By Jennifer Pallanich, TVN Tech
COVID-19’s social distancing requirements won’t have a lasting impact on studio design and trends like video walls are expanding, vendors say. But remote production has compelled them to offer simple-to-use at-home kits until COVD abates. Above, Devlin Design Group recently delivered the set for the new studio at the Tennis Channel. The set uses LED displays surrounding the studio. The Tennis Channel can use the same set for different programs since the LEDs can display “graphic wallpaper” that can be customized.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had little effect on new studio designs — or the total budgets allocated for them — although many will not be used to their full capacity until normal working conditions return.
Video walls are increasingly focal points in studio design, and vendors are incorporating various strategies into their studio designs for news, talk, sports and esports. Requests for home studio support have tapered from the initial work-from-home flurry, while at the same time, vendors are offering their own remote production studios to customers. And corporate demand for studios has surged, creating a growth area for studio designers.
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