BBC Radio 2 is Europe’s largest radio station. In this session Jamie Laundon, Solution Lead at BBC Technology & Media Operations, will guide us through the move into the new, state-of-the-art "Pop Hub" studios on 8th floor of BBC Broadcasting House in London.
The project was delivered to extremely tight timescales and with no impact on our listeners. These studios have been designed as dynamic, collaborative spaces, with the aim to inspire our teams to produce their best work, and to reflect an energy and buzz that will be transmitted to our audiences.
The studios have been designed to be simple to use yet also feature complex workflows that permit studios to used in pairs and give additional assistance to presenters and musicians as required.
In this session you’ll learn about managing design decisions when working on an existing site, and the use of realtime media networks, AES67 and Dante to join infrastructure together. As well as audio equipment selection, we will also cover furniture design and some interesting challenges around accessibility, sight lines and camera angles. We will also cover the tools used to visualise radio, and create well-lit branded spaces that suit any of the BBC’s pop music networks. We will also talk about the collaboration and skill sharing between our audio, technology and operations teams to help deliver against very tight timelines.
