44 TVBEurope The Workflow Rock solid at GemsTV
When GemsTV made its debut on our screens just under a decade ago, it became the UK’s first ever 24-hour live shopping channel. David Stewart finds out more about the unique reverse-auction channel, available to viewers of Sky, Virgin Media, Freesat, and Freeview
BASED AT studios near Birmingham, both GemsTV and RocksTV which is transmitted to the US, are channels known for their high-energy style and production values, and use a range of edits and camera work to create engaging viewing. Paul Freer, head of Engineering at GemsTV, has invested in an array of broadcast equipment to produce the channel’s format. The GemsTV studio includes the Vinten Vector 430 pan and tilt head, and Quattro L pedestal and talent
monitors from Vinten’s sister company Autoscript. The equipment was
recommended by GemsTV broadcast equipment partner Thameside TV, specifically for its robustness, reliability and longevity. For the pan and tilt head, the requirement was for a versatile head that would manage the cameras, lenses and monitors for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Freer explains: “GemsTV house style is non-stop dynamic movement. We needed a head that combined a wide range of
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Autoscript enables presenters to look at the exact picture that viewers are seeing on-screen
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