An Automated Programming Control System For Cable TV (1980)
By Ann Beck, Manhattan Cable TV & Frank J. D'Ascenzo, 3M & Joseph L. Stern, Stern Telecommunications Corporation
The growth in video sources available, plus the growth in active channels poses a formidable operations problem for the cable-caster. This paper describes an automation system, specifically designed for Programming Control in a Cable TV System. The system provides for off-line preparation of daily program schedules, storage of the schedule on a magnetic disc file, automatic selection of input devices or feeds, automatic control of machines, and development of five printed reports: program schedule, program log, machine-tape status, channel schedules and source-machine status reports.
The system was designed in conjunction with management and operating personnel at Manhattan Cable TV, and is currently under development by 3M.
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