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Where in the world are new TV studios being built?

(June 2020)

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VA
valley
Technologist posted:
Also large shiny floor shows ( think TC1) are being done from four Wallers like LH2 ...or almost any redundant warehouse ....
as there are more spaces sets just stand ..no more overnight set and light whuch was how TC ran in its heyday


I'm not sure that's quite true with TC1 producing in one week last year: Russell Howard Hour, 2 episodes of Norton, 2 episodes of The Last Leg, and a corporate event.
JO
Joe
Neil Jones posted:
valley posted:
Yeah, the history of that building is a bit of a mess to be fair! I didn’t include it because I completely forgot about it, but it still has some studio space AIUI. And playout and post facilities.


Collection here of some archive shots of Camden Lock in the TV-am days, both inside and out (nothing of the studios though):
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/08/26/postmodern-architecture-tv-am-television-studios-camden-london-terry-farrell/

Piece here about the remodelling that occurred a few years ago:
https://www.ribaj.com/products/viacom-building-london

Thanks for those.

It's so interesting to me that the eggcup came from the architecture – rather than being added to the architecture from being part of the on-screen branding. Probably obvious to many here, though TV-AM was (just) before my time.
IS
Inspector Sands
Neil Jones posted:
valley posted:
Yeah, the history of that building is a bit of a mess to be fair! I didn’t include it because I completely forgot about it, but it still has some studio space AIUI. And playout and post facilities.


Collection here of some archive shots of Camden Lock in the TV-am days, both inside and out (nothing of the studios though):
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/08/26/postmodern-architecture-tv-am-television-studios-camden-london-terry-farrell/

Piece here about the remodelling that occurred a few years ago:
https://www.ribaj.com/products/viacom-building-london

They've since extended into that courtyard area which seems a bit of a shame but the gap there looked a bit odd from the road
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Joe posted:
Neil Jones posted:
valley posted:
Yeah, the history of that building is a bit of a mess to be fair! I didn’t include it because I completely forgot about it, but it still has some studio space AIUI. And playout and post facilities.


Collection here of some archive shots of Camden Lock in the TV-am days, both inside and out (nothing of the studios though):
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/08/26/postmodern-architecture-tv-am-television-studios-camden-london-terry-farrell/

Piece here about the remodelling that occurred a few years ago:
https://www.ribaj.com/products/viacom-building-london

Thanks for those.

It's so interesting to me that the eggcup came from the architecture – rather than being added to the architecture from being part of the on-screen branding. Probably obvious to many here, though TV-AM was (just) before my time.


Well they did use the eggcups on the endcaps, albeit digital ones, so they were seen on air, though I suspect to those who didn't live in Camden the significance was lost.
JA
james-2001
To be fair, eggcups are assosiated with breakfast, so their use of them wouldn't exactly stick out as unusual.
MD
mdtauk
Canada is seeing a boom in filming sound stages. CBS filmed Star Trek Discovery at a place called Pinewood Toronto Studios.

https://www.pinewoodgroup.com/studios/pinewood-toronto-studios
JO
Joe
Neil Jones posted:
Joe posted:
Neil Jones posted:

Collection here of some archive shots of Camden Lock in the TV-am days, both inside and out (nothing of the studios though):
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/08/26/postmodern-architecture-tv-am-television-studios-camden-london-terry-farrell/

Piece here about the remodelling that occurred a few years ago:
https://www.ribaj.com/products/viacom-building-london

Thanks for those.

It's so interesting to me that the eggcup came from the architecture – rather than being added to the architecture from being part of the on-screen branding. Probably obvious to many here, though TV-AM was (just) before my time.


Well they did use the eggcups on the endcaps, albeit digital ones, so they were seen on air, though I suspect to those who didn't live in Camden the significance was lost.

No I know that – I’m saying that the article above implies that their appearance on-screen came after they were part of the building.
JO
Jonwo
Bovingdon is another newish studio, it's where they film Dancing on Ice and The Masked Singer.
NG
noggin Founding member
Jonwo posted:
Bovingdon is another newish studio, it's where they film Dancing on Ice and The Masked Singer.


I think it's pushing it to describe Bovingdon as a TV studio. It's a 4-waller.
VA
valley
noggin posted:
I think it's pushing it to describe Bovingdon as a TV studio. It's a 4-waller.


It’s also not a permanent structure.
IS
Inspector Sands
Joe posted:
No I know that – I’m saying that the article above implies that their appearance on-screen came after they were part of the building.

Which makes sense as the building would have been planned/designed long before the on-screen graphics were done
BR
Brekkie
noggin posted:
Jonwo posted:
Bovingdon is another newish studio, it's where they film Dancing on Ice and The Masked Singer.


I think it's pushing it to describe Bovingdon as a TV studio. It's a 4-waller.

What's the difference then - just audience seating, gallery arrangement, rigging or something more. I'd argue over the last 20 years 4-wallers have very much become TV studios.

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