LIVE TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Take our innovative CS-1 Control Surface and attach up to four H-1 Pan/Tilt or H-2 Fixed Heads either through traditional cabling or through low-bandwidth Internet Protocol (IP) connections, and a single operator becomes master of four camera positions.  By strategic use of a second control surface and a second set of heads, even the most complex live production environment can be covered by two operators who also serve as their own vision engineers, allowing them to do the job of up to ten specialists in a traditional studio or truck setup.

The advantages of robotic controls have long been understood in live television, but the expense and size of the tools could eliminate those advantages.  The quiet operation of our camera heads and their low footprint on the studio floor reduces the "impact" of a television show's camera crew.  Fewer people on a television stage reduces the size of a studio needed for a given production, decreases the noise and heat generated by camera 

operations, and improves the working conditions of operators who were often called on to staff "lockdowns".  The studio environment can also be made more professional for high-value guests. 

Testing in production environments such as fashion, 24/7 news, and home shopping, show that the entire studio presence of production staff can often be reduced to a single floor director who can add to the versatility of even a single control surface set-up by repositioning cameras for consecutive shows.

A further advantage of robotic heads in live television production is the reduced communications load that comes from having camera operators in the same room as their director.   Fewer people on headset means a more efficient production process, and allows for easier recovery from unexpected scripting and scheduling changes during the show.