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If they've gone for GVG switchers and servers then going for GVG cameras allows them to increase their potential for discounting.

In many Mosart studios you don't have a mixer control surface at all now (though most facilities will have one to allow for programming as it is still nicer to do that on a panel than a PC screen)

I suspect the cameras have a very easy life in affiliate news studios - so won't suffer as much as those rigged and de-rigged daily on studios and OBs. GVGs DO have a lousy reputation for reliability in that regard...

If they are rolling out across the NBC Owned base with 11 stations and probably six cameras each I am assuming they got a discount (4 or 5 in the studio the others flash or newsroom cameras). Probably five or six more for each of the eight sites that have colocated Telemundo stations (Washington would make 9 but they don’t have room and use Sony PTZ) for a grand total of 100. And a few for the two that have network bureaus (that aren’t NY, DC, or LA). All the cameras are safely mounted and likely rarely removed in robotic pedestals or tripods/PTZ with height drives in newsrooms. A few studios have jibs and may get knocked around a bit more. None the less they are still in use 6-10 hours a day.

I’m just speculating that they are being rolled out but it could make sense as many of their stations have gone HD 8-10 years ago or have moved and are due for replacement.

The individual Telemundo stations may have the Sony HDCs, some have Panasonic’s, I saw one with Hitachi brick cameras.

The Washington Post is reporting allegations against former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw in a follow-up story on Matt Lauer:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/nbc-news-faces-skepticism-in-remedying-in-house-sexual-harassment/2018/04/26/7fa8a666-4979-11e8-8b5a-3b1697adcc2a_story.html

Yep - they aren't being flight-cased up and driven hundreds of miles each day or so - nor are they being mounted and un-mounted and put into and out of lens cradles frequently. They have an easy life. If they are on remote PTZ mountings they also don't have ergonomic issues to worry about.



Yep - capital life for most production gear is 5 years (IT-based stuff 3 years these days) so once you've gone past that you're sweating your assets and in 'credit'.

I’m also guessing that camera settings and their remote control units don’t get frequent use. They probably get frequently White balanced but I imagine that’s it.

You don't see studio cameras white balanced that often in my experience. White balance is far more a PSC thing.

You either see a full line up, or cameras properly colour balanced by eye+scope by a vision operator/supervisor. These days, modern cameras drift so little, I doubt the cameras get touched much at all, unless they pan between sets that need colour balance or exposure tweakss because of inconsistent lighting, flare etc. You may have scene files or similar for different talent (as there may be skin detail differences etc.)

Telemundo Houston got a new set with two new LED video walls. I’m amazed at all they fit into a small space.

http://www.telemundohouston.com/fotos/destacados/Telemundo-Houston-estrena-set-con-la-tecnologia-mas-avanzada--481296951.html

https://imgur.com/a/c18a70a

Might as well embed some:






(The three panels rotate or are used by themselves to show individual location conditions, the forecast and webcam.)

The building they’re in is office building and naturally not designed for a TV studio. I think they got a control room refit.

Edit again : I previously said it was a Comcast building but it isn’t. It has excellent connectivity with Comcast, AT&T, Level 3, Logix and PhonoScope. It appears there are some data centers in the building so it looks like there are higher than usual ceiling heights.

Telemundo is really building some of the best local news sets in the U.S. You don't need to go overboard on patterns, textures, and monitors to have a nice set.

Absolutely. One of the best small sets for news that I've seen in current use, belongs to PBS station KPBS in San Diego. They have a nightly newscast called Evening Edition, which airs live at 5pm local time, with a repeat at 6:30pm.

I have to disagree. The set looks really dated IMO, The lighting, dark red/wooden colours, the desk: it all screens 90s/early 2000s.

Have to agree. The content may be great, but the set doesn't do anything for me at all. Dark and dated.

The set may be dark, but that matches the title sequence, which is also quite dark, and because of that, it gives the show the look of being a more serious newscast than some of their commercial rivals who have brighter graphics, and I like that.

The commercial broadcasts tend to use brighter looks and colours that work well for the morning and midday newscasts, but feel out of place for the evening and late night newscasts. I prefer KPBS's darker look for Evening Edition.