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VXV launches new BTV News Studio in Sofia

veechxveech — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 19:59:35 +0000

bTV Main News Set

Stuart A. Veech (VXV CEO/Creative Director); Venelin Petkov, News, Current Affairs and Sports Director of bTV Media Group; Alan Zaruba (Creative Director of the TV Nova Group in the Czech Republic)

VXV is very proud to announce the launch of the 500sqm News and Current Affairs Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria.

360-degree camera studio view link: https://btvnovinite.bg/novotostudio

Excerpt from bTV Media Group Press Release:

The new studio operates the biggest LED installation in Europe, across three multifunctional sets with 11 video walls with different dimensions, on a total area of 450 sqm. Seven of the video walls have 4K resolution, and one is touchscreen. The augmented reality technology, which bTV implemented first in Bulgarian media several years ago, was upgraded to offer even morefunctionalities. Other innovations include four new cameras, with unique to Bulgaria 4K sensors, and a crane. The studio also implements environmentally friendly LED lighting, using less electricity and demanding less air conditioning.

„I am excited that we are giving our viewers the best experience with bTVnews and current affairs shows, which are the backbone of our programming line-up. The studio was created to benefit our millions of viewers who have chosen bTV as their primary source of information. It is also the largest-scale technological project implemented in bTV ever since the start of the channel, and now the most professional TV journalists in Bulgaria have access to the means of expression that highlight their work even better“, commented Florian Skala, CEO of bTV Media Group.

„To us the new studio is the place where journalism, new technologies and cutting-edge design meet. In the last five years our newsdesk has been undergoing a process of integration of all programs and platforms. This also includes the visual identity and the functionalities of the new studio. It enables us to develop the topics holistically throughout the day – underlining the identity of the newsroom across all our shows, and still preserving the uniqueness of each of our journalists. After holding an international pitch where we invited the best design and architecture companies in the world, it’s a privilege for us that we managed to attract Veech xVeech, known for their revolutionary projects on the world market, in Bulgaria. The design they created for us is a significant step ahead for the TV industry all across Europe,”commented Venelin Petkov, News, Current Affairs and Sports Director of bTV Media Group.

(Photos courtesy of bTV)

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VXV Launches ORF1 News Studio

veechxveech — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:50:32 +0000

VXV has launched its latest project for the re-launch of ORF1 News Studio located in Vienna. The new studio is the homebase for the daily ZIB18:00/20:00/Flash/Nacht programs, as well as, the Magazin1 and Talk1 programs.

VXV designed the original futuristic studio that was on-air from 2013-2019 (https://veechxveech.com/project/broadcast-studios/orf/)

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VXV Launches Doha Projects

veechxveech — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 18:00:12 +0000

In recognition of their 20^th Anniversary, Al Jazeera Media Network launched two near VXV designed projects located at their Doha HQ. The first is a 1100sqm multifunctional Newsroom and Studio for their flagship AJA channel, as well as, a new cutting edge architectural design and studio design for the Network Studio to be used by both the AJA & AJE channels.

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Al Jazeera Celebrates 20th Anniversary

veechxveech — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:02:23 +0000

Al Jazeera Media Network in Doha, Qatar celebrated their 20^th Anniversary with a large scale event attended Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with former first lady Sheika Moza bint Nasser, as well as the Prime Minister and other dignitaries. Al Jazeera first went on air on Nov. 1, 1996 in the form of an Arabic television channel. The English-language 24-hours news station Al Jazeera English followed in Nov. 2006. VXV has worked with Al Jazeera since 2010 developing a new architectural and design language highlighted by the launching of their new London HQ located in the landmark Shard Tower.

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cr7tdd1ar8

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VXV Invited to RBB Newsroom Pitch

veechxveech — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 12:00:58 +0000

VXV was invited by RBB – Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg to present a new design vision for their Newsroom located in Berlin and are awaiting a final decision.

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ORF News Magazine Studio Launch

veechxveech — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:44:52 +0000

Veech x Veech has designed a new multifunctional architecture for a series of five news magazine television formats for ORF which will be aired starting on Jan. 7^th, 2016.

Each of the program formats (“heute konkret”,“thema”, “REPORT”, “WELTJournal / WELTJournal +” and “ECO”) manifests its own highly specific character, embodied in and supported by the different spatial perspectives produced by combinations of the three modules in conjunction with individualized colour palettes, CI elements, light choreographies and animated graphics.

Stuart A. Veech, Creative Director of Veech x Veech, explains: “The challenge was to create modular frames that could be easily re-positioned, enabling the transformation of the spatial configurations with a minimal set of moves and maximizing dynamic camera compositions whilst reducing the time required to set up the individual studio situations.”

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Veech x Veech at London Design Festival

veechxveech — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:26:14 +0000

Stuart A. Veech – Creative Director @VXV & Patrick Bedeau – Al Jazeera Media Network Creative Director will give a tour of the AJMN Broadcast Facility in the Shard Tower on Saturday September 19th, 2015. The design of the new Al Jazeera Media Network broadcast office and studio facility is a successful collaboration between and Veech X Veech, as designers of the broadcast news studio and adjacent newsroom work environment and John McAslan + Partners, as interior designers of the office.

The new studio has set a benchmark for global TV design, a test-bed pushing the limits of what is possible. Locating all departments and services on a single floor has enabled the design teams to develop innovative uses of space and create a more efficient and pleasant working environment, like nothing else in the TV news industry.

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Enzyklopädie der Medien Band 1 – Prof. Peter Weibel

veechxveech — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:01:42 +0000

Veech X Veech is featured in the publication “Architecture and Information – The Newsrooms from Veech x Veech” from the Enzyklopädie der Medien Band 1 by Professor Peter Weibel – Director at the ZKM – Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe with Hajte Cantz Publishers

Link to ZKM: http://zkm.de/en

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Veech x Veech Shortlisted for WIF Award in Singapore

veechxveech — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:02:43 +0000

Veech x Veech´s Al Jazeera Media Network Broadcast Studio located in the London Shard Tower was recently shortlisted by World Festival of Interiors for INSIDE Festival Award in the category: Creative Re-use.

The award ceremony will take place on November 5th in Singapore. Stay tuned.

https://www.insidefestival.com/content/creative-re-use-0?search_id=40

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Veech x Veech wins Silver at the International Design Award – USA

veechxveech — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 15:00:05 +0000

The design of the new Al Jazeera Media Network broadcast office and studio facility is a successful collaboration between and Veech X Veech, as designers of the broadcast news studio and adjacent newsroom work environment and John McAslan + Partners, as interior designers of the office. The new studio has set a benchmark for global TV design, a test-bed pushing the limits of what is possible.

Locating all departments and services on a single floor has enabled the design teams to develop innovative uses of space and create a more efficient and pleasant working environment, like nothing else in the TV news industry.

Link to IDA – USA

http://idesignawards.com/winners/zoom2.php?eid=9-8419-15&cat=Commercial

http://idesignawards.com

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Veech x Veech re-designs ServusTV Newsroom

veechxveech — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:01:02 +0000

Veech x Veech transformed its previous design into a multifunctional, sophisticated 270-degree studio combining peerless aesthetics, functionality and technological advancement with the flexibility to incorporate and project the visual identities of two distinctive news formats: Servus Journal and Krone daily programs.

Link to ServusTV:

http://www.servustv.com/at/Sendungen/Servus-Journal

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Veech x Veech shortlisted BCO Award for Al Jazeera London Headquarters

veechxveech — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 11:26:46 +0000

Veech x Veech, together with John McAslan + Partners, has been shortlisted for the British Council of Offices Awards 2015 for the Al Jazeera London Headquarters in the Shard Tower. The award ceremony will take place on April 28, 2015 in London.

Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) has unveiled its new UK headquarters and broadcast studio in the iconic Shard skyscraper in London. The scheme has created a pre-eminent broadcast production facility, incorporating innovative workspaces and offices with a multi-purpose newsroom and revolutionary studio, which breaks the mould of the ‘black box’ studio and re-imagines how broadcast facilities are designed. Experts in their respective fields, Al Jazeera appointed John McAslan + Partners to design the reception and office area and Veech x Veech Architects to design the broadcast studio and adjacent newsroom. The Al Jazeera Media Network’s Creative Division were vital to this collaboration, providing the brief for the scheme and being a collaborative partner throughout the design and construction process.

Housed in Europe’s tallest building, this new facility, creating major news and current affairs content across the global Al Jazeera network, reinforces AJMN’s position as a leading news organisation in the UK and European marketplace. The UK office now provides a vital communications role for AJMN, becoming the European hub linking the time overlap between the headquarters in Doha and the studios in the USA.

Patrick Bedeau, Al Jazeera Global Art Director, comments: “This exciting project challenges the way news is made and required the design team to adopt a radical approach, integrating the broadcast studio into the office space within an open-plan setting. The result is the most technologically advanced global production facility anywhere in the world.”

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Veech designs Al Jazeera´s new broadcast studio in the London Shard Tower

veechxveech — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:18:29 +0000

photo: Hufton + Crow

Veech x Veech has completed world’s most advanced broadcast studio and newsroom for Al Jazeera Media Network in its new UK headquarters in the iconic Shard Tower in London.

Veech x Veech were able to turn the biggest design challenge on this project into an asset. Most studios require a minimum ceiling height of 4.5m but at the Shard they were limited to just 2.8m. The problematic low ceilings were transformed into a feature of the on-air appearance, working within and around a complex network of structural beams to create a totally different kind of space that will define the studio’s on-air identity. In a world first for 24/7-news programming, automated lighting has been integrated into the ceiling and sits amongst acoustic panels to create dramatic curved lines that mirror the shape of the news desk below.

By adopting some of the most sophisticated techniques in lighting design and engineering, these fixed units are capable of handling any camera angle or illumination level. Specialist filters have been incorporated into the glass façade and cameras to manage the light exposure from the outside world, further demonstrating the high level of design and performance of the studio that separates it from the normal ‘black box’ approach.

Creating such media hubs is highly specialised and requires precision design, using the camera as an additional tool as part of the process – the perspective of the studio appears differently on screen as opposed to the real-life experience. Digital 3D modeling and 1:1 mockups were used extensively to test and accentuate the perspective composition of the news desk and set design to create a dynamic on-air look, framing the panoramic London skyline.

Architects Veech x Veech have applied their comprehensive experience in this specific area of design to create a single space that can interact simultaneously with the lighting, the view out to the capital and the digital presentation screens. Veech x Veech was also appointed to create the adjacent newsroom to the studio so there would be a direct stylistic link between the two spaces. A bespoke curved desk echoes the newsdesk and contributes to the strong brand identity as the newsroom is also used as a backdrop to the filming in the studio.

Veech x Veech collaborated with project partners MCI – Studio Hamburg & MO2, who provided excellent support towards the state-of-the-art execution of the project. MCI – Studio Hamburg acted as general contractor and was responsible for technical planning as well as set construction. MO2 created the cutting-edge lighting technology.

link: https://www.youtube.com/AlJazeeraLondon

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