happen, or for many people to fit into, which is concerning considering one of their World Cup shows, Fan Fest, is to actually have an audience in this studio in the same vein as 2010 show Super Nova had and even back then in a larger studio did it seems as if it was hard to fit the studio audience onto the set.

When the original HD set debuted in 2010, Supersport ran various 'warm up' broadcasts from the facility to get the feel of things, which included giving friendly matches in the middle of a work day few people watched the full treatment they give a match like a World Cup match to sort out any 'kinks' in the system and for analysts to get used to working the touchscreen. However, this time around, it seems as if none of this will take place.It is said that the studio now has 3d hologram features, which I would presume needs to be tested before the world cup so that no mess ups occur on the big stage. But there won't be broadcast dress rehearsals this time around (at least not broadcast on tv).

Eiher way, this will make for some interesting viewing.