| Ling Long Pagoda | |
| Location City: | Beijing |
| Location Country: | China |
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The Ling Long Pagoda or Linglong Tower (Multifunctional Studio Tower[1]) (玲珑塔[2]) houses a part of the International Broadcast Center (IBC). It is located near the Olympic Cauldron, on the northwest side of Beijing National Stadium.[3] "Ling Long" (玲珑) means delicate, and is referred to as the Delicate Tower in Chinese.
The permanent structure is a three-sided tower. The tower contains 6 occupiable pods with open space in between. One of the pods displays the Olympic rings. It is 128m tall, with 7 occupiable floors, each an equilateral triangle.[4] The floors are subdivided into two levels. The glass-walled pods are held up by three supporting ribs at the three corners.
During the 2008 Summer Olympics the building was operated by Beijing Olympic Broadcasting.[5] [6] [7] [8] Some international broadcast studios was located in the pods of the tower, offering skyline views as backdrops of Olympic broadcasts. Each one of each floor was occupied by a television network. CCTV, BBC,[9] CBC Television for both French and English networks,[10] France Télévisions - France 2 & France 3,[11] Mexican olympic consortium, composed by Televisa[12] and TV Azteca shared use of the tower's studio facilities. CBC has occupied the fourth pod from the bottom.[13] BBC occupied the second pod from the bottom.[14] [15] France Television is also on the third floor.[16] NBC's Today Show tapes are made from the ground floor.[17]