MGM-British Studios Meanwhile, Amalgamated Studios Ltd constructed a large studio on the north side of Elstree Way between 1935 and 1937. A January 1937 deal for eight films to be made for the American studio Columbia Pictures soon collapsed. The company was unable to meet the cost of building work, and sold the facility to the Rank Organisation, which was not interested in using the studios itself, but wanted to stop John Maxwell's rival British International Pictures (BIP) from being able to compete more effectively with its own new Pinewood Studios. During the war, the studios were leased from Rank by the
Sky Studios have scene dock doors which open out onto a scene dock. There are also a number of non-conventional studios located elsewhere in the building. There are eight production galleries on the ground floor alongside the conventional studios, with separate sound control rooms alongside each gallery. Any studio can be controlled from any gallery. "Sky Sports News" is controlled by Gallery 6. "Sky News" have a new gallery facility located on the second floor, alongside Studio 22. Both studios share a covered scene dock but have separate production galleries. Studio F's gallery is located up a gantry from the studio floor,