Studio Will Serve As Multiplatform Production Hub
NEW YORK & MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) announced today that it will open a
two-stage, 88,000 square foot, state-of-the-art production facility in
Miami, Florida. The new studio, which was built by the Miami Omni
Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) as a public-private partnership
with EUE/Screen Gems Studios, will serve as a production hub for
Viacom's global entertainment brands including Nickelodeon, MTV and
Comedy Central.
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"We are creating more content than ever before across all of our brands
at Viacom," said Robert Bakish, President and CEO of Viacom
International Media Networks (VIMN). "The Viacom International Studio in
Miami will offer a turnkey facility where we can create even more
original, high quality content to meet the increasing demand for
long-and-short-form content on all of our global platforms."
"We have had terrific success with the recent live action productions we
have coming from Miami, and we are very excited to be committed to doing
more," said Cyma Zarghami, President, Viacom Kids and Family Group. "We
are constantly looking for new creative ideas and content formats that
allow us to tell stories in a completely different way, and this
facility will certainly forward that effort."
"Viacom has demonstrated again and again that hits come from all over
the world," said Pierluigi Gazzolo, President, VIMN Americas and
Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon International. "With an
established track record of multi-lingual hits including Every Witch
Way and Talia in the Kitchen being produced in Miami for
multiple audiences simultaneously, in global collaboration with the US
and local Latin American teams, we're excited to have the opportunity to
further expand our production capabilities in the market."
Located in central Miami, the studio location offers access to a highly
skilled, multi-lingual talent pool essential to creating global
productions in multiple languages. The facilities will include two
modern sound stages equipped to create a variety of content
simultaneously, from daily scripted series, music specials and game
shows to short form content for mobile, digital and on-air.
"We welcome Viacom as a long-term partner at our new Miami studios,"
said Chris Cooney, Chief Operating Officer of EUE/Screen Gems Studios.
"Our company has worked closely with Viacom to develop a facility worthy
of a dynamic content producer. Today, we celebrate our relationship with
Viacom, and we applaud our partners at the Omni CRA, whose vision and
efforts have made this building possible."
VIMN Americas' Miami headquarters is responsible for driving Viacom's
businesses across Latin America and Canada and is the production hub for
VIMN Americas production unit which creates content for Viacom
International's brand portfolio including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy
Central and Paramount Channel. Within the past five years, VIMN Americas
has increased its production output in Miami three fold. Viacom global
hits produced in Miami include Nickelodeon's Every Witch Way, now
in its fourth season, and its newest English-language production Talia
in the Kitchen, a spin-off of the Spanish-language Toni, La Chef
initially produced for Latin America, and WITS Academy, a
spin-off of Every Witch Way, which premieres on Nickelodeon in
the US on Monday, October 5th.
The building offers 88,000 square feet of production space, featuring:
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Two 15,000-square-foot sound stages with ceiling clearance 40 feet to
the grid
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Lighting dimmer systems with cabled and powered lighting grids
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Lighting, electric and grip on site
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12 post-production rooms
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16 dressing rooms, including six star dressing rooms, plus two make-up
rooms
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Two green rooms
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Technical equipment, prop, and set storage
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Designated spaces for the art department
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Production offices
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Conference and break rooms
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Commissary seating for up to 200
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Audience holding areas
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Mill shop, warehouse space
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Wardrobe rooms with washers and dryers
EUE/Screen Gems has entered into a long-term lease with Miami's Omni CRA
to operate the new facility. Viacom has worked with EUE/Screen Gems to
host its Atlanta offices and shows for BET Networks.
About Viacom
Viacom is home to premier global media brands that create compelling
television programs, motion pictures, short-form video, apps, games,
consumer products, social media and other entertainment content for
audiences in more than 165 countries and territories. Viacom's media
networks, including Nickelodeon, CMT, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, TV
Land, Nick at Nite, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, SPIKE, Logo, BET, CENTRIC,
Channel 5 (UK), Tr3s, Paramount Channel and VIVA, reach a cumulative 3.2
billion television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures is a major
global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.
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Viacom International Media Networks
Kate Laverge, +1-212-654-4335
Kate.laverge@viacom.com
or
Viacom
International Media Networks Americas
Claudia Franklin,
+1-305-938-4949
Claudia.Franklin@vimn.com
Source: Viacom International Media Networks
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