Ling Long Pagoda
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The Ling Long Pagoda or Linglong Tower (Multifunctional Studio Tower[1]) (玲珑塔[2]) houses a part of the International Broadcast Center (IBC). It is located near the Olympic Cauldron, on the northwest side of Beijing National Stadium.[3] "Ling Long" (玲珑) means delicate, and is referred to as the Delicate Tower in Chinese.

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The permanent structure is a three-sided tower. The tower contains 6 occupiable pods with open space in between. One of the pods displays the Olympic rings. It is 128m tall, with 7 occupiable floors, each an equilateral triangle.[4] The floors are subdivided into two levels. The glass-walled pods are held up by three supporting ribs at the three corners.

During the 2008 Summer Olympics the building was operated by Beijing Olympic Broadcasting.[5][6][7][8] Some international broadcast studios was located in the pods of the tower, offering skyline views as backdrops of Olympic broadcasts. Each one of each floor was occupied by a television network. CCTV, BBC,[9] CBC Television for both French and English networks,[10] France Télévisions - France 2 & France 3,[11] Mexican olympic consortium, composed by Televisa[12] and TV Azteca shared use of the tower's studio facilities. CBC has occupied the fourth pod from the bottom.[13] BBC occupied the second pod from the bottom.[14][15] France Television is also on the third floor.[16] NBC's Today Show tapes are made from the ground floor.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ Official Beijing Olympics site, Ji Lin: Nine aspects to be guaranteed during the Games Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, March 12, 2008
  2. ^ 新华社, 图文-奥林匹克多功能演播塔 不停变换身姿秀丽绚烂, 2008年07月30日21:42
  3. ^ Official Beijing 2008 site, Ma Guoli: High definition signals to enable superb Olympic broadcasting Archived 2008-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, October 24, 2007
  4. ^ Beijing Olympics official site, Studio tower to rise from Olympic Green Archived 2008-08-16 at the Wayback Machine September 29, 2007
  5. ^ Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co. News Headlines
  6. ^ SportsBusinessDaily, All Around The World: CBC, BBC Prep Their Olympic Coverage Plans
  7. ^ BBC Sniffer dogs and security sweeps Jonathan Bramley July 24, 2008
  8. ^ The Walrus, Live from Ling Long Pagoda Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine Mitch Moxley August 8, 2008
  9. ^ China Daily, Broadcasters move into Olympic press center, Cui Xiaohuo, 2008-07-09 08:07
  10. ^ Globe and Mail, Is this the CBC's last hurrah? WILLIAM HOUSTON August 7, 2007.
  11. ^ Humanité, Pékin : faites vos Jeux !, Fernand Nouvet, le 31 juillet 2008
  12. ^ Xinhua, Mexican television to send 200 staff members to Beijing 2008 Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, July 10, 2008
  13. ^ CBC Television, Olympics Morning, 10:00am EST August 11, 2007
  14. ^ CBC, If only the weather co-operates Bernice Chan August 4, 2008
  15. ^ BBC Sports, Beijing flyby: BBC Sport's Olympic studios
  16. ^ Un Web, France Télévisions débourse 70 millions d'euros pour les JO Archived 2008-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, Vendredi 8 août 2008
  17. ^ Huffington Post, Reporting for Volunteer Duty at Beijing's Olympic Broadcast Tower Courtney Woo July 30, 2008

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39°59′45″N 116°23′15″E / 39.9959°N 116.3876°E / 39.9959; 116.3876

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