Sky’s New Home Given The Go Ahead
Yesterday might have seemed like business as usual for satellite broadcasting company Sky, but there was one major change that has been made to their operations, with Sky Sports News becoming the first channel to broadcast live from the company’s new high-quality production studio in west London (England).
The facility was previously known by the name of Harlequin 1 but with Sky’s purchase of the land in 2006, and 5 years of development costing a total of over £233m, the building has now taken the title of ‘Sky Studios’.
The complex was put to work on Monday morning with its debut broadcast, a 6am live showing of Good Morning Sports Fans on the Sky Sports News channel, aired in a studio designed specifically for the needs of that channel as part of a greater level of internal investment into the service. The Sky News channel is preparing to make a similar complete move in the near future.
Sky, who are currently in the midst of being taken over by News Corporation, announced that Sky Studios will have bigger and better facilities than ever before in a sustainable environment, holding more live broadcast trucks and HD equipment, as well as a total of eight studios (five of them HD.
The five-floor building also contains 45 ‘edit suites’, 14 ‘voiceover rooms’, 4 ‘audio suites’, and a tailor-made post-production facility on-site. The structured complex will allow producers to ‘produce’, ‘control’, and ‘transmit’ all in one place, with filming and editing all catered for.
Sky’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch was quick to point out the benefits of the centre, stating: “Opening Sky Studios is a significant step in Sky’s development, and this building stands testament to our commitment to home-grown, high quality British content. Not only is Sky Studios the most environmentally sustainable broadcasting facility in Europe, its cutting edge technology will also help us continue to create ground-breaking and innovative programming long into the future.”
Sky Studios is also said to represent Sky’s proclaimed “growing commitment to home-grown British content”, having recently announced that they would invest up to £1.8b into local programming across the next three years. Sky’s move follows on from the BBC’s relocation to Salford (England) from London, but will the networks maintain stability in their new homes?
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