NBCUniversal plans headquarter in California

MUMBAI: NBCUniversal has unveiled its plans to build a state-of-the-art headquarter for its West Coast television operations.

The 150,000-square-foot facility, scheduled to be operational in 2013, will be built on the Universal Studios, California and include newsrooms, production studios and a distribution center.

The facility replaces earlier plans by Thomas Properties Group Inc. to build a new broadcast center.

?The L.A. bureau is so vitally important to this news division,? NBC News president Steve Capus said in the statement. ?The increased coordination with our KNBC family will ensure that we are positioned smartly and strategically for the future.?

Consolidating newsrooms for NBC News, Telemundo, KNBC Channel 4 and Spanish-language KVEA Channel 52 will allow the operations to share resources and collaborate better.

It may be recollected that NBCUniversal had abandoned its plans for an expansive new facility two weeks ago.