IMPORTANT CLOSURE NOTICE: Due to interior construction work, the Penn Broadcast Studio at 3401 Walnut A Wing 2nd floor is closed until March 2021. The Center City VideoLink Philadelphia location is open at this time and should be able to support any live or pre-recorded studio links until the Penn Broadcast Studio re-opens.
VideoLink Philadelphia
1524 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
1.800.990.4995, 215.940.3000, 215.940.3026
Overview
Penn Video Productions manages, along with the central Office of Communications, the University's "Video Link ReadyCam" studio—a way for Penn experts to conveniently appear on cable TV news outlets worldwide. Each week, Penn faculty appear live on CNN, CNBC, PBS, MSNBC, and countless other networks all from our compact studio in 3401 Walnut. Penn Video works with University communications offices and news officers to coordinate the process for booking time and technical connections with Video Link.
Benefits
- Faculty, researchers, physicians, students, administrators—anyone from the Penn community who is invited to appear in the media—can share their research findings, scholarly opinions, and educational perspectives with the world without needing to travel to New York, or even Center City
- The studio at 3401 Walnut provides HD quality distribution, using the proprietary standard recognized internationally for this type of communication
- Penn Video staff works to create a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere, and eases "first-timers" into the experience of appearing on live TV
- The studio also features a professional TelePrompTer, for those occasions when prepared remarks need to be delivered right into the camera
Who Can Benefit from This Service
University faculty, staff, students, and UPHS