Maidstone Studios Josephine Clark talks to TVBEurope about the facilitys heritage, the technology that has had the biggest impact, and plans for the future
By Jenny Priestley
Published: October 31, 2022 Updated: November 1, 2022
Maidstone Studios' Josephine Clark talks to TVBEurope about the facility's heritage, the technology that has had the biggest impact, and plans for the future
target=_blank title=Share on LinkedIn class=share-linkedin>
Maidstone Studios is celebrating 40 years since its doors first opened in 1982.
The site was first earmarked as a possible production base in 1979 and hosted its first live transmission in autumn 1982.
Over the years it's been home to shows from Art Attack to Take Me Out and Later With Jools Holland, and last year it hosted ITV's coverage of Euro 2020.
While there's no-one in today's team at Maidstone left from the early days, many of the current team joined the company in the mid-to-late 1990's, working across its portfolio of classic children's shows.
Our chairman Geoff Miles is a former BBC Producer/ Director who worked on titles such as The Paul Daniels Magic Show, The Generation Game and Carrot Confidential and bought the building with a consortium of business partners back in 2002 after filming a series here in the late 1990s, commercial director Josephine Clark tells TVBEurope.
It was then that Geoff became passionate about providing a filming facility that always went above and beyond for its clients and the building was renamed Maidstone Studios.
These days, the studios have a core team of 23 as well as a number of freelancers working across sport, entertainment and drama.
Over the years, the studios have grown and now includes three flagship studios ranging from 12,000 square foot, 6,000 sq. ft and 900 sq. ft.
We have redeveloped two floors within the building which now houses over 50 local creative businesses including newly fitted out edit, dubbing and Foley suites, adds Clark. We have an in-house data centre onsite called Vinters Connect offering cloud storage, fully redundant diverse lines and high-speed connectivity and we are home to the ScreenSkills accredited degree course run by University of Creative Arts in Television Production which is in its 13th year here.
In terms of technology, the arrival of IP has had the biggest impact on the studios over the years, says Clark. The move to tapeless, IP file-based systems has made it possible to get the studio records to the post house, over the internet, point-to-point or via cloud-based services, straight into the edit speeding up the overall workflow, she adds.
The studios are also looking to embrace newer production techniques, including a new virtual production studio that will be available for hire from 2023. This is a great addition to our portfolio as we often facilitate large sporting events such as ITV Rugby World Cup studio coverage 2019, ITV Euros 2020 & various esports competitions, explains Clark. It will be a plug and play studio offering a remote gallery option, infinity wall and UPS and gen-backed tech power.
We now have a backlot area for exterior set builds, and we have utilised our wild gardens and decking for pop-up studios such as the backdrop for the 2022 and 2021 ITV Sports Tour de France coverage. We have also recently invested in AaStuder Vista X sound desk and upgraded our monitor stacks.
The UK has been going through a boom in new studio space over the last few years, as demand soars. Asked what makes Maidstone stand out, Clark cites the company's independence, and the fact that it's just 40 miles outside of London.
We can facilitate large productions such as film and long form dramas looking for sound stages, we can provide dry hire and wet hire options with multiple camera solutions including Sony 4300s, Arri's and Grass Valley, as well as live feeds with our fully diverse fibre paths, says Clark.
Our studios are easy to rig and all fully soundproofed; Studio 2 (6,000 sq. ft) has individually controlled barrel hoists, our flagship Studio 1 (12,000 sq. ft) has fully automated trusses and all studios come with a full black cyclorama, she adds. We have a lot of the infrastructure already here which makes rigging that much easier across all our studios. Every studio has its own dedicated fully functioning gallery and all galleries work with all studios.
During Covid, the studios offered production teams socially distanced production solutions, with This Time with Alan Partridge and I Can See Your Voice operating completely independently to one another with their own dedicated green rooms, dressing rooms, parking and even catering spaces.
We also back onto a 52-hectare nature reserve Vinters Valley which we work closely with to offer production mental health walking trails and we are currently working to become albert accredited by 2023, says Clark.
For us, Maidstone Studios isn't just a place to work, it's a filming facility we truly love and cherish and one which we continue to be passionate about, she continues
Each client is so important to us and we will continue to strive to be the best we can be and be as versatile as possible in an ever-changing world. We are hugely excited about the next 40 years and all that it will bring.
Most recent headlines
05/01/2027
Worlds first 802.15.4ab-UWB chip verified by Calterah and Rohde & Schwarz to be ...
04/08/2026
Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, t...
04/07/2026
April 7 2026, 19:00 (PDT) Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway Opens in...
01/06/2026
January 6 2026, 05:30 (PST) Dolby Sets the New Standard for Premium Entertainment at CES 2026
Throughout the week, Dolby brings to life the latest innovatio...
13/05/2026
New Adobe Premiere Color Grading Mode Accelerated on NVIDIA GPUs
Joel Pennington May 13, 2026
0 Comments
New NVIDIA RTX-accelerated features streamlin...
13/05/2026
Grass Valley announced that dB Broadcast has delivered new IP-based outside broadcast (OB) trucks for Cloudbass, featuring Grass Valley LDX 100 Series cameras a...
13/05/2026
Ikegami will exhibit the latest additions to its wide range of broadcast production cameras, control units, viewfinders and monitors on stand 5D3-1 at Broadcast...
13/05/2026
FISE, working with the founding members of the XR Sports Alliance (XRSA), Accedo, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and HBS, have collaborated to develop an immersive...
13/05/2026
Canon Unveils New EOS R6 V Full-Frame EOS Camera and RF20-50mm F4 L IS USM PZ Bu...
13/05/2026
Boston Conservatory at Berklee Honors Beth Morrison and Moses Pendleton at Comme...
13/05/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
13/05/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
13/05/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
13/05/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
13/05/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
13/05/2026
Creative software developer Foundry today announced the latest developments on Nuke Stage. A purpose-built application for end-to-end virtual production and in-...
13/05/2026
A definitive portrait of one of Ireland's most influential musicians
New TV documentary airs Monday 18 May on RT One and RT Player at 9.35pm
Watch the...
13/05/2026
Agentic AI is changing the way users get work done. Following the success of OpenClaw, the community is embracing new open source agentic frameworks. The latest...
13/05/2026
Reinforcement-learning agents - AI systems that learn by trial and error - can c...
12/05/2026
Beyond the Hype: A Strategic Post-Hoc Analysis of NAB 2026 If NAB Show 2026 had an underlying theme, it was a quiet, industry-wide pivot from the high-energy sp...
12/05/2026
Guntermann and Drunck (G&D), a Panoptec Technologies Group company, and CT Square, led by Chandresh Shah, have announced a joint venture to distribute G&D and V...
12/05/2026
With 30 days until the start of the FIFA World Cup 2026, Telemundo, the exclusive Spanish-language home of the tournament in the United States, has announced th...
12/05/2026
The NHL has announced the return of Stanley Pup for its third consecutive year, a 90-minute special featuring adoptable rescue dogs competing on a miniature rin...
12/05/2026
NBCUniversal presented its 2026 Upfront to advertisers at Radio City Music Hall, detailing upcoming programming across NBC, Peacock, Bravo, and Versant properti...
12/05/2026
FOX Sports has announced funding for the Fandom and Social Connection Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Publ...
12/05/2026
TNDV and Live Media, both divisions of Live Media Group, supported live broadcast coverage around NCAA Final Four weekend in Indianapolis, including the March M...
12/05/2026
The European Football Alliance (EFA) has announced a content distribution agreement with Fubo Sports Network, the free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel ...
12/05/2026
For the first time, Spanish-speaking fans in the U.S. will have two separate tel...
12/05/2026
CP Communications led a comprehensive spectrum management initiative on behalf of Churchill Downs during Kentucky Derby week, coordinating RF assets across the ...
12/05/2026
LiveU has announced a strategic partnership with DRONERESPONDERS, a 501(c)3 non-...
12/05/2026
Open Broadcast Systems has announced that BMC TV, a specialist in IP transport of broadcast content, has selected the Open Broadcast Systems 5G Flyaway solution...
12/05/2026
NEP Europe, part of NEP Group, has announced it will deliver broadcast solutions...
12/05/2026
Grass Valley has announced continued collaboration with Ravensbourne University ...
12/05/2026
Stats Perform has announced the launch of Opta Pulse, an AI-assisted video creation and distribution platform for leagues, rights holders, and broadcasters. The...
12/05/2026
FOX Sports has announced a collaboration with Sesame Workshop to integrate Sesame Street characters into FOX Sports' FIFA World Cup 2026 programming. Conten...
12/05/2026
To date, NHL Productions has produced 19 broadcasts with commentary in American Sign Language
NHL in ASL (American Sign Language) may be just one show, but the...
12/05/2026
Google's Brian Albert: creators, athletes, highlights, nostalgia, second-scr...
12/05/2026
A still from Past Lives by Celine Song, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | p...
12/05/2026
Spotify is where fans and artists come together, turning discovery into somethin...
12/05/2026
Features patented Marco-MMC clocking technology
Black Lion Audio's latest release combines the company's expertise in clocking with their renowned p...
12/05/2026
New Track Panel, sequencer upgrades & more
Following their recent public beta release, Reason Studios have announced the full release of Reason 14. With the...
12/05/2026
One month to go! SBS reveals expansive FIFA World Cup 2026 lineup beyond the pi...
12/05/2026
Rohde & Schwarz presents its advanced solutions for power electronics testing at...
12/05/2026
aconnic AG (ISIN: DE000A0LBKW6), Munich, has developed a modified fund raising p...
12/05/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/05/2026
Tyrell Corporation, specialists in high-end live sports and entertainment broadcasts, was tasked with delivering compelling broadcast coverage of premier equest...
12/05/2026
Registration is now open for IBC2026 as the global media, entertainment and technology community prepares to converge on the RAI Amsterdam from 11 14 September ...
12/05/2026
Ross Video, a global leader in live video production technology, will present its latest innovations and integrated production workflows at BroadcastAsia 2026, ...
12/05/2026
500 selected leaders from around the world across start-ups, corporates, and venture capital. Over 50bn in assets under management among attending investors, a...
Maidstone Studios Josephine Clark talks to TVBEurope about the facilitys heritage, the technology that has had the biggest impact, and plans for the future
