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Client:
AP Global Services: Studios in New Zealand House
Requirement:
To design, build and maintain 5 x news studios, playout and edit facilities with multi, single and robotic camera studios together with office space for journalists and booking staff, in prime position in central London.
Central London Studios are a joint venture between Associated Press Television News (APTN) and Welltrade Services (WTS). The installation was carried out in summer 2010 by C2S Systems (part of the WTS group) and the studios have been operational since September of the same year.
The studios are located in the heart of London, just off Trafalgar Square and so are within easy walking distance of the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, London Eye, Oxford Street, the West End and many other world famous landmarks and iconic locations. With these locations being so close by and the studios each having large external windows, the views from the studios are spectacular.
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Specifications:
Studio 1 is dual aspect, south and east facing and has views over the city, Trafalgar Square, London Eye and South Bank, the West End, the Houses of Parliament, St James’ Palace and Westminster. It is around 50m2, has an internally lit news desk, customisable soft set as well single shot facility and is wired for four HD Triax cameras with a standalone gallery.
Studio 2 is a single aspect studio looking South towards the Houses of Parliament, St James’ Palace, London Eye and Westminster. It is around 21m2, has an internally lit news desk, single shot facility and is wired for three HD Triax cameras with a standalone gallery.
Studio 3 is a single aspect studio looking East towards the City, Trafalgar Square, the West End and St Pauls Cathedral. It is around 25m2, has an internally lit news desk, single shot facility and is wired for two HD robotic cameras which are controlled from MCR.
Studio 4 is a single aspect studio looking South towards the Houses of Parliament, St James’ Palace and Westminster. It is around 7.2m2, has a single shot facility and is wired for one HD robotic camera which is controlled from MCR
Studio 5 is a dual aspect studio looking South and West towards the Houses of Parliament, St James’ Palace, Westminster, St James’ Park and Buckingham Palace. It is around 14m2, has a single shot facility with desk and is wired for one HD robotic camera which is controlled from MCR.
Edit Suite 1 & 2 have Mac Pro workstations with Final Cut Studio V3 and professional monitoring and audio facilities. They are light and airy, but have blackout blinds and technical lighting if needed. Playout and ingest to and from the rest of the facility is available and each edit suite also has its own HDV deck for local ingest and record. There is centralised managed network storage which has high speed internet access for FTP.
CAR is a centralised room which contains the shared technical equipment, cable termination, video and audio jackfields, fibre routing and IT equipment.
