The Ling Long Pagoda or Linglong Tower (Multifunctional Studio TowerOfficial Beijing Olympics site, Ji Lin: Nine aspects to be guaranteed during the Games , March 12, 2008) (玲珑塔新华社, 图文-奥林匹克多功能演播塔 不停变换身姿秀丽绚烂, 2008年07月30日21:42) houses a part of the International Broadcast Center (IBC). It is located near the Olympic Cauldron, on the northwest side of Beijing National Stadium.Official Beijing 2008 site, Ma Guoli: High definition signals to enable superb Olympic broadcasting , October 24, 2007 "Ling Long" (玲珑) means delicate, and is referred to as the Delicate Tower in Chinese.
Description The permanent structure is a three-sided tower. The tower contains 6 occupiable pods with open space in between. One of the pods displays the Olympic rings. It is 128m tall, with 7 occupiable floors, each an equilateral triangle.Beijing Olympics official site, Studio tower to rise from Olympic Green September 29, 2007 The floors are subdivided into two levels. The glass-walled pods are held up by three supporting ribs at the three corners.
During the 2008 Summer Olympics, the building was operated by Beijing Olympic Broadcasting.Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co. News HeadlinesSportsBusinessDaily, All Around The World: CBC, BBC Prep Their Olympic Coverage PlansBBC Sniffer dogs and security sweeps Jonathan Bramley July 24, 2008The Walrus, Live from Ling Long Pagoda Mitch Moxley August 8, 2008 Some international broadcast studios were located in the pods of the tower, offering skyline views as backdrops of Olympic broadcasts. Each floor was occupied by a television network. CCTV, BBC,China Daily, Broadcasters move into Olympic press center, Cui Xiaohuo, 2008-07-09 08:07 CBC Television for both French and English networks,Globe and Mail, Is this the CBC's last hurrah? WILLIAM HOUSTON August 7, 2007. France Télévisions - France 2 & France 3,Humanité, Pékin : faites vos Jeux !, Fernand Nouvet, le 31 juillet 2008 and Mexican Olympic consortium, composed by TelevisaXinhua, Mexican television to send 200 staff members to Beijing 2008 , July 10, 2008 and TV Azteca, shared use of the tower's studio facilities. CBC occupied the fourth pod from the bottom.CBC Television, Olympics Morning, 10:00am EST August 11, 2007 BBC occupied the second pod from the bottom.CBC, If only the weather co-operates Bernice Chan August 4, 2008BBC Sports, Beijing flyby: BBC Sport's Olympic studios France Television was on the third floor.Un Web, France Télévisions débourse 70 millions d'euros pour les JO , Vendredi 8 août 2008 NBC's Today Show tapes were made from the ground floor.Huffington Post, Reporting for Volunteer Duty at Beijing's Olympic Broadcast Tower Courtney Woo July 30, 2008
See also Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics
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