Television center
A television center or broadcasting center is a building complex that enables the production of television programs and the broadcasting of one or more television programs.
Indispensable facilities of a television center are:
- Control rooms in which all incoming and outgoing video and audio signals are "managed"
- Television studios with electronic cameras
- Image and sound control rooms with image mixers, font generators, effects units and sound mixers
- MAZ systems
- Image and Tonbearbeitungsanlagen the compilation of play items editing suite
- Voice recording studios for commentary and speaker translation
- terrestrial as well as satellite and cable transmission and reception systems
To operate a television transmitter , additional facilities are required, but they do not necessarily have to be at the location of the broadcasting center; they can also be accommodated elsewhere or rented if required. The need also depends on the program being produced (e.g. a news channel does not need any noteworthy costume inventory ):
- Offices for administration, editing and production processing
- Outdoor area for possible outdoor shots
- Fund for clothing or small props
- Program archives
- Equipment for operating a vehicle fleet (especially OB vans and team vehicles )
A typical example of a complete broadcasting center can be found at ZDF in Mainz-Lerchenberg , including a helicopter landing pad. However, even this center does not allow broadcasting of the ZDF on its own: the studio capacity is relatively small and only designed for daily productions, since non-current productions are practically completely created by private contract producers at various locations, see: ZDF broadcasting center .