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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WBD HOUSE

31 July 2024

You've read about WBD House being used as our studios for this summer's Olympic Games.

You've seen the photographs.

Let's look into the some of the key numbers behind our home studios for Paris 2024.

As Scott Young, Group SVP Content, Production and Business Operations at WBD Sports Europe said when the studios were first unveiled: “This is the culmination of a vision that started three years ago and is without doubt the most audacious production concepts that we have ever undertaken."

ICONIC BACKDROPS
Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, La Defense, Sacre Coeur, Montparnasse Tower, Invalides, Grand Palais and the Pantheon

STAFF
190
essential crew daily for studio operations
168 on-air presenters

PRODUCTION
312
live hours produced from WBD House
11 markets, 4 studios, 3 stand-up positions
23 cameras: 15 peds cameras , 2 jibs, 1 techno jib, beauty cam, drone cam, 2 RF cameras 1 steadi-cam

CATERING
1460
breakfasts, 2060 lunches, 1850 dinners
Sustainable catering, Delivered on bikes, washable containers

EQUIPMENT
78
tonnes lifted off the roof – equivalent weight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour!
340 crane lifts - crane lift every 6 mins over 4 days
130 rigging crew during the 4-day rig
24 trucks of equipment
10km of power cables
15km of broadcast cables
72 outgoing lines

GUESTS
Warner Bros. Discovery will welcome over 200 VIPS including athletes and celebrities during Games-time

Watch every moment of Olympic Games Paris 2024 live only across Europe on Max and discovery+


Contacts

WBD Sports (Europe)

Contact us here.