Known as Mediahouse, the facility has a 185 sq m (2,000 sq ft) studio capable of seating an audience of 60, complete with a 2D virtual studio system, plus make-up and dressing rooms. TWI is also in the process of relocating its post-production facilities to the Chiswick building and plans to build a second, smaller presentation studio. The main studio is already open for business - it was used for an episode of Faking It - and the post facilities will be complete by March next year.
Mediahouse head of post-production Karen Mullins said there will be five digital linear and 18 non-linear suites initially but added that she was also looking at Quantel's Qedit as a possible addition.
Teddington Studios head of studios Cherry Portbury has been brought in as sales manager.
The facility was first set up by Richard Li's Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW) to house ill-fated broadband portal Network of the World.
TWI was contracted to produce the content for the internet/TV service, but under the terms of the deal, TWI inherited the assets of the business when the service folded last Christmas ( Broadcast, 11.1.02).
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