The traditional mainstream television production studio is the last area most broadcasters are looking to automate, but help is at hand says Pavel Potuzak, managing director, Aveco
Pavel Potuzak: ‘An integrated approach to reduce CapEx’
can now focus on the flow of the show rather than the mechanics of the equipment. Studio 2 takes care of all the mechanics. While studio automation can
Studio automation without compromise Opinion
Several attempts have been made to automate studio production by vendors with various levels of success. The stumbling blocks for most are the steep learning curves for operators, the limited variety of equipment compatible with a vendor’s solution and the limitations of a single-vendor solution. Aveco’s Studio 2 solves these
problems. Studio 2 works with most vendors’ switchers, graphics, virtual studios, routers, videoservers, cameras and other studio equipment. With Aveco’s integrated approach, you only buy the Studio 2 application not new studio equipment, thus reducing initial CapEx costs. Studio automation, for news for example, consists of turning the journalist’s stories into an on- air broadcast with minimal resources and minimal errors. By
reduce the number of people needed to produce a show, most customers use it to make current staff more productive by eliminating redundant and manual tasks. More time can be used in the creative process or a new show can be created with the existing staff. To help in the production
supplying journalists with tools they can use during the creative process and isolating them from the technology, they can focus more on the story. Aveco converts their storyboards and rundowns into a process that a single operator can use to air a
show. Lighting, camera placement, audio, production switching, routing switching, graphics and videoserver control are all combined into a script that runs according to the storyboard under a single operator’s control. The operator
process, Studio 2 offers tools to make it easy to correct mistakes, replace segments or update a show for airing in another time zone. Interviews can be redone and replaced with little impact on the production process. Simply identify the segments, record the new segment and Studio 2 will make the insertion.
Studio 2’s user interface was specifically designed to simplify the operation of a complex process. Low-level details are hidden from the users. Operators can customise their
screens with four separate desktops so only the tools needed for the task at hand are shown. Directors can make last minute changes on-the-fly without worrying about impacting production quality. To truly benefit from studio automation, the system must be tightly integrated with the NRCS for a seamless workflow – including allowing a journalist to edit a show that is already on-air. Aveco’s use of the MOS protocol enables it to be used with most NRCS systems and requires minimal journalist training to take advantage of the new system. If you’re at IBC looking for ways to improve production efficiencies, know that Aveco is the only vendor that offers a complete package that can automate the master control room for commercial breaks with news automation for the playout of stories, along with complete control of all the studio equipment for the presentation of those stories. 3.B67
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