Al Arabiya inaugurates Riyadh broadcast facility, newsroom

Al Arabiya (العربية) has launched a new broadcast facility in the Saudi capital of Riyadh following the 2020 overhaul of the network’s primary home in Dubai.

Al Arabiya unveils sleek broadcast facility with dramatic lines and tech

The project includes a complete gutting and rebuilding of the facility’s floor space with a fully integrated newsroom, studio and control room. 

The Riyadh interior and studio follow the design vernacular introduced by Clickspring as part of the Dubai redesign with a variety of illuminated and LED-wrapped surfaces.  

The main set features a large LED display with a tubular LED column, creating a distinctive centerpiece. From this column, distinctive black and white floor graphics tie multiple presentation areas together including the anchor desk and a separate area for analysis.

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For the inaugural broadcast from the facility, Al Arabiya interviewed a variety of dignitaries and had live reports from around the capital. The broadcast also used the opportunity to showcase a variety of augmented reality elements in the studio, powered by Vizrt tools and Viz Engine 4 with camera tracking from Stype.

Virtual maps of Riyadh along with military statistics overlaid into the space via a virtual “window” placed over the real window into the production control room.

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The control room features a Grass Valley switcher with prompting from Autoscript, studio peds from Vinten and six cameras from Sony, including a jib.

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— العربية (@AlArabiya) December 15, 2021