London, July 29, 2010: International broadcast services company WRN Broadcast today announced the launch of a new Vauxhall-based media village. It aims to bring together a host of like-minded broadcast companies, creating a culture for increased creativity as well as cost-efficient studio and office space.

Having recently acquired the three storey building adjacent to its Vauxhall Media Centre base, WRN Broadcast also announced that inspirational entertainment broadcaster OHTV will be one of the first companies to take advantage of the media village offering, joining Jazz FM which has been resident in WRN Broadcast's building since April 2009.

David Treadway, MD, WRN Broadcast, says: "The vision is for complimentary companies to work with each other, developing a creative community around the media hub in south London. The new media village offers clients flexible facilities, lower costs and easy access to central London. We're currently talking to potential clients and hope to create a media hub that could eventually rival the likes of Soho or Shoreditch. Our message is simple: Come to Vauxhall."

Foundation client OHTV has a new TV studio set up with lighting and gantries, gallery and green room purpose-built by WRN Broadcast. Whilst it is for the use of OHTV primarily, the space is also available to other companies during downtime. WRN Broadcast is also providing OHTV with capacity on the Eurobird satellite at 28.5˚E for broadcast on Sky, as well as office space. 

Akin Salami, CEO, OHTV, says: "Locating in WRN Broadcast's media village gives us purpose-built facilities, more office space, improved services and reduced costs; the ideal scenario. We look forward to seeing which other companies will join us."

WRN Broadcast aims to attract further television and radio broadcasters, in addition to other creative and digital companies, which will be able to take advantage of the facility's range of services. These include playout, content management and file delivery, satellite and fibre distribution, VOD, IPTV and mobile solutions, data centre services and channel management.

The media village offers clients a number of business advantages. The site has a strong communications infrastructure; on-site clients don't need to connect via expensive fibre, instead using WRN Broadcast's facilities and so reducing costs. The building is located very near to the Cable and Wireless exchange and next door to a primary UK BT connectivity centre. In addition, Vauxhall is in close proximity to central London but offers more space and a lower cost base. The area is also on the cusp of major regeneration, led by the development of the Battersea Power Station site and the new US embassy.

Jazz FM became a tenant of WRN Broadcast in April 2009, leasing two studios and office space. This enables Jazz FM to be broadcast live from the WRN Broadcast building. WRN Broadcast also handled Jazz FM's uplink and capacity on the Eurobird 1 satellite, provides the radio station with its bespoke EPG submission and management software and coordinated Jazz FM's launch onto channel #729 on Freesat.

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About WRN Broadcast (www.wrnbroadcast.com)

International broadcast services company WRN Broadcast enables broadcasters, media owners and brands to deliver content to audiences worldwide. Founded in 1992, WRN Broadcast has expanded its offering from its inception as an international radio network - World Radio Network - to work across emergent digital content platforms to provide television and radio clients with worldwide coverage. The company now offers clients an end-to-end solution for ingest, content management, playout, encoding / multiplexing and worldwide distribution via fibre and satellite.

The expanded offering is made possible by WRN Broadcast's brand new, state-of-the-art Media Centre, which offers clients the latest in broadcasting and transmission technologies.

WRN Broadcast's client portfolio includes the most recognised broadcasters, content owners and brands around the world, including NHK, Voice of America, Top Up TV, Manchester United TV, Warner Bros, IMG and United Nations radio.