The NewsVan Mercedes Sprinter dressed as fictional network UK24 News on a drama set at Canary Wharf, crew and press pack working around it

Unit vehicleOB Sprinter · 2001UK-wide

NEWSVAN

News van, satellite uplink truck and outside broadcast van in one — for hire UK-wide for film, TV and events. One of a handful of genuine OB Sprinters left on the road.

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The van in a full fictional News Network wrap, blue swirl logo across the side panels, parked in central London
Not a replica

The dish points. The mast deploys. The cameras believe it.

Most "news vans" offered to productions are panel vans with stickers. NewsVan is a genuine outside broadcast conversion — booked by art departments who need a vehicle that survives close-ups and can actually operate on camera.

Blank bodywork means it becomes whoever you need it to be: a fictional network for a drama, a real brand at an activation, then back to bare metal for the next job.

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1 of a handful
Genuine OB Sprinters left to hire in the UK
3 decades
Reads as period-correct — 90s, 00s, present day
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Van, consultants & advisors via Klassic Garage
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Everything a production needs to know

01 The VanFull walkthrough — satellite system, production bay, spec sheet, and a drag-to-rebrand slider. → 02 On ScreenLocation photography and screen credits — Amazon, Netflix, Apple TV and broadcast. → 03 The CollectionPart of Klassic Garage — on-set vehicle consultants, police & military advisors, more vehicles. → 04 Hire the VanDates, location, what you need it to do. Straight quote, no faff. →
One van, many names

News van, satellite van, SNG truck, OB van — same vehicle

Productions search for this vehicle under a dozen names: news van hire, TV news van, satellite van hire, SNG (satellite news gathering) truck, outside broadcast van, broadcast truck, or simply a prop news van for filming. They all describe NewsVan — a genuine 2001 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter OB conversion, not a look-alike.

Whatever your call sheet calls it, the answer is the same: a working satellite uplink, a real rear production bay, bodywork that takes your livery, and availability across the UK for film, TV, live events, exhibitions and brand activations.

Booked for a shoot day or a full block — same easy call.

Send dates and location, get a straight answer. No agency mark-up, no fleet of look-alikes — you deal with the people who run the van.

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