It's a trend in London too, although that is driven by some extreme property prices. The BBC sold its iconic Television Centre to developers. There is still some studio space, but also a lot of luxury homes on the site.
Meanwhile ITV is working on redeveloping its London Studios which are on the Thames near Southbank. Inevitably, the planning application is for very limited studio facilities, and lots of luxury apartments. Both of these were relatively central London studio facilities. (Sidenote: there continues to be an insane property bubble in London for excessive numbers of luxury properties, many of which are almost certainly traded as part of international money laundering operations, or international million/billionaires.) The result of all this is that if you want to go to a TV recording in London, you often have to head out of town to studio complexes like Elstree or Pinewood. Adam On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > For 3/4 of a billion dollars, they are considering it > > http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cbs-television- > city-20170928-story,amp.html > > NBC Burbank was my home base, but I have fond memories of TV City, too. I > spun the Price Is Right wheel backstage, watched several tapings of Craig > Ferguson’s Late Late Show, and slept in a soap opera actress’ dressing > room. That said, the facility desperately needs an upgrade. Many of the > stages are not sized for the sort of large-scale tv that people expect now. > The electrical system is stone-age, and the roof leaks. > > I would join a campaign to make it a historic landmark if it would help, > but it didn’t work for NBC Burbank. Time marches on. > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
