The eye-catching virtual ski lodge studio was designed and developed in-house by the BBC for its Beijing 2022 coverage

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The BBC’s lead director for the Winter Olympics, Sally Richardson (pictured left), talks to Broadcast Sport editor Jake Bickerton about how and why the broadcaster created its eye-catching Winter Olympics virtual studio, turning a small green screen space in Salford into a vast ski lodge with seven presenting positions.

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The BBC handled the design and creation of the studio in-house and is using the space to host around 300 hours of Winter Olympics coverage over the course of the games. Richardson also talks about the remote production of the Games and the non-live content the BBC is creating around the Winter Olympics.

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