Rehearsals Begin Today for CNN’s New HD Set

Hey CNN, Battlestar Galactica wants its Cylon Baseship back.*

Actually this is CNN’s new high definition set in Atlanta. Rehearsals start today and live broadcasts will begin in late spring.

The studio includes a 270-degree rotating anchor desk, multiple set locations, weather center, more than 50 HD monitors, including three 103″ HD plasmas, HD projectors, and, yes, it comes Magic Wall-ready.

“We built the Atlanta studio to be flexible by offering different broadcasting angles and set locations,” said Matthew Holcombe, VP of Network Support for CNN Broadcasting Engineering and Systems Technology. “The studio and its infrastructure represent an evolution based on the best technology available.”

CNN Newsroom, Rick’s List, CNN Saturday Morning, CNN Sunday Morning and Sanjay Gupta, MD will originate from this studio. The Atlanta studio is the last of CNN domestic’s four studios to go HD. The others are in New York, Washington and Los Angeles.

More after the jump…

CNN’s new HD studio features more than 2 miles of LED lighting on the floors and in the walls to enable production staff to change graphics depending on the show or news environments.

*I don’t know what that means. Kevin fed me that line.

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