Is broadcastdesign.com legit or a scam?
Broadcast Design International is a highly reputable, 30-year-old studio design firm with a verifiable portfolio of major television network clients.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Malware distribution risk
Flagged on major browser safety blocklists as unwanted software. The page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser. Don't download anything or run any installer prompted by this page.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The website appears to be a legitimate professional portfolio for a broadcast set design company, showing no visual indicators of scam or phishing patterns.
What our vision model saw
6 signalsProfessional corporate branding for Broadcast Design International, Inc.
Functional navigation menu with logical industry categories
High-quality portfolio image showing a real-world news studio set
Footer contains a verifiable physical address in Carlsbad, CA and a phone number
No fake urgency, countdown timers, or suspicious trust badges visible
Copyright date is set to 2026, which is a minor typographical or CMS error
MT Intelligence
The domain has been registered for over 11,000 days, which is a significant indicator of stability and legitimacy. Our research confirms the company was incorporated in 1992 and operates from a physical office in Carlsbad, California. The site showcases a massive portfolio of real-world projects for major news stations like KABC and FOX 5, which are independently verified by industry publications. While one engine in our antivirus network flagged the site, this appears to be a false positive given the overwhelming evidence of legitimate business operations and professional history. The site lacks any typical scam markers like fake urgency, hidden ownership, or suspicious payment requests.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for broadcastdesign.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered over 30 years ago (approximately 1996 based on 11,003 days age); company founded in 1992 per LinkedIn and multiple business directories.
- Official site for Broadcast Design International, Inc., a California-based firm specializing in custom TV/news studio set design, construction, installation, and lighting.
- Physical address: 1902 Wright Place, Suite 200, Carlsbad, CA 92008; phone (760) 730-5730; email bdi@broadcastdesign.com.
- Portfolio includes projects for stations such as KABC (Los Angeles), FOX 5 San Diego, KRIV, KSL News, WOIO, WINK, KOVR, KMSP, Multimedios, and many others; client list available on site covering 1995–present.
- Active professional presence on LinkedIn (691 followers, 11-50 employees), Facebook, and featured in industry sites like newscaststudio.com; has won Promax awards for set design.
- No scam reports, complaints, negative reviews, lawsuits, or BBB issues found across targeted searches for fraud, ripoff, or poor service.
- Recognized in mainstream media (e.g., Hollywood Reporter, Times of San Diego) and collaborates with lighting designers and fabricators on broadcast projects worldwide.
- LinkedInopen
"Broadcast Design International creates modern broadcast environments that help stations connect with audiences through compelling visual storytelling."
- newscaststudio.comopen
"BDI's approach to set design is second to none. From analyzing project requirements, goals and objectives to design..."
- Times of San Diegoopen
"The new set, designed by Tim Saunders of Broadcast Design International..."
Incorporated in California; founded 1992; operates from Carlsbad, CA (1902 Wright Place, Suite 200); 11-50 employees; long-established broadcast industry firm with verifiable projects since 1995
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: UNWANTED_SOFTWARE.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (+1 (760) 730-5730).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://broadcastdesign.com/
- 2301https://broadcastdesign.com/
- 3200https://www.broadcastdesign.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as malware / unwanted software.
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as malware / unwanted software.
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with broadcastdesign.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you downloaded or ran a file from here
Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags broadcastdesign.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — broadcastdesign.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. broadcastdesign.com presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, expiring in 66 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- broadcastdesign.com is 30.1 years old, registered on 5/11/1996 through Network Solutions, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged broadcastdesign.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged broadcastdesign.com with the following threat categories: UNWANTED_SOFTWARE. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- broadcastdesign.com resolves to an IP operated by GoDaddy.com, LLC in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 26, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around broadcastdesign.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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