01-09-2022, 06:12 PM
(01-09-2022, 03:01 PM)Neil Jones Wrote: And of course it had the knock on effect of being able to consolidate their playout facilities, because IIRC not only does MTV UK come from there but most if not all of the Viacom/Paramount channels do too (Channel 5 maybe?), and maybe (prior to Brexit) a couple of European variations too.Channel 5 and the other channels come from Red Bee, but the channel's HQ is there and its where Milkshake is recorded etc.
It probably outputs more content now in a month than TV-am did in the whole of its 10 years.
Yes after MTV Europe moved in it split up into many different local channels and spins offs like VH1. It's only fairly recently that it started to be home to non MTV channels because of the various corporate restructuring.
The building was damaged by fire in 1999. IIRC their library had quite a lot of smoke damage
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