Production control room

Production control room at SKY Sport24, PCR.

The production control room or studio control room (SCR) is the place in a television studio in which the composition of the outgoing program takes place. An SCR is also often the acronym for the Satellite Control Room, from here TV feeds are sent to & received from the local Satellite used by the TV station

The production control room is occasionally also called an SCR or a gallery  the latter name comes from the original placement of the director on an ornately carved bridge spanning the BBC's first studio at Alexandra Palace which was once referred to as like a minstrels' gallery.[1] Master control is the technical hub of a broadcast operation common among most over-the-air television stations and television networks. Master control is distinct from a PCR in television studios where the activities such as switching from camera to camera are coordinated. A transmission control room (TCR) is usually smaller in size and is a scaled-down version of centralcasting.

Production control room facilities

Facilities in a Production control room include:

Gallery

The Al Jazeera English studio-control room under construction in London United Kingdom (August 2007). 
The production-control room for Sky Italia's news channel SKY Sport24 (August 2008). 
The production-control room for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer during an interview with General Peter Pace (November 7, 2005). 
A Vinten remote pan tilt zoom camera controller at the Al Jazeera studios in London, United Kingdom (August 2007). 

See also

References

  1. "Behind the scenes at the cradle of TV". BBC News. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011. Video of features of Alexandra Palace

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