Television Studio Rate Information
Telelatina LTD. is a full-service television production and post-production facility in Washington Heights, New York City. Telelatina contains several studios, a soundstage, a casting room, a video control room, a post-production editing room and a light and sound booth cabled to a light grid in each studio. The following is a detailed description of the facility.
Telelatina has the entire 8th and 5th floors. All studios designated with “8″ are on the 8th floor. Studios designated with “5″ are on the 5th floor.
Telelatina also specializes in the production and post-production of commercial and industrial projects.
Contact us at 212-537-6148
or email us at arelia@telelatinatv.com
Studio A
$250 per hour with studio lights
$150 per hour with flourescent lights
Studio A contains forty-five raked seats facing a stage with dimensions of 16 ft. by 30 ft. Ceiling height is approximately 11.5 ft. The stage contains a full light grid and is controlled by a 48 dimmer board from the light booth. The stage can be viewed directly or by a video camera which is attached to the grid.
The cameras are on Sachtler pedestals and are cabled to the Video Control Room. The cameras are Panasonic HVX200 HD.
Studio B
$200 per hour with studio lights
$100 per hour with flourescent lights
Studio 8-B is a sound-secure soundstage with dimensions of 17 ft. by 30 ft. The stage contains a full light grid controlled by a 48 dimmer board from the light booth. A variety of 9 ft. background papers hang from rollers on the grid, including bluescreen and greenscreen backgrounds, as well as hand-painted motifs.
The camera is on a Sachtler pedestal and is cabled to a rack in the room, as well as being patchable to the Video Control Room. The camera is a Sony DXC3000a. The rack also includes a DVD recorder deck.
Studio C
Studio C is a small carpeted casting room and photo studio containing a light grid, 9 ft. background papers on rollers, a video rack containing a DVD recorder deck and VHS decks cabled to a Sony DXC 3000 video camera.
Studio C is rentable at $75 per hour.
Studios 5-B and 5-C
Studios 5-B and 5-C are on the fifth floor facing 21st Street, each room containing a 42-inch plasma screen with a Sony DVD recorder and Mackie mixer. We also have cameras for you to reent such as the Panasonic DVX100B mini-DV cameras.
Studios 5-B and 5-C are attached to a Blue Room which has large couches and counters. There is also an office with a telephone, computer, internet access and printing capabilities.
Studios 5-B and 5-C are each rentable for $75 per hour (two hour minimum). But you can rent the entire fifth floor complex with the privacy it provides and the common areas and office for $200 per hour with a two hour minimum.
Studio A
Studio A is Telelatina’s largest studio, taking up the entire width of the building and about 35 feet wide. It is a large open space with one column.
Studio A is rentable for $300 per hour, a minimum of 2 hours.
Camera Rental
Additional Fees to Above Room Rates
In addition to the rental rates quoted above, if customer desires to rent one or more of our Sony 3000A video cameras which are cabled to a video control room, or our Sony Panasonic HVX200 camera which is cabled to a Betacam/VHS rack, the additional rental is $30 per hour.
This rental rate applies to three or fewer cameras in the aggregate. No camera operators are supplied with this price. However, customer is required to hire our control room operator at a day rate of $250 which includes up to 9 hours (with a one-hour lunch break).
The per hour rate for the video control room operator is $50 per hour after the 9 hours. If the rental with the video control operator is for less than 9 hours, than the operator is billed at $60 per hour at a four-hour minimum.
There is a two-hour minimum regarding this camera rental.
Video Control Room
The Video Control Room contains the following recording formats: Beta SP, DVD recroder, and VHS. Multiple cameras from either Studio A or Studio B are cabled to the Video Control Room where they run through a Sony DFS 500 special effects component switcher with over 300 effects, as well as an Orion character generator for live generation of credits. The room has the capacity for wired or wireless microphone links, as well as wireless intercoms for communication with camera operators and stage assistants.
Post Production
The Post Production Room on the fifth floor contains contains three consoles each with a full Final Cut Pro Studio editing system.
Post-Production Room Rates
A Post Production console is available for rental at a half-day rate of $300. You must use our editor, which is an additional charge of $125 for the half day. “Half-day” is equivalent to four or less hours. The total half-day rate therefore is $450.
You may contact Telelatina to discuss discounts for consecutive day rentals of our post rooms.
In the event that the client wishes Telelatina to become involved with editing and other creative decisions (in addition to the normal input provided by our digital editor), we impose a fee of $1,200 per day of editing.