10
The Future
Automation
BY MATT HARCHICK
Changing Studios:
Operatorless Cameras
The advancements will be unbelievable and like most of these companies boast, the technology will pay off in just a couple of years. Production specialists will see more job openings for experienced robotic camera operators and studio automation will dominate the arena, where just a core group of experienced production personnel can produce a program without warm bodies on the studio floor manning camera.
Studio robotics will certainly dominate our studio operations in the years to come.
Robotic camera technology for the studio has certainly started to make it's mark in the world of production and broadcasting. The continued drop of cost and advancements in the reliability of the technology has really caught on! Organizations that have central-casting in mind and having control of their studio cameras from afar seemed something out of a broadcast engineer's imagination about 10 years ago. Now, with robotic camera technology hitting in small market news stations around the country because of the absolute affordability of the robotic product- newcomers to the world of the television industry will need to look else where if they are so inclined to manually run a studio camera! Recommendation, get a hold of your remote control and start getting used to joystick operations and record your presets!
Broadcast Beat Magazine / Sep-Dec, 2014