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charles writes:

hi i am going for a interview for the post of broadcast engineer.
Need some info on the broadcast work flow and job function

By anonymous user, # 11. February 2008, 12:22:54

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Workflow would depend on the company i.e. TV station, systems intergrator etc. Job function would also depend, on how big the company is, are you going to be a be a projects engineer, shift engineer, maintenance engineer? Prepare accordingly.

I also did a small writeup on wikipedia too, check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_engineering#Broadcast_Engineer_Duties

Broadcast Engineer Duties

Modern duties of a broadcast engineer include maintaining broadcast automation systems for the studio and automatic transmission systems for the transmitter plant. There are also important duties regarding radio towers, which must be maintained with proper lighting and painting. Occasionally a station's engineer must deal with complaints of RF interference, particularly after a station has made changes to its transmission facilities.

Broadcast engineers are generally required to have knowledge in the following areas, from conventional video broadcast systems to modern Information Technolgy:

* Video – Standard / High Definition.
* Video compression - DV25, MPEG, DVB or ATSC.
* Television studios - Broadcast Cameras and lenses.
* Vision Mixers or Production switchers.
* Digital server playout technologies.
* Broadcast automation
* Disk storage – RAID / NAS / SAN technologies.
* Archives – Tape archives or grid storage technologies.
* Networking.
* Operating systems – Windows / Linux.
* Post production – Capture and Non-linear editing.
* RF satellite uplinking – High powered Amplifiers.
* RF satellite downlinking – Band detection, carrier detection and IRD tuning etc.
* Health and safety.

Above mentioned requirements vary from station to station.


Hope it helps.

By RADicaLMMS, # 14. February 2008, 10:48:43

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