I have been informed by a friend in CNN's London Bureau, that the control room staff is being laid off as of November 2018.
CNN will "Home run" (Feeding the london studio cams directly to the ATL CNN HQ, where the shows will be directed and produced.
It is unclear how many control room positions will be cut in all, and the scope of positions impacted.
CNN has international production facilities in London, Hong Kong, & Abu Dhabi No word at this point if the other International facilities will also have lay offs