What the? So they have no money for Al Jazeera America to continue in New York but are able to build this set in Washington just to be used for a few months coverage on the US election...
Felicity did say it was Al Jazeera's Washington HQ so I assume it is - and its certainly a new one, judging by the size of it and the design of the set, which is very much like the London studio. I actually thought it was the London studio at first.
I also assume that this Washington set is shared, judging by the size of it - used for Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic. Just a guess though.
Maybe this is a sign that they are going to bring back bulletins from Washington DC. After all, you wouldn't spend the money on a brand new set, if you weren't going to use it regularly.
Maybe this is a sign that they are going to bring back bulletins from Washington DC. After all, you wouldn't spend the money on a brand new set, if you weren't going to use it regularly.
It always bemuses me how some people here talk about studio sets as of they're the most expensive important bit of a TV station. This is a company that pissed away $40 (correction) million on a lease on a Manhatten office they never even fitted out, they wouldn't be worried about a few bits of plywood and perspex.
AJ DC has been due a move virtually from the day the station opened. Last I heard they were due to move to the Newseum, which is where I assume that studio is. Presumably the studio /set was planned to be for AJ America
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Maybe this is a sign that they are going to bring back bulletins from Washington DC. After all, you wouldn't spend the money on a brand new set, if you weren't going to use it regularly.
It always bemuses me how some people here talk about studio sets as of they're the most expensive important bit of a TV station. This is a company that pissed away $400 million on a lease on a Manhatten office they never even fitted out, they wouldn't be worried about a few bits of plywood and perspex.
AJ DC has been due a move virtually from the day the station opened. Last I heard they were due to move to the Newseum, which is where I assume that studio is. Presumably the studio /set was planned to be for AJ America
Isn't Al Jazeera Amera it's own private company? I wonder if they will be able to write down or sublet the lease.
Sets are an expensive bit with new ones here upwards of $750,000 on construction and materials alone. Building a whole new plant is another ball park.
It's a shame they're no longer on Freeview SD. I can't also understand why Talking Pictures is on Freeview HD but not SD when there's so much tosh (i.e. shopping/jewellery) instead. Sorry, I'm going off-topic...put me in the naughty corner.
It's a shame they're no longer on Freeview SD. I can't also understand why Talking Pictures is on Freeview HD but not SD when there's so much tosh (i.e. shopping/jewellery) instead. Sorry, I'm going off-topic...put me in the naughty corner.
Talking Pictures isn't in HD, but it's on a DVB-T2 multiplex so you need a HD-capable receiver to get it.