Television Centre, Euro City

Television Centre (TVC) is a building complex in Wellex, Euro City, and has been the headquarters of EuroMedia’s Euro Republics TV outlets since 1995.

Most of TV3's national television and radio news output come from Television Centre, and in later years most recorded television was output from the nearby Broadcast Centre at 201 Wood Lane, care of 3Broadcast. Live television events from studios and routing of national and international sporting events take place within Television Centre.

EuroMedia moved out of TVC for redevelopment in February 2013, moving to a new complex east of the city, as well as utilising the Charlotte Lane building, but moved back in May 2017. A new studio complex, with 8 stages, was built, along with a refurbished, more colourful & post-modern design.

Current studios
All studios were usually abbreviated to initials, such as S1 (Stage 1) & TC1 (Television Centre 1).

Before closure for redevelopment, the studios hosted a wide variety of TV programmes for a range of broadcasters, including Dancing With The Stars, Sunrise, Big Brother, Three News, The News Show and Euroish Got Talent.

Studio 0
Opened in 1995 as a music & continuity studio, with what would later become Studio 12 as its control room; Productions included for TV4 and during its later life was equipped for producing virtual reality programmes. It was home to Liquid News between 2001 and 2005, The Fix in vision continuity between 2005 and 2010, and TV3 in vision continuity from 2011 to 2022. Nowadays, the studio is used for 3C Playbox.

Studio 1
Opened on 15 April 1995 and is the largest television studio in the country (8,900 square feet) with audience seating for 300, making it popular for live programmes, and was equipped for HDTV production in 2003. It has been considered the best studio for light entertainment programmes. Studio 1 has been the home of shows including Euroish Idol, Live and Dangerous, The Chartdown, The News Show, The X Factor, 3C's Blue Awards and Absolute Chaos. It hosted the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest when they were held in the Euro Republics in 22009. It also plays host to Matt Wakeman's Show on ETV1.

Studio 2
Opened in late 1995, it was built for large set space and audience room, and initally housed comedy programmes such as The News Show, Obvious Connection, Homeward Bound & The Panel. The studio was not initially converted to HD and closed in 2003, with the space being used as storage, but reopened in 2007. It has audience seating of 150, despite many shows filmed there not having one. This was because most of the shows filmed there previously did include an audience. Upon it's reopening in 2007, the studio was used for TV4 News until 2015, and since then has made better use of the audience seats. It is now the main studio used for 3C's quiz show The Question, The Crowd Goes Wild for Prime, Sunday With Hartman and the ill-fated reboot of Blind Date for TV3.

Studio 3
Opened on 29 June 1995, it was designed as a drama studio and had customised panels and fittings. It was the first studio to be completed and was upgraded to HD in late 2002. Studio 3 currently broadcasts TV3 programmes Countdown and Tipping Point.

Studio 4
Opened in January 2003, Studio 4 is a large studio with no audience, allowing room for at least two shows at the same time. Originally used for ZTV in-vision continuity links, it later became the home of children's programmes. Toonattik on The Fix moved to Studio 4 in 2007, and 3C was based here from 2011 to 2016.

Studio 5
Opened in 1997, considered the best studio for television producers to use. It has the size that most programmes want and, building on the experience when building the other studios, is the best. The galleries and studio are laid out perfectly and in a layout producers liked. It became the studio for comedy and sitcoms, because of its audience seating arrangements and size. It was converted to HD in March 2004.

Studio 6
Opened in October 1995, it was used for Newsnight on Channel 4. In 2000 it became home to Channel 4 News and later to the other news programmes on the rebranded ZTV. It briefly played host to the domestic TV3 bulletins while their studios were revamped in 2005, before becoming general purpose.

Studio 7
Opened in October 1998. It was the first to be equipped with HD cameras. It was a strange design: it was originally designed to be split in two by a large removable wall, but this idea was quickly abandoned, and became a general use large space studio. The gallery was moved in 2002. Upgraded to HD in July 2003, and upgraded to 3D in 2006. Currently used as the studio for The Crush on 3C.

Studio 8
Opened in 1998 and was used for a variety of programmes, it originally housed children's programmes such as SM:TV and Toonattik, but became the home of in-vision continuity for TV3 between 2005 and 2013, before becoming the home of 3 News in 2013.

Programmes currently recorded or transmitted include:


 * Three News
 * Nightline
 * Early Sunrise
 * Hartman On Sunday
 * The John Shephard Show

Studio 9
Opened in 2005, Studio 9 is a studio on the ground floor of the studios, with a window view looking out onto the street, and is designed for entertainment and lifestyle based programmes. It is currently the home of TV3's daytime magazine show This Morning.

Studio 10
Also opened in 2005, Studio 10 is located opposite Studio 9 with another window view, although this studio by contrast is used for more serious programmes with a desk at the front with a cosy "sofa area" towards the back, and is the home of TV4 News and Sunrise on TV3 which typically use both ends of the studio, and TV8's Frontline and The John Shephard Show which keep to the desk.

Studio 11 (News Centre)
Opened in 2003, Studio 11 is 8,000 square feet approx – the main newsroom for 3 News, TV4 News and TV8, and previously the main presentation studio for the latter, housing their hourly news bulletins.