Industry Insights: The state of lighting design in broadcast
Lighting design is one of the most critical pieces of a broadcast studio, making or breaking the set design and helping the talent standout on-air. With that in mind and as part of our Focus on...
View ArticlePresenting your newscast in the best light, part one
You have a large investment in your anchor team and reporters, not to mention all the hardware and support people who make the news happen. Perhaps you’re planning a new news set to give you a fresh...
View ArticleItaly’s Sky TG24 updates look with move to Milan
Sky TG24 recently relocated its operations from Rome to Milan, Italy, allowing the network a chance to refresh its on-air appearance. With the move, the network debuted a 300-square-meter studio...
View Article‘Squawk Box’ gains flexible new home at the Nasdaq
CNBC’s “Squawk Box” saw a move of sorts in November as the show relocated to a different floor at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Previously broadcasting from Studio B on the second floor of the...
View ArticleCNN Money Switzerland set for late January launch
CNN Money Switzerland will officially launch in late January during the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, a small delay from the original go-live date. Broadcasting live for three hours in the...
View ArticleIndianpolis station moves to temporary set
Indianapolis‘ Fox affiliate WXIN has moved to a temporary setup in the middle of its newsroom as it works on a new set. The station has used a working newsroom set background for some time now, so the...
View ArticleFlood-ravaged Houston station to open streetside studio
KHOU, whose studios and offices were destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, has announced plans to open small, secondary studio in downtown Houston, even as the station continues to decide on a new main home....
View ArticleNBC unveils set designs for PyeongChang Olympics
NBC has will use a 3,500 square foot geodesic dome as the main studio for its coverage of the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics (동계 올림픽) in February. The unique domed set will include a 40-foot by...
View ArticleMBC utilizes Rosco LED technology in new studios
Middle East broadcaster MBC Group recently debuted new studios in Dubai, UAE and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Both studios, from Clickspring Design, utilize cutting-edge technology – including Silk LED Soft...
View ArticleTurner, CNN to relocate London offices in 2019
Turner, the parent company of CNN, will relocate its London offices and European headquarters in January 2019 to 160 Old Street EC1, leaving its current location on Great Marlborough Street. The change...
View ArticleTribune to build new facility for Arkansas stations
Tribune Broadcasting announced today a new facility for its Arkansas television stations, KFSM and KXNW. The custom built 24,000 square foot facility will be located in Johnson, Arkansas, serving as...
View ArticleGraham’s Roanoke NBC moving to new facility this fall
Graham Media Group’s WSLS, serving Roanoke, Virginia, will move to a new broadcast facility in late 2018, vacating its building of more than 60 years. “WSLS has been in its current location since the...
View ArticleHouston station picks new home
KHOU, the Tegna owned CBS affiliate in Houston, has decided on a new permanent home after its previous studios and offices were damaged by flooding. Flood-ravaged Houston station to open streetside...
View ArticleRoanoke station to move to new facility
WSLS, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, will move its newsroom, studios and offices to a former warehouse later this year. The building, which was previously a Grainger warehouse will...
View ArticleD.C. Fox O&O’s home may be demolished after station moves out
Fox’s WTTG in the national’s capital is planning a new facility to open in 2021 — and its home since 1966 could be torn down to make room for a mixed use development, reports Urban Turf. The station,...
View ArticleVermont station to relocate, open bureau
WPTZ, Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate in Plattsburgh, New York and Burlington, Vermont, has announced plans to build a new station and open a new bureau. The station inked a deal to move to a new...
View ArticleABC, Disney find new NYC home
After selling its Upper West Side campus in April, Disney and ABC have found a new home in New York. The network has inked a deal with Trinity Church Wall Street to acquire the rights to develop...
View ArticleCBS opens new ‘news hub’ in Studio 47
CBS News has opened a freshly renovated newsroom in New York City that creates a new open workspace for all of its programming. Dubbed the “CBS News Hub,” the new workspace occupies the area formerly...
View ArticleGray breaks ground on Augusta broadcast facility
Gray Television has broken ground on a new 30,000 square foot facility in Augusta, Georgia, for WRDW News 12 and WAGT NBC 26. The new facility will house the company’s CBS, NBC, CW, MyNetworkTV, and...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Gray Television stations update broadcast facility
Gray Television’s KOTA and KEVN have cut the ribbon on a new television facility in Rapid City, South Dakota. The building, which was originally built in 1976, was remodeled to house the operations of...
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