Channel 501
NETWORK CONTROL
The Power Of The Possible

Live Broadcast & Cable News
• News Cut-Ins
• 24-hour Network Operations
• Webcasting
• Vertical Market NetCasts

(financial, sports, weather, and more)

  • More Content! Shift more personnel from production to news gathering.
  • Increased Local Revenue! Sell commercial air time at more competitive rates.
  • Higher Quality Shows! Give directors more control with the ability to see each newscast before it airs.
  • Better Management Utilization! News Directors can spend less time managing multiple personnel.:

It's the world's only automated video production environment, where Robotic Cameras, Teleprompters, VTRs, Video Servers, News Automation Systems, Character Generators, Still Stores, Video Switchers, Audio Mixers, and Digital Video Effects can all be controlled by just one person. No Production Crew required

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24-hour 1-Person Network Ops
Fed by multiple "upstream"
liveCaster Control Booths

SWITCHER more
TITLES-GFX more
SPECIAL FX more
VIRTUAL SETS more
LINEAR EDITOR more
NON-LINEAR EDITOR more
NETWORK HQ notes
SPECS more

Network and
Production Automation
Network System and
Automation Features

How To Run a Cheap
Cable TV Channel

Video Inputs:
• CVBS (composite)
• CAV (component)
• Y/C (S-Video)
• KEY


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Audio Inputs:
• LINE LEVEL (analog)


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Control Ports:
• RS232, RS422, and RS485
• SHOT Director
• PVI Com
• CG Port
• Remote Diagnostics
• GPI Inputs
• GPI Outputs
• Network Ports


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Video Outputs:
• Program CVBS
• Program CAV 2 (opt)
• Program Y/C
• PREV CAV/RGB
• KEY


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Audio Outputs:
• Program
• Auxillary


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Reference:
• Input
• Output (BB)


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System Features:
• 20" VGA Monitors
• 17" VGA Monitors
• Transition Macros
• News Flash Macros
• News Automation Interface
• Video Input Effects
• Video Wipes
• Video Mixing
• Input Effects
• Digital Effect Sources
• Trail Store Effects
• DVE Wipes
• DVE Chroma Keyer
• DVE Luma Keyer
• Downstream Keyer
• DSK Chroma Keyer
• DSK Luma Keyer


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4 Live
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Future Upgrades:
• Digital I/O
• Redundancy
• To STUDIOnews


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  • Macros for orchestrating complex real-time or script-controlled news segments, then playing them at the touch of a button.
  • Hotkeys give you the power to go live at a moment’s notice with late-breaking news. Just press one button to take video, audio, VTR, scripts, and graphics instantly...without losing your place in the rundown!
  • Integration with news automation systems to pull scripts and CG graphics directly from your news server into the CameraMan SCRIPT Viewer teleprompting system.
  • Closed Captioning integration for reaching all members of your viewing audience.
  • Sophisticated video processing for switching, wipes, mixing, video effects, and keying.
  • Multiple video input configurations for compatibility with all types of NTSC analog video signals.
  • Hundreds of 2D and 3D effects for the power to produce more exciting newscasts.
  • Digital audio processing of 16 inputs for mixing, fading and switching various audio sources.
  • Dual-monitor Graphical User Interface for user-friendly access to all studio controls.
  • Advanced digital audio control for cross-fading, fade up limits, fade down limits and audio presets.
  • Programmable camera preset keys for quickly storing and recalling autoTRACK Views and location presets.
  • Control of the movement and CCU settings on multiple cameras.
  • Real-time status and control of all VTRs and Video Recorder Servers that support Sony Betacam Protocol.
  • Programmable General Purpose Interface (GPI) inputs and outputs for controlling external production devices.
  • Save automated newscast templates to disk to recall any show when needed.
  • Built-in override and step functions for maintaining total control of your production, allowing you to run the show in a fully automated, partially automated or manual mode.
  • Drag and Drop controls for building transition macro timelines.


•Broadcast & Cable Live News
• News Cut-Ins
• 24-hour News Operations
• News Webcasting
• Vertical Market Newscasts

(financial, sports, weather, and more)

•Small Cable & Public Broadcast
• Court Television
• High-end Business Television
• Television Ministries
• Infomercials
• Home Shopping Channels
• Television Pilots
• Live Entertainment Shows

•Business Television Productions
• Distance Learning
• Live-to-tape Productions
• Televised Public Address (PA)
• Webcasting
• Presentation/Image Magnification
• PVTV Video Centers


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