Church Audiovisual Facilities Consolidated

Several Church-owned audiovisual facilities were consolidated into a new Church Audiovisual Department on March 1.

The change affected the Church Curriculum Department’s Audiovisual Division, the Brigham Young University Motion Picture Studio, and other Church department audiovisual operations.

In announcing the consolidation, the First Presidency said, “It is our hope that this action will optimize the use of Church-owned audiovisual facilities and personnel and eliminate duplication of services, equipment, manpower, and production costs.”

Elder James M. Paramore of the Presidency of the Seventy will serve as Executive Director of the new Audiovisual Department, with Lyle E. Shamo as managing director.