Archive for the ‘Set Design’ Category

CBC’s Fifa World Cup set added to SetStudio

We’ve added photos of CBC’s 2010 Fifa World Cup set to SetStudio.

The set was designed by AKA Creative Group, a Toronto based company that has designed many sets for Canadian news and sports programs.

“This set covered this summer’s 2010 FIFA world cup for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Sports Division. Designing for both French and English boradcasts and using the latest in video technology, the sets designed by AKA helped deliver unprecedented coverage of the tournament to more Canadians than ever before,” said AKA Creative Group.

NDTV India added to SetStudio

We’ve added renders of NDTV India’s studio to SetStudio.

The studio was designed by Varun Kumar of Designtheworld.

A set photo a day, by KRQE-TV

KRQE-TV, the LIN TV Albuquerque CBS affiliate, is currently posting a picture a day of its new set installation.

From these pictures it’s hard to determine much, but you can see some elements including some stone work, back lit areas, and multiple desks.

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Park Place Studio and KMAX-TV take home the Promax|BDA Gold

Park Place Studio recently won a Promax|BDA award in the local scenic category for its work on KMAX-TV.

Park Place writes, “This product covers local news, traffic and weather in addition to musical presentations, interviews, local personalities, cooking and demonstrations. KMAX-TV chose the Park Place design concept over the other companies because of the dynamic style, look and flexibility of the idea. Park Place knew KMAX-TV was not looking for a news set, but a complete theme environment with multiple presentation spaces, flexibility and a dynamic local feel.”

You can view more photos of this project in SetStudio.

Promax|BDA announces 2010 winners

Promax|BDA has released its list of 2010 award winners.

Among the winners, Jack Morton PDG took home the gold for its work on MLB Tonight and CTV took home many gold awards for its Olympic coverage, including scenic design. Both sets were fabricated by blackwalnut.

You can see a complete list of winners below:

ESPN’s ‘Sports Nation’ added to SetStudio

We’ve added photos of ESPN’s “Sports Nation” set to SetStudio.

For those who’ve not seen the show, SN has lots of fan interaction and utilizes almost all of the set on each episode. The set is located in ESPN’s Studio B.

Kansas City station hides JFK image in dura

KCPT-TV, the public television station in Kansas City has some interesting “Easter eggs” on its set, writes TV Barn blogger Aaron Barnhart.

Barnhart was at the station’s studios recently to appear on a Canadian program and noticed the name of one of the station’s hosts, Nick Haines, Photoshopped on to the side of one of the buildings in the background. It turns out the back drop’s designer looks to hide little things like this into his designs, including finding a way to work in an image of John F. Kennedy.

Read more and see more images here.

WTVR-TV begins set demolition

WTVR-TV, the Local TV-owned CBS affiliate in Richmond, Va., has begun demolition on its current set. The newscasts now originate from WTVR-TV’s newsroom.

View photos of the demolition here.

First Look: ESPN World Cup studio

Here’s a first look at ESPN’s setup for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Located inside the International Broadcast Center, ESPN’s  studio includes four distinct areas - an anchor desk overlooking Soccer City Stadium; a side set for interviews; a 16-foot by nine-foot LED wall for stand-ups; and an outside patio.

The studio measures approximately 40 feet by 40 feet with the base 25 feet in the air. Actual photos after the jump.

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CCTV’s national set added to SetStudio

We’ve added photos of CCTV’s new national broadcast set in Beijing, China to SetStudio.

The set, designed by Broadcast Design International, includes a large video wall and multiple murals on motorized rollers to create different effects for various shows.

CNBC rolls out updated newsroom studio

CNBC quietly rolled out some major studio updates with its new program additions.

The previous newsroom studio, designed by PDG, was updated with many new LED elements, a ton of monitors everywhere and new desks. Continue reading for more images and analysis. The refresh, with some entirely new components, was designed by John Casey of i.e. Design Events

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KBAK-TV photos added to SetStudio

We’ve added some pictures from KBAK-TV to SetStudio, view them here.