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Gallery: Nine News Canberra studio

New four-camera studio has both fully remote production from Sydney and open plan local control in Canberra.

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Nine News recently opened its new remote operated Parliament House studios, installing Sony ILME-FR7 PTZ cameras not traditionally used in studio television.

The new four-camera studio has both fully remote production from Sydney and open plan local control in Canberra. It also comprises production, news exchange and basic edit facilities and capabilities.

Nine now has the ability to have complete access to the studio in Canberra when needed and the ability to sit talent in a remote location, while doing all the production including audio / video, lighting and comms from Sydney.

Nine Chief Technology Officer Broadcast Operations David Bowers said, “This new studio is particularly effective for us as, by using the Sony FR7 cameras, we can remotely control all of the cameras and setup from Sydney. This is not only a very efficient workflow, but it also saved us a considerable amount of money when compared to a buying and installing full robotic setup.”

Nine Broadcast Systems Integration Manager Mark Rath added, “We wanted to build a multi-purpose studio with full remote capability. For that we required the best PTZ cameras that could accommodate varying lens requirements in the studio.”

Cameras were supplied by Sony while Shape refit office areas.

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  1. i think Win needs to go back to its roots as regional TV Channel and go back to locally presented new bulletins instead of having every bulletin done from Wollongong

  2. That’s great. Perhaps if they have some loose change left over they could look at replacing the shocking 480p webcam they use to shoot the skyline background on Melb news. Its image quality after dark is one big blurry mess.

  4. wow! using Sony FR7 Cinema Line Full Frame E-Mount PTZ Cameras… very awesome indeed!. they can handling better lighting conditions then traditional studio cameras and are a fraction of the price as well!

    1. WIN has an affiliation agreement with Nine covering news supply. Nine wouldn’t want to cover the outlay and ongoing costs for facilities and staff across regional Australia. NBN is owned by Nine and retaining NBN News was part of the sale. NBN has never relayed Nine 6pm News. Viewers would not accept a change. 7 bought what was Prime however Prime wasn’t producing a local news bulletin in south coast NSW or the ACT and 7 still doesn’t produce bulletins in those areas. 7 can’t see value for money in staff and equipment to set up new news infrastructure. All just a relay from Sydney.

        1. But…before 1989 WIN was able to source programming from all 3 networks. Come 1989 7 & 10 content was not available to WIN, just like now, as Prime was affiliated with 7 and SCA with 10. What programs would WIN now air if not Nine’s?

          1. … WIN does have a history of airing some product other than 9’s as a result of Bruce Gordon’s overseas connections … they also ran Susie Elelman’s program on WIN and 9 Adelaide and Perth when they owned those two stations …

          2. Product other than Nine’s that WIN has aired came from their Crawford library (now only available on Crawford DVDs) and “Spyforce” of which Bruce was EP. WIN imported “Donahue” and made their own chat show with Susie Eleman as part of their morning block when WIN and Nine were having a fallout over revenue sharing for the morning show.
            The network’s chief executive at the time, David Butorac, axed the show in 2009. Butorac says that he himself was sacked from the network because of his decision to cancel Elelman’s show, which was said to be a favourite of the network’s owner, Bruce Gordon.

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