Production & Facility Rentals

Looking for the perfect place to record your next production?  Do you need an expansive meeting space with teleconferencing capabilities? How about professional quality gear for a production shoot? 

We've got everything you might need for your production, from studio space to top-of-the-line equipment. We offer state-of-the-art HD production facilities, gear and professional staff at competitive rates.

Below is what we have available for hire at the New Hampshire PBS Broadcast Center in Durham .

  • STUDIO A
    60' x 40' sound stage with gray, black and chroma key cycs, ground row, 84 dimmers, Mole-Richardson/ETC lighting (complete inventory available upon request), ETC 125 Express lighting console with 24 recordable submasters and 600 cues. Available with up to 5 Ikegami HDK77EC studio cameras.

  • STUDIO B
    20' x 30' insert stage, permanent standing set (hard walls), 38 dimmers, Mole-Richardson/ETC lighting (complete inventory available upon request), ETC 125 Express lighting console with 24 recordable submasters and 600 cues. Available with up to 5 Ikegami HDK77EC studio cameras.


  • Production Control Room
    Includes:
    Grass Valley Kayak 300HD 2.5 M/E (w/built-in DVE) switcher, (2) Avid FX Deko HD - 2 channel character generators, teleprompter, producer's bench


  • Audio Control Room
    Yamaha PM1D digital mixing console(36ch,EQ,Compression,reverb,etc.)  Tascam SL-4300 CD player, ADS audio monitors, Sony minidisc player/recorders models MDS-E12 and JE520, Sony DVD/CD Video CD, DVP-S5300, Telex(RTS) for remote IFB and intercom.


  • Editing Rooms
    AVID Symphony and AVID Nitris DX - Avid Nitris DX architecture tightly connects the host workstation and PCI Express I/O hardware into a single high-bandwidth, high-performance effects engine. The architecture is optimized for highly responsive real-time editing using the latest generation of HD codecs, including HDV, XDCAM-HD, DVCPRO HD, AVC-I, and Avid DNxHD. Avid DNxHD encoding provides flawless HD quality at incredibly low bandwidths--or go all-out with 10-bit uncompressed HD. Symphony real-time primary and secondary color correction tools. SpectraMatte keying, Fluid Motion time effects, Boris Continuum Complete, Avid FX and a wide range of third-party AVX2 plug-ins. Beta deck BVW-70 (output only), Panasonic DVCPRO 50 AJ-PD950 (input/output), Sony XDCAM PDW-1500 (input/output), VHS/DVD (input/output).
    Software Avid Symphony Nitris 3.5.4 with avid Nitris DX system, Boris FX


  • Sony Anycast HD Remote Production Package
    This is a portable live production switcher. The all-in-one unit comprises an HD video switcher, an audio mixer, a large LCD display, and a streaming encoder and server. It accepts a variety of inputs from PCs, cameras, VCRs and hard disk drives. It mixes audio and offers ME capabilities & DSK. This unit will easily integrate into a studio or location live production operation.  The package includes 3 Robotic HD Cameras.


  • Atrium Reception Area
    This glassed-in area looks out on a beautiful woods and features seating for 40, with access to a kitchenette (microwaves, refrigerator, freezer, sink).
Contact: Production Services at (603) 868-1100 for a quote or more information about renting our production facility or equipment.

Note: If you are interested in submitting a program for consideration to be broadcast on New Hampshire PBS, please review our information for independent producers here >>


Station Management

Peter A. Frid
President & CEO
pfrid@nhpbs.org
603-868-1100

Dawn DeAngelis
Vice President & Chief Content Officer
ddeangelis@nhpbs.org
603-868-1100