Warner Bros. Ranch selected for TV broadcast base during LA 2028 Olympics

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Set us as preferred The Warner Bros.Ranch in Burbank will serve as broadcast headquarters during the Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympic Games in two years.LA28 and Warner Bros.

Discovery on Thursday jointly announced that the 30-acre Hollywood Way campus would play a pivotal role in the Games.Constructing an efficient TV nerve center — the operational hub where feeds from events are produced, then distributed to hundreds of millions of viewers around the world — has long been a crucial component to staging such an ambitious television extravaganza.Over the last few months, LA28 executives and the Olympic Broadcasting Services team narrowed their search to the Ranch.

The facility, which recently underwent a $300 million transformation with new soundstages, has the capacity and technical requirements to support the international broadcast center.The International Olympics Committee approved the selection at a recent meeting.“The facilities are near-perfect for them, both in size and in access,” Simon Robinson, Warner Bros.

Discovery’s president of global experiences and studio operations, said in an interview with The Times.“As we sat down and talked it through with them, we were able to reach what we think is a great deal for both of us.”Warner Bros.

and LA28 declined to provide financial details of the arrangement, which will span nearly two years.Business Warner Bros.

Ranch lot will be redeveloped to meet growing demand for soundstages as legacy studios and streaming newcomers compete for space to make movies and TV shows.For Warner Bros., the decision came down to whether the studio needed the space for its own TV and film productions or if it was advantageous to turn over the facility, which boasts 16 soundstages and a five-story creative office building, to LA28.Work to prepare the campus for the Olympic...