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Atelevision studio, also called atelevision production studio, is an installation room in whichvideo productions take place, either for the production oflive television and its recording ontovideo tape or other media such as SSDs, or for the acquisition of rawfootage forpost-production. The design of a studio is similar to, and derived from, movie studios, with a few amendments for the special requirements of television production. A professional television studio generally has several rooms, which are kept separate for noise and practicality reasons. These rooms are connected via 'talkback' or anintercom, and personnel will be divided among these workplaces.
The studio floor is the actual stage on which the actions that will be recorded and viewed take place. A typical studio floor has the following characteristics and installations:
While a production is in progress, people composing atelevision crew work on the studio floor.
The production control room is the place in a television studio in which the composition of the outgoing program takes place. The production control room is occasionally also called a studio control room (SCR) or agallery – the latter name comes from the original placement of the director on an ornately carved bridge spanning theBBC's first studio atAlexandra Palace, which was once referred to as like aminstrels' gallery.[1]
The vast majority of devices in a PCR are interfaces for rack-mounted equipment that is located in theCentral Apparatus Room (CAR).
Thecentral apparatus room (CAR) houses equipment that is too noisy or runs too hot to be located in theproduction control room (PCR). It also makes sure thatcoax cable,SDI cable,fibre-optic cable or other wire lengths and installation requirements keep within manageable lengths, since most high-quality wiring runs only between devices in this room. This can include the actual circuitry and connections between:
Master control is the technical hub of a broadcast operation common among most over-the-airtelevision stations andtelevision networks. Master control is distinct from a PCR in television studios where the activities such as switching from camera to camera are coordinated. Atransmission control room (TCR) is usually smaller in size and is a scaled-down version ofcentralcasting.
The master control room in a UStelevision station is the place where the on-air signal is controlled. It may include controls toplayout pre-recordedtelevision programs andtelevision commercials, switch local or television network feeds, recordsatellite feeds and monitor the transmitter(s), or these items may be in an adjacent equipment rack room. If the program is broadcast live, the signal goes from the PCR to MCR and then out to the transmitter.
A television studio usually has other rooms with no technical requirements beyondvideo monitors andstudio monitors for audio. Among them are:[2]
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