Wimbledon, London-based Marjan Television Network, a broadcaster to the Persian-speaking world, has just completed refurbishment of its four-studio complex to new LED lighting rigs featuring Chroma-Q, Spotlight, ProLights and Quasar Science fixtures – supplied, along with all associated cabling, by A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. Marjan broadcasts a wide range of entertainment programmes, which […]
Wimbledon, London-based Marjan Television Network, a broadcaster to the Persian-speaking world, has just completed refurbishment of its four-studio complex to new LED lighting rigs featuring Chroma-Q, Spotlight, ProLights and Quasar Science fixtures – supplied, along with all associated cabling, by A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd.
Marjan broadcasts a wide range of entertainment programmes, which are transmitted to an estimated 25 million viewers across the globe. These include Persian-language versions of well-known British favourites such as The X Factor, Come Dine With Me and Spitting Image, as well as producing several hours per day of live output programming from its studios.
Designed so that all four of the studios can be controlled from a single gallery, Marjans brief was multifaceted from both a technical and aesthetic perspective. The facility needed to be flexible to accommodate the wide range of productions, whilst maintaining a contemporary feel. Inherent within this was the requirement for the installation to be energy-efficient with, at its core, a lighting package which was multi-purpose and delivered good colour rendition on camera.
Ian Muir, who heads up AC-ET’s specialist Film & TV sales division, oversaw the supply, working closely with Marjan to ensure that the equipment met their technical requirements. Ian specified a variety of LED lighting solutions, including 22 Chroma-Q Space Force soft light fixtures; over 100 Spotlight Fresnels; and Quasar Science Q-LED linear lamps – to provide a range of tuneable white LED luminaires suitable for the studio lighting.
ProLights colour changing LED effects lighting were used for more dynamic productions. These included LumiPix linear battens and a range of moving heads including Ruby beam lights, Stark400 pixel-mappable wash lights, and StarkBlade8 moving battens.
AC-ET’s in-house Tourflex Cabling custom cable assembly service manufactured to custom order lengths and connector choices, nearly 900 metres of various power, lighting data, and hybrid power/data cabling.
Other associated equipment supplied included aluminium truss, TV spigots and black safety wire. In addition, AC-ET provided product training on the lighting equipment and ongoing after-sales technical support.
AC-ET’s Ian Muir said: Marjan is a great example of the new breed of broadcaster, at the forefront of using new technology to reach widely dispersed audiences. Being located in London provides them easy access, not just to the equipment, technology and technical skills, but also to the creative designers and production skills that are so essential to make high quality programmes.
Jean Luc Neale, Lighting and Vision Engineer for Marjan commented: We have high production values and make a wide range programmes, which are broadcast to audiences all over the world from these four studios. Because content ranges from news and interviews to dynamic entertainment shows, its really important that the new lighting rigs are flexible, easy to set up and control, whilst also being reliable, low maintenance and with low operating costs. AC-ET presented a wide choice of options and an integrated solution that didnt just include the lighting fixtures themselves, but the accessories, cabling, clamps and support that we needed.
