Orlando, Florida-based Advanced, an audio-visual systems integration company, announces that a videowall featuring its Orion displays is featured in “Your Morning,” a new morning show on the CTV Television Network.

Your Morning took the place of “Canada AM,” which had been on the air for 43 seasons. The producers of Your Morning wanted to give the show a fresh look and completely redesigned the studio, which included installation of an immersive videowall.

“Bell Media—CTV contacted us to help design a video wall that would bring a unique and fresh look to the new show,” says David Weatherhead, Advanced’s president. “We first helped them to determine exactly which type of display technology would be best for their filming style, and then we built a stunning plasma display that is truly one of the most interesting video walls on television.”

Before selecting a display to install, Advanced tested several models in CTV’s studio. According to the company, since Your Morning uses many “off-axis” shots—as opposed to shots captured solely from straight ahead—the video wall had to have extremely small bezel to appear seamless on television. After extensive testing, they concluded that the Plasma technology proved to be the best option, with the smallest bezel of 2.7mm.

“Plasma display technology allows for really great off-axis viewing, which is important for the immersive experience that they sought to create through the display,” says Advanced vice president of engineering, Kevin Linton.

After the decision was made, Advanced installed an Orion display, made up of 24 panels in a 3×8 panel configuration to enclose the set behind the studio’s central table and chairs. The display offers the producers the option to broadcast one unified graphic, or split the separate sections into three different graphics. The middle, right and left side wings can be divided into 2×3 and 3×3 panels, respectively, which allows producers to flank the center panel’s content with accompanying graphics, like logos or text.

Advanced also installed four of its Orion panels behind the video wall to serve as back-ups in the event that any of the front panels need replacing.

“Over time, a display’s color naturally shifts, causing color balancing to become a little more complicated if a new panel needs to be installed,” says Linton. “Since having a unified color balance is imperative on television, we installed spares that run the same content as the front panels and degrade in color at the same rate.” … This swap-spare functionality really comforts the producers, and provides them with serious peace-of-mind.”

Advanced also installed 28 custom-designed mounts that help to achieve tight seams in between each display panel, causing the panels to appear closer together within the display. Additionally, during the installation process, Advanced says it worked diligently to ensure that the set’s new LED lights provide ambient lighting, but do not interfere with the quality of the picture. After the video wall was installed, the team performed one final broadcast color balancing test to make sure that it looked perfect on camera.