Virtual Sets

May 1, 2013

‘Nightly’ updates control room loop

“NBC Nightly News” updated its endless control room loop, adding more depth and color. The change debuted recently, and is noticeable on air. The new control room background is bright and featured bolder, richer colors and frequently shows up on the large rear projection screen along one wall of the set. The new background appears [...]

April 18, 2013

Q&A: Inside the new ITV News with BDA Creative

We recently talked with BDA Creative’s Simon Jago about the ITV News project, which included two national sets and 10 refreshed regional sets. Talk a little about the background of the project? As part of ITV’s major channel rebrand, BDA were invited to re-design the two national sets (London, and Salford – due to launch [...]

April 17, 2013

Egyptian broadcaster goes with Hybrid for virtual studio

Egypt based Al-Nahar TV has signed with Hybrid for its 3D virtual studio integration and robotic camera heads. The equipment will transform two studios used for daily news, entertainment and live sports programming for Al Nahar Entertainment and Al-Nahar Sports channels respectively. Each studio will employ the same configuration of Hybrid products: two Silver II PTZF robotic [...]

March 28, 2013

Virtual goats take over CNN

No, that headline isn’t an early April Fools’ Day joke. CNN’s Tom Foreman put the network’s virtual technology to use today to demonstrate some suggestions the White House received from Americans on how to save money. Some of the examples simply showed still photos or videos behind foreman on virtual “rear projection screens.” Others, well, got [...]