SP
Wasn't Studio 10 where News24 camped out whilst their own studio was being refurbished?
BB
It seems that the former Carlton companies have lots of money to splash about rebranding their buildings, whereas the Granada companies mostly still have the signage that has been there since they were built!
Did Westcountry's building used to be painted in Carlton red?
Ooh, that ITV building is hideous. I am surprised that there were no objections to them painting the exterior a lurid blue and yellow.
Plus I think some of the people who park there need to sharpen up on their driving skills. Poor sign!
Andrew posted:
StuartPlymouth posted:
It seems that the former Carlton companies have lots of money to splash about rebranding their buildings, whereas the Granada companies mostly still have the signage that has been there since they were built!
Did Westcountry's building used to be painted in Carlton red?
Ooh, that ITV building is hideous. I am surprised that there were no objections to them painting the exterior a lurid blue and yellow.
Plus I think some of the people who park there need to sharpen up on their driving skills. Poor sign!
TR
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/hull_qg.jpg This is the £24 million pile of BBC Hull - the building that blocks BBC TV signals for over 3 miles in parts of the city. Theres a nice blue neon light round the dome thingy at the top and just to the right is queens gardens were all the druggies hang out - nice.
IS
There was also the problem of having to totally refurbish a building that is totally riddled with asbestos while still using it for broadcasting.
I can't see that the rent of the new place (despite it being in a prime city centre location) is that much more than having to shell out for the upkeep of that huge, old building and its acres of grounds.
TROGGLES posted:
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It would have been cheaper to refurbish Pebble Mill than have the situation they have now with hugly inflated rents and two sites in Birmingham. The reason they gave for Pebble Mill was that it needed insulating and double glazing and the roof leaked. Even public bodoes can get grants to do those sort of repairs - some droppeda big one with PM whichis why they are faffing with Manchester
It would have been cheaper to refurbish Pebble Mill than have the situation they have now with hugly inflated rents and two sites in Birmingham. The reason they gave for Pebble Mill was that it needed insulating and double glazing and the roof leaked. Even public bodoes can get grants to do those sort of repairs - some droppeda big one with PM whichis why they are faffing with Manchester
There was also the problem of having to totally refurbish a building that is totally riddled with asbestos while still using it for broadcasting.
I can't see that the rent of the new place (despite it being in a prime city centre location) is that much more than having to shell out for the upkeep of that huge, old building and its acres of grounds.
IS
Ooh, that ITV building is hideous. I am surprised that there were no objections to them painting the exterior a lurid blue and yellow.:
Objections from who? It's in the middle of an out of town 'Science Park'!
BBC TV Centre posted:
Ooh, that ITV building is hideous. I am surprised that there were no objections to them painting the exterior a lurid blue and yellow.:
Objections from who? It's in the middle of an out of town 'Science Park'!
TR
There was also the problem of having to totally refurbish a building that is totally riddled with asbestos while still using it for broadcasting.
I can't see that the rent of the new place (despite it being in a prime city centre location) is that much more than having to shell out for the upkeep of that huge, old building and its acres of grounds.
BECTU manged to discover that the rent for Pebble Mill was a peppercorn £1000 per year & The Shoebox costs £ 2million per year, not a good deal when you are firing staff in the name of putting money into programming.
Inspector Sands posted:
TROGGLES posted:
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It would have been cheaper to refurbish Pebble Mill than have the situation they have now with hugly inflated rents and two sites in Birmingham. The reason they gave for Pebble Mill was that it needed insulating and double glazing and the roof leaked. Even public bodoes can get grants to do those sort of repairs - some droppeda big one with PM whichis why they are faffing with Manchester
It would have been cheaper to refurbish Pebble Mill than have the situation they have now with hugly inflated rents and two sites in Birmingham. The reason they gave for Pebble Mill was that it needed insulating and double glazing and the roof leaked. Even public bodoes can get grants to do those sort of repairs - some droppeda big one with PM whichis why they are faffing with Manchester
There was also the problem of having to totally refurbish a building that is totally riddled with asbestos while still using it for broadcasting.
I can't see that the rent of the new place (despite it being in a prime city centre location) is that much more than having to shell out for the upkeep of that huge, old building and its acres of grounds.
BECTU manged to discover that the rent for Pebble Mill was a peppercorn £1000 per year & The Shoebox costs £ 2million per year, not a good deal when you are firing staff in the name of putting money into programming.
DA
http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/forum/images/smiles/eusa_eh.gif Geez, if that's the future of ITV plc-owned stations, thank goodness we still have non-ITV plc-owned ones still!
But for how long??
StuartPlymouth posted:
...and this one is ITV Westcountry - a small unit on an Industrial Estate in Plympton (about 8 miles from Plymouth City Centre)
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/image10.jpg
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/image10.jpg
http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/forum/images/smiles/eusa_eh.gif Geez, if that's the future of ITV plc-owned stations, thank goodness we still have non-ITV plc-owned ones still!
But for how long??
ST
It seems that the former Carlton companies have lots of money to splash about rebranding their buildings, whereas the Granada companies mostly still have the signage that has been there since they were built!
Did Westcountry's building used to be painted in Carlton red?
Ooh, that ITV building is hideous. I am surprised that there were no objections to them painting the exterior a lurid blue and yellow.
Plus I think some of the people who park there need to sharpen up on their driving skills. Poor sign!
Yes, it used to have a red/orange/yellow design with the "Carlton Star", it didn't look too bad then. When the building originally opened it had a large "W" representing the Westcountry TV logo. I had some dealings with the company that provided the exterior, and he explained that it was simply plastic cladding, which was easy and relatively cheap to remove and replace......so I expect it to be changed again in the near future.
As for objections, well, as someone else pointed out in this thread - not alot of people are going to complain in that area, since it is purely business and isn't overlooked by any residential areas AFAIK.
BBC TV Centre posted:
Andrew posted:
StuartPlymouth posted:
It seems that the former Carlton companies have lots of money to splash about rebranding their buildings, whereas the Granada companies mostly still have the signage that has been there since they were built!
Did Westcountry's building used to be painted in Carlton red?
Ooh, that ITV building is hideous. I am surprised that there were no objections to them painting the exterior a lurid blue and yellow.
Plus I think some of the people who park there need to sharpen up on their driving skills. Poor sign!
Yes, it used to have a red/orange/yellow design with the "Carlton Star", it didn't look too bad then. When the building originally opened it had a large "W" representing the Westcountry TV logo. I had some dealings with the company that provided the exterior, and he explained that it was simply plastic cladding, which was easy and relatively cheap to remove and replace......so I expect it to be changed again in the near future.
As for objections, well, as someone else pointed out in this thread - not alot of people are going to complain in that area, since it is purely business and isn't overlooked by any residential areas AFAIK.
GS
I really don't understand your point. Viewers don't have to look at the building to see the TV programmes.
Gavin Scott
Founding member
daanton posted:
Geez, if that's the future of ITV plc-owned stations, thank goodness we still have non-ITV plc-owned ones still!
But for how long??
But for how long??
I really don't understand your point. Viewers don't have to look at the building to see the TV programmes.