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RTL Deutschland’s new 360° studio has been equipped with almost 150 sq metres of Leyard Europe LED walls.
Four hanging, freely movable and rotatable LED walls, along with a fixed curved video wall, create an advanced infrastructure that allows presenters to move around the studio and interact with the content, making news presentations more dynamic, accessible and easier for viewers to understand.
Leyard’s director of business development, Hans Van Houdt, says: “RTL wanted a ‘physical’ studio that would replace its existing green-screen studio. The studio is used for multiple formats, including RTL Aktuell, RTL Nachtjournal, and magazine shows Punkt 6/7/8, and Punkt 12, all of which are broadcast live. It needed to have a general RTL look and feel, but each show also needed to have its own identity.”
Leyard Europe was brought into the project as a result of its provision of a short-term solution for the Guten Morgen Deutschland daily TV show. “RTL had seen that we were able to complete the installation for this studio in a short timeframe and that we understood what was needed to have LED walls running in a broadcast environment,” says Van Houdt.
The installation was performed by Leyard Europe and RTL’s in-house system integrator, CBC. An outer wall of Leyard Luminate Pro series (LPO7.8mm) complements the central high-resolution displays, with one side of the studio framed with the curved video wall, which is 10m long and 2.7m high. The studio is also home to two mobile, computer-controlled monitors.
High-precision robotic drives allow the set elements to be reconfigured and adapted to the channel’s round-the-clock schedule, while tailor-made options can be created in minutes. Standard configurations are preset, and new configurations can be quickly programmed and saved as required.
The equipment in the new studio – LED walls, lights, monitors and cameras – has a significantly lower power consumption than the previous green-screen studio.
Stuart Veech, chief executive and creative director of Veech x Veech, which conceived the new studio’s design, says: “The modularity of the individual components and the free configurability of the system allow a brand-specific design for each programme, which creates an unmistakable identity, but can be transformed into another programme format at any time.
“Freely configurable LED walls and robotically controlled cameras create media environments across the entire available area – that’s what we call maximum efficiency gains. New perspectives are continuously created for the viewer, with programme content dynamically presented in the interplay of moderated and digitally recorded elements.”
Stephan Schmitter, managing director of RTL News and chief journalistic content officer at RTL Germany, says: “The new functionalities will enable us to make information even more understandable and attractive for viewers. The variable spatial structure is a true innovation in production technology, making our studio the most modern in Europe.
“This new facility will take our formats to a new level, both visually and in terms of content, without sacrificing the familiar feeling that our viewers have for their favourite brands.”
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