Broadcast TV & Radio furniture

FOX HQ Exterior

FOX Media Center, Tempe AZ

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TBC is proud to supply the technical furniture for the new FOX Media Center within the Arizona State University (ASU) Research Park in Tempe, Arizona. The Center, which will be the streaming and technology hub for the Company, is now operational.

The Center is gearing up its capacity to manage and distribute hundreds of thousands of hours of programming every year to over 200 FOX-affiliated stations and more than 800 distribution partners across the country. The Center features a diversity of broadcast consoles, radio production, audio production, and specialized video workstations in order to meet its range of investments and partnerships. This includes cloud computing, software engineering, artificial intelligence, enhanced video processing and new delivery standards such as ATSC 3.0 and 5G.

Control Room

Main Control Room

PCR

Audio Mixing

Discovery Communication HQ in NYC

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For over 20 years, TBC has partnered with Discovery Communications on facilities throughout the United States and abroad.  It is our privilege to once again be working with them this time very close to home in their new Global Headquarters in NYC.  Discovery will consolidate its existing New York offices and move its headquarters to 230 Park Avenue South.  The move has been delayed due to the pandemic but now is moving ahead with control room operations due to begin in the Fall.

TBC is working on a number of edit suites, and a state-of-the-art Production Control Room (PCR) and Live Pods that will “flip” between deferred playback for live events and the new DreamCatcher Bravo touch screens.  The Bravo unit will allow for the studio to have flexibility in production, audio mixing, live switching, graphics, router control, storyboarding, and more.  All done in one centrally placed unit.  The PCR furniture features high-end infiniti traceless laminates and our onyx series consoles with matte black monitor wall structures and our latest technical furniture.

TBC is also actively working on projects with Discovery’s national operations headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, the former headquarters campus of Scripps Networks Interactive as well as its technology hubs in Virginia.

AVIQ

Live Broadcast Studio for Rock Hill H.S.

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We have worked with our system integrator partners at Digital Resources, Inc., on the brand-new cutting-edge television broadcast studio inside Rock Hill High School.  The Studio, located in Frisco, Texas, features as a student-run daily live television show broadcast to over 1800 students, teachers, and administrators of Rock Hill High School.

The Control Room, Studio, Rack Room, and Audio Control Room were designed and built out with student success, budget, and functionality in mind. The design was a collaborative effort between Digital Resources, Prosper ISD, Crux Solutions, and TBC. The solution engineered was a complete IP/4k end to end broadcast system.  The design allows for flexibility and future expansion to accommodate the school’s changing needs and resources. The technology that was incorporated in the systems allows students to utilize all mediums to deliver content, including through social media outlets.  The experience and training the students will experience allows for advanced knowledge in future careers.

Stadium FurnitureDiversified Systems

Stadium Control Room at Dickies Arena

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TBC is proud to have supplied broadcast consoles and security furniture for live events at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Working with our integration partner Diversified Systems. TBC’s contribution included a stadium control room and security operations center with a combination of height-adjustable ControlTrac Consoles and our IntelliTrac Consoles for the production space. The design/build featured a flexible 1080p HD production system that included arena control. Dickies arena is a state-of- the-art venue for events of all kinds, including concerts, sports, community events and the Fort Worth Stock Show rodeo performances.

WPSG Philly 57 the CW

WPSG-TV, Philadelphia

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WPSG Philly 57 the CWTBC has recently manufactured and installed edit consoles for WPSG-TV in Philadelphia.  WPSG is the East Coast flagship station of the CW Television Network which is a subsidiary of CBS.

TBC Provides Technical Furniture for Colorado Rockies Renovation

TBC Provides Technical Furniture for Colorado Rockies Production Control Room Renovation

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Colorado RockiesWorking with Diversified Systems, TBC has provided the technical furniture for the Colorado Rockies renovation of their Production Control Room.  In celebration of the team’s 25th anniversary, the Colorado Rockies set out to renovate Coors Field from the club level all the way to the clubhouse.

Included in these renovations is the first 1080p60 HDR LED videoboard and HDR-capable upgraded production control room installed in a sports venue.  The PCR is the culmination of an 18-month engagement with Diversified which considered consoles, ADA access, raised flooring, acoustics, and electrical.  Coors Field’s revamped control room is built around a Ross Video Acuity switcher and Evertz EQX10-FR video router (180×180). Diversified also upgraded the room’s two existing Evertz DreamCatcher replay systems to 10-bit for incorporation into the HDR workflow.  In addition to the upgraded production control room equipment, TBC worked with Diversified and the Rockies to support full acquisition, editorial and archival management with upgraded HDR Evertz DreamCatcher replay systems and AVID Nexis/Interplay with NL Tech AutoIngest to manage all graphical content, control protocol and KVM for associated systems in the broadcast production control room.

Before any technology integration began, TBC worked with Diversified to determine control room orientation, console and ADA ramp locations, raised flooring, cooling, power and electrical conveyance requirements; ASHRAE class recommendations for cooling systems, fire and life safety recommendations for the space and interconnections to other stadium systems; as well as acoustic NC ratings, NRC ratings, and STC ratings with wall construction, ceiling, and partition recommendations.

The Rockies game-day production team also transitioned the graphics operation to Ross Xpression character generators, resulting in not only HDR-capable content but also a streamlined workflow.

“The workflow has changed dramatically,” notes Kent Krosbakken, senior director, in-game entertainment and broadcasting, Coors Field.  “The biggest change came in the way that we deliver our content to each of our boards in the ballpark. We are now using Ross Xpression to drive content to the boards. With this technology, our prep time has decreased immensely.”

For more information, see https://diversifiedus.com/portfolio-item/upgraded-production-control-room/

Production Control Room - Coors Field

Sports Master Control Room Revamp

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TBC Consoles has completed our largest consolidated Master Control Room to date with Rogers Sportsnet of Toronto, ON.  Featuring state-of-the art IntelliTrac and TracWall products.  The broadcast facility was revamped to replace custom wood consoles with modular and adaptable TBC technical furniture.

The project consisted of several buildings that were brought into one central MCR area and featured an open concept, semi-circle design.

Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language sports specialty service. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture between CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then was required to divest its stake in the network following its 2001 acquisition of competing network TSN. Rogers then became the sole owner of Sportsnet in 2004 after it bought the remaining minority stake that was held by 21st Century Fox .

 

Esports Arena

Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas

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We have recently assisted with the completion of the technical furniture for Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas.  Esports Arena has the capability to produce and stream multiple programs simultaneously.  TBC has provided consoles and carts for the front of house A/V system and digital broadcast streaming production studio.

Radio Control Room

Radio Control Room, Seattle

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OnyxOnyx is a design build firm which is an industry leader in allowing companies to leverage AudioVisual technology.  TBC is partnering with ONYX on a substantial project for Queen Anne Hill Broadcasting Towers in Seattle, WA. We will provide a master radio control room and a number of radio studios utilizing SmartTrac technology, yellowtec products, and a number of custom features to fit the space.

Discovery Communications Latin America Upgrades New NOC

Discovery Communications Latin America Upgrades New NOC

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Discovery CommunicationsWorking with Communications Engineering Inc (CEI), TBC is proud to be a part of the re-design of the Discovery Communication’s LatAM ops Network Operation Center in Virginia, featured in September’s TV Technology magazine.  The NOC utilizes a number of IntelliTrac consoles with blue plexiglas  countertops, low profile turrets, and gas-assist monitor arms to elevate monitors off the countertop.  The result is a functional, high tech, efficient work space.