Suite TV Installs State Of The Art White Mark Studio

Post production company Suite TV has installed a new state of the art White Mark-designed 5.1 studio at its premises in London.

Suite TV's new 20ft x 15ft studio is equipped for full Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and DTS, with a Genelec monitoring system. It also features custom designed furniture by AKA and a Screen Excellence projection screen.

Established 15 years ago by Shelley Fox, Julian Aston, Jeff Firth, Jon Blow, Graham Barker and Richard Halladey, Suite TV has built up an impressive client list covering a wide range of broadcast work, but with a strong emphasis on Comedy Drama and Entertainment programmes. 90% of its clients are broadcast production companies such as Hungry Bear ('All Round To Mrs Browns'); Avalon ('Man Down' and 'Not Going Out'); Objective ('Game Face') and 7 Wonder ('Billy Connolly'). It also handles post production for hugely successful shows such as 'Celebrity Juice', 'Inbetweeners' and 'The Office'.

Suite TV Chairman Julian Aston said: "We had been planning to add a new studio for some time as our existing three audio suites were regularly filling up with work. Also, many of our clients wanted a bigger and more spacious facility."

To create space for the new studio at its Newman Street premises, Suite TV assigned a room in the loft that was formerly used for grading. Acoustic design consultancy White Mark was called in the tackle the project because of their experience in audio facility design.

"We spent a lot of time talking with a number of audio specialists, but finally chose White Mark as they were clearly the market leaders and inspired confidence at every stage of the project," Mr Aston said. "White Mark provided a turnkey service and we used their recommended builders, Woodstock Joinery, as well as a design consultant, Cann Creative Ltd. It was a very smooth and seamless project, which was delivered on time and budget."

David Bell, Managing Director of White Mark, said: "This was a challenging project given the roof top location of the studio space. Working with Nichola McCann, of Cann Creative, was very rewarding with her interior design input questioning our normal approach to all aspects of the project. This has resulted in a sonically excellent space that is both individual in appearance and an extremely comfortable and visually appealing workspace."

Mr Aston added: "We have worked with many builders and designers in the past on different projects with varying degrees of success, but this was an extremely smooth and professional experience."

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