It's not really a surprise that the Qatari-backed news channel Al Jazeera is finally taking space in the Qatari-backed Shard. They're currently fitting out 27,700 sq ft of studio and office space on level 16, with a view to broadcasting from late summer, when they'll move their London operation from Knightsbridge.
Still looking for a London base however, is the Chinese news channel, CCTV (will that really fly as a brand name in the UK?). They started up in Beijing in 2010 (now operating from the Arup-designed "cranked loop"). Now the news operation also has broadcast teams in Washington and Nairobi, and London seems a little behind schedule. Their fledging base is offices in The Interchange, the former warehouse up at Camden Lock, originally built to move beer and wine from canal boats to rail. It overlooks a part of the waterway known as Dead Dog Basin.
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