Broadcast Television FAQs

Answers to common questions about producing local government or organizational programming for broadcast.

  • Our work with L28, the City of Lancaster's local television channel, demonstrates our expertise in transforming government and community-focused programming. Over multiple years, we produced over 100 thirty-minute episodes and more than 800 individual stories centered on positive community news and awareness, reaching over 140,000 homes. Beyond this, our diverse portfolio includes live-streaming high-profile media and entertainment events, such as red carpet premieres for IMAX films like Creed III and Amsterdam, broadcast live to theaters nationwide. We also delivered over 35 hours of live coverage for the Creator's Lounge at the IMTS conference, featuring influencer interviews and company stories aligned with industry news. Furthermore, we've successfully executed sports broadcasts, a lifestyle show, and over a dozen special live broadcasts for L28, including a stadium announcement, poppy festival, magical blvd, and haunt at the hangar. Our comprehensive "Broadcast & Media Events" services and technical capabilities showcase our adaptability across a wide range of broadcast formats.

  • We position our production quality at Corporate Streams to meet or surpass traditional broadcast standards. Our use of a high-end, Netflix-approved technology stack, including broadcast-quality cameras delivering HD and 4K resolution and professional encoding equipment, supports this claim. Our team’s roots in high-level Hollywood productions, backed by Emmy and Telly Awards, bring a wealth of experience to achieve professional film standards and broadcast-quality results.

    We aim for stunning visuals and crisp audio in all our productions. Our multi-year success in revamping the City of Lancaster’s L28 channel, distributing content to 140,000 homes, proves our output is suitable for broadcast distribution. By leveraging "Netflix-approved" technology and our "Hollywood" expertise, we benchmark our quality against the highest industry standards, positioning ourselves as a reliable provider for demanding broadcast applications.

  • While our primary focus at Corporate Streams is on production and live streaming execution, we engage collaboratively on content to ensure maximum effectiveness. Our goal is to craft the "most engaging experience possible" and deliver "creative storytelling." Our extensive work on the City of Lancaster’s L28 channel, producing over 800 individual stories, indicates our deep involvement in content development, including story identification, narrative shaping, and potentially scripting.

    We share our expertise through resources like free guides on webcast best practices and camera framing, as well as blog posts on communication strategy and presentation enhancement, reflecting our broader understanding of production planning and content strategy. Although we may not offer standalone scriptwriting services, our consultative process involves working closely with clients to shape messages and formats for optimal impact. We encourage clients needing specific pre-production support, such as scripting or storyboarding, to discuss these needs during our initial consultation.

  • Setting up a new local access channel or program is a significant endeavor that we approach with collaborative planning and execution. Our experience revamping the City of Lancaster’s L28 channel—a two-year project involving extensive content production—illustrates our process, which includes several key stages.

    We begin by connecting with clients to understand their goals for the channel or program, collaboratively defining the best production and content strategy. This planning phase identifies the target audience, program formats, content pillars, technical production and distribution requirements, staffing or crew needs, and workflows for ongoing production. We assemble a tailored team of specialists to meet the project’s demands. The L28 example demonstrates our capability to serve as a long-term production partner, managing content creation and technical aspects per the agreed strategy. Launching from scratch requires careful consideration of these elements, and we invite clients to consult with us to map out specific steps.

  • We have proven experience at Corporate Streams in delivering content for distribution across various platforms. Our work on Lancaster’s L28 channel, reaching 140,000 homes, confirms our ability to handle cable television distribution. We also managed technical logistics for streaming IMAX premieres to cinemas nationwide and reliably stream to numerous online platforms, including enterprise systems, public social media sites, and custom portals.

    We ensure the production and encoding meet the specifications required for different distribution methods. While we manage the technical output, specific business arrangements or direct technical handoffs with cable headends may require coordination with the client entity (the channel owner/operator). Our track record assures clients of our capability to manage technical delivery up to the point of distribution.

  • Yes, we are well-equipped and experienced at Corporate Streams to handle live streams for official government proceedings. Our multi-year partnership with the City of Lancaster, producing content for their L28 channel, demonstrates our ability to work effectively with municipal government clients and meet their specific needs. This experience validates our capacity to manage the reliability, transparency, and professional presentation required for public sector broadcasting. We apply our high-quality production approach to ensure city council meetings or other official events are streamed reliably and clearly to the public or relevant stakeholders.

  • Ensuring compliance with broadcast regulations is a shared responsibility that we approach with technical expertise at Corporate Streams. We provide features like live closed captioning to meet accessibility requirements, and our experience broadcasting the L28 channel for Lancaster confirms adherence to technical standards for cable distribution.

    However, overall compliance with regulations like FCC rules, including content regulations and political broadcasting rules, typically falls to the license holder or broadcasting entity (the client). We ensure our production output meets technical specifications and incorporates necessary features like captioning. We work in partnership with clients, who hold ultimate responsibility for ensuring broadcast content and operations fully comply with legal and regulatory mandates, creating a collaborative model where we handle technical compliance within our scope.

  • Yes, integrating professional graphics and branding is a core component of our broadcast production services at Corporate Streams. We utilize graphics integration for polished mainstage coverage at events and incorporate digital slides into presentations. Our capability extends to creating tailored viewing solutions with secure, branded platforms.

    With our Hollywood and broadcast-quality production background, we seamlessly incorporate standard broadcast graphic elements like lower thirds, station logos, opening/closing titles, transition elements, and other branding components into the live video feed, ensuring a professional look consistent with the client’s brand identity.

  • Production timelines for broadcast episodes or series vary based on factors like episode length, content complexity, location versus studio shooting, pre-production needs, and post-production requirements. At Corporate Streams, our experience with the L28 News project, producing over 100 thirty-minute episodes over two years, demonstrates our ability to maintain a regular production cadence for series work. While we require a 7-day notice for live events, the planning horizon for episodic television production is longer, involving detailed scheduling for shooting, editing, and delivery. We develop specific timelines during the initial consultation, tailored to the unique scope and requirements of each show, with the L28 project confirming our capacity for sustained series production workflows.

  • At Corporate Streams, we expertly manage dynamic live events using industry-standard multi-camera production techniques. Employing strategically positioned broadcast-quality HD or 4K cameras, our experienced team captures comprehensive action from multiple perspectives. Our directors utilize real-time live switching to create seamless and engaging visual narratives. This proven expertise in complex multi-camera broadcasts, ensuring smooth transitions and dynamic visuals (principles detailed in our free resources), directly translates to effectively capturing the energy and key moments of sporting events, just as it does for mainstage panels, performances, and live demonstrations.

    Our proven expertise in complex multi-camera broadcasts ensures smooth transitions and dynamic visuals. Effective communication between the director and camera operators, as highlighted in our free resources, is crucial for capturing key moments. While we haven’t detailed specific sports coverage, our multi-camera production principles for mainstage panels, performances, and live demonstrations are directly applicable to capturing dynamic sporting events.

  • Absolutely, we offer services at Corporate Streams specifically designed to repurpose broadcast content for online use. Our ECHO (Elevated Communication Heard Over) service transforms key moments from presentations, interviews, or broadcast segments into concise, engaging video shorts optimized for platforms like LinkedIn, YouTube, and internal networks, amplifying the message long after the original broadcast.

    Our Event Highlights service creates polished, shareable summaries or clip reels suitable for websites or social media. We also provide standard video-on-demand recordings for online hosting or further editing. This focus on repurposing maximizes the value of the initial broadcast investment by adapting content for multiple digital channels.

  • We utilize flexible mobile production solutions at Corporate Streams for on-location shooting. For fixed locations within a venue, our custom-built streaming carts reduce setup time and minimize disruption. For dynamic content capture across larger areas, such as trade show floors or outdoor events, we deploy mobile streaming units with handheld cameras and microphones, allowing our crews to roam and capture real-time conversations and activities. Our extensive on-location work for clients like Honda, Alteryx, Tesla, and the City of Lancaster demonstrates our ability to deploy these capabilities effectively in diverse environments, handling scenarios from fixed-stage presentations to roving reports.

  • We provide comprehensive support for on-air talent at Corporate Streams to ensure confident and effective presentations. Our rehearsal support includes technical checks, platform training, and run-throughs of presentation content, which are crucial for building speaker confidence and ensuring flawless delivery—a requirement for our service guarantee.

    Our experienced team, with Hollywood production backgrounds, includes skilled directors who guide talent during rehearsals and live broadcasts, shaping the message into a captivating experience. We offer advice on enhancing on-camera presence, as seen in our blog content. While not listed as a separate service, providing tools like teleprompters and ensuring their smooth operation is part of our professional production services, managed by our experienced crew, focusing on both technical and human elements of the broadcast.

  • We provide clients with recordings of their broadcast content at Corporate Streams, suitable for archiving purposes. We facilitate on-demand viewing post-event, which involves storing content for a period, as seen in conference session archiving. The large volume of content generated for the L28 project over two years suggests systematic recording management.

    However, we do not offer long-term managed archival services (e.g., LTO tape backup, managed cloud storage) as a standard product. We provide master recording files in professional formats, but the responsibility for permanent, long-term archival according to specific standards rests with the client after delivery. We recommend discussing specific archival needs during consultation.

  • Yes, we have proven experience at Corporate Streams seamlessly integrating live remote guests and interviews into broadcast productions. We’ve facilitated complex remote connections, such as enabling the Alteryx CEO to connect live with employees in Ukraine and linking Prometheus Biosciences’ leaders across California sites for investor updates.

    Our capability includes connecting presenters worldwide, often through reliable integration with platforms like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or Webex, or via dedicated broadcast transmission methods. We manage the technical aspects of remote feeds, including latency and audio/video quality, as demonstrated by these successful client projects.

  • Professional audio management is critical for broadcast quality, and we address this at Corporate Streams through experienced personnel and professional equipment. Our goal is to deliver "crisp audio," achieved by skilled audio technicians using professional-grade mixers and microphones to manage numerous sources simultaneously.

    This includes handling multiple microphones for presenters or panelists, integrating audio from pre-recorded video playback, managing feeds from remote guests, and incorporating background music or sound effects. Our experience with multi-camera productions and complex events like conferences demonstrates our ability to manage sophisticated audio setups, achieving clear, balanced, and intelligible audio in challenging environments.

  • We have significant experience working with government entities at Corporate Streams, most notably through our multi-year partnership with the City of Lancaster for the L28 News channel. This project involved partnering directly with the municipal government, revamping the city-run television channel, producing over 800 local stories and more than 100 thirty-minute episodes over two years, and achieving broadcast distribution to 140,000 homes. This serves as a substantial case study demonstrating our ability to understand government clients’ unique needs, manage long-term production partnerships in the public sector, and deliver high-quality content for community broadcasting, making it a highly relevant credential for potential government or public access clients.

  • Corporate Streams has significant experience executing shoots in a wide array of on-location environments. While the responsibility for securing necessary filming permits typically rests with the client or their designated location manager due to the complexities of local regulations, liability, and associated fees (which fall outside our standard technical production scope), we understand this can be an added burden. Therefore, for an additional fee, Corporate Streams can manage the permit acquisition process, leveraging our experience to navigate local requirements.

  • We deliver broadcast content at Corporate Streams in high-quality resolutions and standard professional formats. We stream and record in both HD and 4K resolution using Netflix-approved cameras, positioning us at the forefront of current broadcast standards for clients seeking high image fidelity and future-proofed content.

    Final file formats are determined based on client requirements and the intended platform, including standard broadcast formats (e.g., ProRes, XDCAM) for television transmission or further editing, and compressed formats (e.g., H.264 MP4) for web streaming or online distribution. We confirm the appropriate format during project planning.

  • Our production services at Corporate Streams are designed to scale with client needs, from single events to large-scale, ongoing programming. Our portfolio demonstrates this flexibility, including managing large events like the IMTS conference, streaming over 35 hours of content across multiple days and stages, and the STARWEST Conference, as well as our multi-year engagement with Lancaster’s L28 News, producing over 100 episodes.

    We’ve served major corporate clients like Honda, Alteryx, and Tesla with global communication needs. Our operational model involves assembling specialists and resources tailored to each project’s demands, allowing us to scale teams and technical infrastructure as required. This history provides confidence in our ability to handle increasing production volumes or complexity.

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