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IS
Inspector Sands
It was a shame that the TVam frontage had to go but when I saw the finished building I thought it was a big improvement and looks very nice.

Seems off they kept the courtyard when it seems they don't actually need it. Wonder if it provides/provided light into a certain part of the building?
LE
Lester Founding member
http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/webdrawer/webdrawer.dll/webdrawer/rec/5086850/view/Design%20and%20Access%20Statement%20Part%201.PDF

This document shows what it'll be like. Grass wall moves to the side and a fully glass floor at the top.
CO
Colorband
http://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/2010/tvAM1.jpg
Those colors do look very TV-AMish - sort of like an alternate reality where TV-AM kept going on...
Spencer, Brekkie and Lou Scannon gave kudos
IN
Interceptor
Will the news move here when everyone else does?
HC
Hatton Cross
Would have thought news would go back to bring done from 200 Grays Inn Road
FB
FBC
I would imagine so, I still don't quite understand why Desmond insisted on moving it in the first place.

(Would be quite funny if it ended up sharing facilities with MTV News, though.)
Last edited by FBC on 21 January 2016 11:23am
LL
London Lite Founding member
FBC posted:
I would imagine so, I still don't quite understand why Desmond insisted on moving it in the first place.


Cost savings in not having to use ITN's studios and newsroom as part of the news contract. Obviously this would have changed since Viacom became the majority shareholder. (N&S are still a minority shareholder in Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited).
GL
globaltraffic24
The main reason cited for moving to Desmond's building was that he wanted to create a multi-media news hub housing his journalists from print and TV. He did have plans to create a huge new HQ outside London but it was all bluff and hyperbole - exactly what you would expect from the owner of a newspaper that seems to believe Princess Diana is still alive.

Whether or not the news operation is based at Viacom will come down to the practicalities and - IMHO - that will mean ITN housing the newsteam and studio. It's simply a lot easier for Viacom to allow ITN to run the whole thing from their own purpose-built HQ. There is also the issue of total lack of space at Viacom. (That said, I believe ITN is becoming increasingly tight for space, with a number of international broadcasters now also based in there).
WH
Whataday Founding member
http://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/2010/tvAM1.jpg
Those colors do look very TV-AMish - sort of like an alternate reality where TV-AM kept going on...


That was a very deliberate decision on behalf of the designer... and it would have been a travesty had they converted it into a boring office block. Having been in the new building, it's truly stunning. The coloured stripe motif runs through the whole building in various forms.

Dare I say it, much nicer than the days of Eggcup House.

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IN
Interceptor
It does look great. Had MTV kept the interior as it was under TV-am up to that point? Must've been a bit dated!
JA
james-2001
I remember MTV having a VJ presented show (IIRC by a pre-EastEnders Richard Blackwood) from that part of the building in the early 00s (back when they still showed music and had decent content), and I seem to remember it looking quite a fair bit like it had in the TV-am days.
VM
VMPhil
What building is MTV News recorded in?

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