wfn.org | Adventist News Network: United States: State-of-the-Art Media

["Beckett, John" <BeckettJ@gc.adventist.org>]

> Adventist News Network
> www.adventist.org
> Seventh-day Adventist Church World Headquarters
> February 13, 2002
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> United States: State-of-the-Art Media Facility Now Fully Operational
> Simi Valley, California, USA .... [Connie Jeffery/ANN]
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> Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders from across North America attended a
> ceremony February 7 marking the opening of the final stage of the new
> Adventist Media Center facility in Simi Valley, California.
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> The new 123,000-square-foot structure houses Adventist Media Productions
> and four major Adventist radio and television ministries: La Voz de la
> Esperanza; Voice of Prophecy; Faith for Today; and It Is Written. The
> media center contains two technologically advanced television studios,
> audio and video production and editing areas, administrative offices, and
> warehouses. The facility also provides services to two additional media
> ministries--Breath of Life and LifeTalk Radio.
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> "This [event] is about more than a building," said Don Schneider,
> president of the Adventist Church in North America, who attended the
> ceremony. He reminded listeners that AMC's sole purpose is to share with
> others the Christian message of hope in Jesus Christ, saying, "These
> facilities will be used to change the lives of the people for whom He
> died."
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> The Media Center allows each of the ministries to save time and money by
> using the most advanced technology available, said Kermit Netteberg,
> assistant to the president for communication for the Adventist Church in
> North America, and president of the Adventist Media Center. "At this
> point, there is no production task we can't handle."
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> The new facility includes digital satellite transmission equipment that
> can beam programs in over 40 languages, motorized studio lighting that
> saves days of production time, digital, audio and television recording and
> editing tools, and the ability to broadcast almost anywhere in the world.
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> The equipment can also be taken on the road, which happened when It Is
> Written traveled to 10 countries for its "ACTS 2000" evangelistic series.
> Mark Finley, Speaker/Director of It Is Written, said, "This
> state-of-the-art Media Center will enable us to touch more lives for the
> kingdom. I praise God for it!" 
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> The new facility replaces AMC's former premises in Newbury Park,
> California, which was sold in 1995. That same year, AMC moved into a
> renovated building in the Simi Valley location and, in early 2000, began
> construction of television studios and a production facility.
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> For more information on the Media Center and its ministries, visit
> www.sdamedia.org.
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