FIVE Broadcasting

Channel Five Broadcasting needed a multi-functional room in their Covent Garden headquarters that is able to be used in three distinct ways. As well as wanting to use the area for a boardroom they also wanted to be able use the room for screenings as well as a clear space to be used to entertain.. Hocken Audio Visual were appointed to provide the solution.

For boardroom and presentation use we installed a ceiling mounted Epson EMP-7900 multi-media projector that projects either data or video onto a custom built Stewart frameless screen. When the room is used for screenings the lightweight carbon fibre boardroom table can simply be removed in order to allow seating that is stowed in the wall space to be placed on the floor in it’s place so that up to 30 people can watch previews and other screenings.

The third function required of the room is called “party” and in this environment the floor is kept clear with sound and video as the focus with a number of lighting effects being created using a built-in art wall. The wall has built-in arrays of multi-coloured LEDs that cover it’s surface. The room lighting is controlled by a Lutron Integrale Grafik Eye and distinctly different lighting “scenes” have been set for the different roles that the room plays.