ITV

Question 0

What do the channels cover in Itv 1,2,3,4?

Answer 0

1. public service, regional, general
2. Women
3. Family Mature Drama
4. Men, Younger, Action, sports

Question 1

Equipment?

Answer 1

MIDAS. Material management servers

NEOLINE servers

MORPHEUS Automation

MAESTRO Grass Valley mixers

CLARITY graphics

BARRCODE. Audio servers

GENESIS scheduling system. VISION at Technicolor

Question 2

What platforms is ITV on?

Answer 2

Analogue
Freeview digital HD and SD
Freesat digital. HD and SD
Sky HD and SD
Virgin. HD and SD
Catchup tv - computers, phones, ps3, Apple TV

Question 3

Can DSAT opt out of commercial breaks?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

What have you done to create proactive change?

Answer 4

Editing at Premier - I introduced digital into the edit suite and worked with the supplier to get it working and operational

Wiltshire Police - Creating an internal updated website of new faces caught on CCTV that went to other departments for viewing

Graphics - got both Clarity at Jackpot and Aston at West Ham working to limits and through breakdowns

Technicolor - updating and shortcuts on the handover
Introduced a form idea before Sharepoint that updated state of materials, preview, ready or not ready across departments.

Question 5

If a strobes item is scheduled for three in he mornng and no one is contactable whatsoever should it go out?

Answer 5

Try and escalate

If no one there, show and escalate in the morning

Question 6

SDI

HD SDI

DUAL LINK HD SDI

3G SDI

Answer 6

270 Mb/s

1. 5 Mb/s
2. 97 Mb/s
3. 97 Mb/s

Question 7

What equipment used at Discovery?

Answer 7

Omnibus on Pharos
Omnibus
Colossus servers

Question 8

Technicolor equipment

Answer 8

Morpheus on Pro- Bel
Isilon drives
Onmneon servers

Question 9

Acheivements at work

Answer 9

Dealing with breakdowns - big news at Discovery
Finding FTP delivery was introduced, but never told led to a night of reshuffling a whole channel to get it working again, and ringing up schedulers and getting replacements sorted.

Graphic breakdowns work at West Ham games

Question 10

ECA
ECP
IPP

Answer 10

End Credit Announcements
End Credir Promotion
In Programme Promotion

Question 11

Preparation for a shift

Answer 11

Missing material
Sched start and stop
Timing errors
Missing commercials and programmes
Live Prog - On air and Off break restrictions
Double check - add them up
DMO - Duty Mangement Office
Of programme late can push over - drop a prom
Asruns- legal proof commercial sheet is whether passed or failed