Hollywood
Center Studios Appoints Cole to Head Virtual Broadcast Services
January
13, 2012
Source: Hollywood Center Studios Hollywood
Center Studios has appointed Jerry Cole to the newly-created post of Director
of Virtual and Broadcast Services. Cole, whose background includes posts with
AOL, GlobeCast and Warner Bros., will oversee a department that provides virtual
production services for webcasts, broadcast and television production. Cole will
focus on developing new business and on growing the studio’s virtual production
resources. “Jerry brings deep, hands-on experience
in virtual production and a clear vision for how to grow that aspect of our business,”
said Hollywood Center Studios Executive Vice President and COO Tim Mahoney. “Our
clients will feel very confident in working with him and embracing this new technology.” Cole
previously served as Head of Business Development at Hayden Studios, a Culver
City, California production studio. Prior to that, he served as Director of Technical
Operations for AOL Creative Productions. His background also includes service
as Director of Production Operations & Special Projects at GlobeCast and Director
of Digital Compression Operations at Warner Bros. Cole began his career in graphics
design and earned an Emmy Award for his work for CBS’s coverage of the 1994
Winter Olympics. Hollywood Center Studios’
Virtual Services includes a newly-expanded Virtual Production Studio equipped
with a high definition virtual set system. The studio also maintains some of the
largest permanent green screen stages in Hollywood. Virtual production technology,
which places talent into 3-dimensional virtual sets, can be used as a standalone
solution or in combination with traditional production techniques as a cost-effective
way to produce pilots, talk shows, news and sports broadcasts and many other types
of programming. “We provide a virtual toolkit
that can be configured in many ways to suit a production’s creative requirements
and budget,” said Cole. “We combine that with the resources, experience
and responsive service that Hollywood Center Studios in known for and the results
are wonderful.” About Hollywood Center Studios Hollywood
Center Studios is among the largest independently owned and operated productions
studios in Hollywood. The studio features 11 full-service sound stages (silent
air, audience rated), a dedicated green screen stage, a virtual set stage, and
a variety of related services to support productions of all type and scope. The
studios’ stages are in use every day in the production of television shows,
feature films and commercials by leading studios and production companies from
Hollywood and around the world. Founded
in 1919, Hollywood Center Studios has been in continuous operation for
more than 90 years and its history mirrors the development of the film and television
industry itself. It has provided a home to scores of legendary filmmakers from
Howard Hughes to Francis Ford Coppola, and hosted hundreds of memorable productions
from such classics as I Love Lucy, Petticoat Junction and Mr. Ed to such current
favorites as The Wizards of Waverly Place and The Suite Life on Board. Hollywood
Center Studios is located at 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles, California
90038. For more information, call (323) 860-0000 or visit www.hollywoodcenter.com.
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