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Elation KL Fresnel for Al Arabiya broadcast facility

Elation’s exclusive distributor in the Middle East, Venuetech Audiovisual & Lighting Systems, has supplied 100 Kl Fresnel 4 CW LED Fresnel lights to Al Arabiya’s new broadcast studio in Dubai. The the cold white LED lights are integrated into several areas of the studio including the main newsroom.

Al Arabiya, an MBC-owned broadcaster, is a 24-hour news channel. A modernization of its multi-venue 26,000-square-foot facility included newly designed newsroom and studio spaces, production areas and more. The facility houses a number of active broadcast areas including the Command Center, the main broadcast area for the Al Arabiya news anchors, as well as a less formal discussion set, a standup area, other anchor areas, and a social media center.

The new KL Fresnel series fixtures work alongside curved swaths of LED video - much of it configurable and some used for augmented reality - to support the cameras that capture views of the newsroom and production areas. Scenic design and master plan was by Clickspring Design. Lighting designer in Venuetech’s design and application department, Ziad Shames Eddine, specified the KL Fresnel 4 CW for the space with lighting design handled by Safwan Harcouss, head of the lighting department at the MBC Group.

Harcouss notes that due to the low height of the ceiling, a small lighting fixture was preferred. “The lights are visible on camera and for that reason we did not want big, bulky lights in the ceiling”, he says. The 100 KL Fresnel 4 CW fixtures, 50 W models, are installed throughout the ceiling to provide bright and clean light for the studio and key light for the news presenters.

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