there's an interest point raised by stephen letts at around the 7 minute mark of the intro video;.
much of the equipment used to build the studio was made available by donation.
he twice mentions (once at the start of the video) the need for "support", which we can assume means donations.
A year and half to build? NO WAY.
Ok get this: Sportsnet in Canada just built a massive hockey set. The biggest set in Canada. Here's a pic of this set: http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/cms/binary/10251285.jpg?size=620x400s
That set was built in 3-4 months.
I work for a local tv station that launched last August. The facility i work in was built in about 3 months.
Yes they built it in 2 months, BECASUE THAT'S HOW LONG IT SHOULD TAKE.
there's no doubt that the wtbts isn't sparing the hard-earned donations from the r&f on its latest trial of jw broadcasting.. this screenshot i took from the "behind-the-scenes" is just one of many examples of top-end tech gear being used in this endeavour.. .
why does this guy need harmankardon speakers when he's using cad software...and note the iphone.
this guy's a bethelite?.
My estimates:
Video switcher - $30,000, maybe a bit more if they got a package, which it loks like they did.
Studio Camera - $40,000 x 3
Remote Control Unit - $6000 x 3
Camera Control Unit - $11,000ish depending on the model x 3
Camera Pedestal (what looks like a tripod) - $12,000 x 2
Rasterizer - $10,000 depending on the model
Camera Jib - $9000ish
Thats just from what i could see. There's more gear in there. I'd estimate the cost at just under 3 million for the gear.
