I think ATV0 took that title as the first purpose built television complex in 1964.
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Ive read there were 4 but perhaps someone in here can confirm. Iâm guessing one for Drama production (Number 96 etc), a large scale studio with audience seating (Australian Idol etc), News and one for something like Good Morning Australia?
1991 was when Ten moved out and Global TV moved in shortly after.
There was an excellent special for Ten Sydneyâs 30th anniversary in 1995. Alas, 10 were shit back then and that aired in Sydney on a Sunday afternoon at 4pm. God knows why you wouldnât air it in prime time.
It had some great archival stuff and a real good history of 10 Sydney over the years. I use to have it on VHS but god knows where it is now.
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Ahh perhaps youâre right, The 10 special I referred to perhaps lied.
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Right here.
From my YouTube channel
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I think ABV2 wouldâve nudged them out, although 0 wouldâve been most advanced at the time.
ABV2 would have certainly been the first in Melbourne (opened in 1958), and I reckon most of the commercial stations in other capital cities and regional areas that followed would have also been custom-built TV studios.
Someone may correct me, but I think ATN7 in Epping and TCN9 in Willoughby were also âgreenfieldâ sites (to use a modern terminology).
Certainly the new ATV0 and TEN10 studios as they were built would have certainly been more modern in terms of technology compared to other stations that were up to 8 years old. Transistor technology was developing at that stage, and TEN10 for instance had an advanced playout system that required one operator, whereas similar systems at older stations required up to five people.
The original design in 1963 was for four studios, though this may have been added to in later years.
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Hello.
Would anyone happen to have any of the Behind The Scenes Videos of the Police TV Show Rush that were on the Channel Ten website back when the show aired.
Have Been searching for them for like 10years now. So please if anyone has them please let me know.
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Hi Team,
Just wondering if anyone could share or post a link to any photos or videos of the Foxtel Television Centre at North Ryde?
Thanks!
Hi All,
Prior to the early 90s most TV stations had their own branded Outside Broadcast Trucks and equipment.
I particularly remember the TEN-10 Bedford OB Truck at the Rugby League grounds around Sydney. I think that truck was sold to Global TV and may have even been involved in covering the Sydney 2000 olympics.
Does anyone know when the major stations ceased to have their own OB trucks?
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Mostly, the stations big OB trucks were consigned to history when we went digital.
The stations werenât interested the expense of upgrading/replacing them and would rent OB equipment from the ABC or a third party supplier when required.
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In the U.S., satellite trucks were frequently the subject of extensive promotional campaigns, and even got their own silly nicknames. Did anything similar happen in Australia?
Hereâs a promo for KTXLâs Newstar 40, starring Leslie Nielsen:
And hereâs one from KRON in San Francisco:
And another Newstar, this time from Louisiana:
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10 News trucks were called âlive eyesâ werenât they? Or something along those lines. @lexington would know.
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Yes, as well as helicopter, boat and 4WD.
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One of our neighbours growing up drove one of the Live Eyes link trucks, a Lamdcruiser that went through several changes in branding in Melbourne and kept it home overnight.
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Seven had what they called ânews cruisersâ featured on Seven National News promos back in the '70s and '80s.
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Melbourne and Sydney stations all outsource their OBs to NEP (or other subcontractors). Itâs been like that for 20 years now. NEP will also move trucks around the country when required.
I believe Seven Adelaide still have an OB truck⌠which was recently posed on here. This might be due to the lack of outsourcing operations in South Australia, so Seven may keep one in-house as a back up, but I would say itâs days are numbered.
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Pretty sure 7 Tasmania still have theirs and hire it out on a regular basis. It is not branded anymore though. Happy to be corrected.
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Seven Melbourne outsources OB operations to the ABC when covering AFLW and VFL matches in Victoria. I have regularly seen ABC OB vans at these matches.
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