The BBC’s long-standing ‘Broadcasting House’ building in London (England) has applied its new reformatted IPTV broadcasting equipment to practical use for the first time, with a slightly unusual choice of tenant taking over the first live output.
Given a multi-million pound refurbishment following the BBC’s decision to move most direct studio TV-based operations from London to Salford (England), the former main newsroom, used mainly for the BBC News channel and daily news shows on the organisation’s regular channels, has now been redesigned (including the building of a new wing) for the BBC World Service to broadcast internationally and online, as well as for supported networks.
This was proven last night, as ‘BBC Russian’ issued a live ten-minute news bulletin from newly-developed areas of New Broadcasting House, with the footage airing on partner channel Dozhd TV, a Moscow (Russia)-based 24-hour IPTV channel, which (have previously and will continue to do so in its new base) aired live on weekdays at 4pm & 8pm (Moscow time).
It is the BBC’s first-ever IPTV broadcast live and produced solely for that purpose, and was also viewable through the official device-based app of Dozhd TV. Technical service provider Celebro Media Networks was on-hand to help develop the online format, complete with on-site training for BBC Russian editors teams in the live gallery and TV workflows.
Calebro head ‘IPTV consultant’ Wesley Dodd, present for the 10-minute broadcast, said of the launch: “All the team worked so hard to bring us to this pioneering moment. It felt like a milestone in the history of broadcasting as we produced and delivered the live news bulletin as an IPTV operation from the BBC’s new Broadcasting House for the first time.”
This marks the introduction of the new wing (which also retains ‘many important historical elements’ of the 80-year-old building), which will see a number of BBC World Service broadcasting teams move in ‘over the coming year’, while the first to actually broadcast with the new facilities will be forever known as Dozhd TV, who see a monthly online audience of just over 500,000. Will their new location help to boost those online figures?
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