Abstract
Floorman is a new concept for television production.
It is a portable cable-free picture monitor, which allows
the Director, the Floor Manager, or any other member of
the production team to view the shot from any camera wherever
they are on the studio floor.
Any video signal can be
shown on Floorman, including the latest wireless cameras,
the
output from the production
gallery, VT playback, the scrolling text from the teleprompter,
and the live network feed.
Multiple video channels
can be shown on screen via the mosaic feature so that
the
user can view several camera
channels simultaneously. Floorman takes advantage of
established broadcasting technology, namely DVB-T,
MPEG video and COFDM
transmission.
This document was originally
published in the Proceedings of the International Broadcasting
Convention, September
2005.
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