Ferri Lighting Design & Associates Creates Largest LED Lighting Studio Design for NBC Sports Group

	NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut with all-LED lighting design by Ferri Lighting Design & Associates.

Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA) announces that it has completed a year-long project to light the recently opened NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut. The FLDA design, which encompasses four studios and one newsroom, is said to be the largest all-LED (light-emitting diode) broadcast studio configuration in the industry. The design has created an energy-efficient operation for what is now the home of NBC Sports and NBCSN.

FLDA worked closely with a team from Barbizon to manage lighting installation, with the first studio launched in December, 2012, and larger studios in January and February, 2013. The FLDA team, led by president and senior designer Bruce Ferri and lighting designers Mick Smith and Fred Bock, created a test network for NBC Sports Group, in New York, that demonstrated the flexibility of the lighting system.

"We have a long track record with NBC, and created the first all-LED studio of its kind, with CNBC's NYSE installation, so the NBC Sports Group presented us with a chance to create a true showcase for LED lighting in a broadcast studio setting," said Ferri. "We were able to demonstrate that LED lighting provides high-quality output while managing energy costs."

FLDA's Emmy Award-winning team has achieved renowned reputation for its sports studio installations over the years, including multiple designs for ESPN, the MLB Network, and others. FLDA has a long history with NBC, including groundbreaking work for CNBC, MSNBC, as well as NBC Nightly News, Saturday Night Live, and The Today Show, among others.

"Thanks to the help of Ferri Lighting Design, and our other construction partners on this project, we were able to get our state-of-the art international broadcast center up and running in less than a year," said Mike Sheehan, coordinating director, Olympics production, NBC Sports Group. "The FLDA delivered superior designs for optimum creative output and flexibility."

FLDA created the NBC Sports Group design specifically from lights manufactured by Electronic Theater Controls, Inc. (ETC), and incorporated 337 ETC LED S4 Leko lights. FLDA used ETC controllers for the lighting network, including four ETC EOS RPUs, two ETC ION RPUs, six ETC ION RVIs, two ETC ION consoles, and six ETC SmartSwitch units.