Digitex Television and Video Production

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	Established 1997

Television Production.

Our Broadcast projects can vary widely on subject matter and length - from 30 second television adverts, 2 hour programs covering unique events, through to producing a whole series of television programs.

Subject matters have ranged from television adverts promoting a national shoe range, filmng a documentary on the various cultures in Brixton market for French television to producing a program on a 24 hours motor sport event from Wembley Stadium - broadcast to 34 countries across Europe.

One of the latest projects in our post production edit suite is a documentary series about "The Whales of Patagonia" which is being produced in association with Oceanus Explorers.

Advertising, service promotions, documentaries, factual programs and motor sport events are just some of the genre covered by Digitex and we produce projects for both terrestrial and satellite channels for the UK and overseas markets.

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Aspect ratio
Most TV channels broadcast in widescreen format (16:9), however some satellite channels still use standard aspect ratio (4:3)-
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DVD production
We can author your TV project onto DVD (Standard definition and Blu-Ray) for archive or resale purposes.
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Overseas projects
We can cover events in other countries and previously have been involved in shoots in France, Germany, Austria and Belgium.

Program Running Times
These very depending on the final channels used for broadcast.

Example - (allowing for advertising) a half hour program on a satellite channel can be say 24 minutes in length, whereas on a terrestrial channel it can be 25 minutes.
If a program is intended for multiple channels it may therefore require more than one edit.

TV Advertising.
We produce television adverts to promote products / services and handle the complete service, from development of the initial concept though to full production, certification by the BACC and delivery of the tape / format to the required channel(s).

This approval and certification can normally take up to 2 weeks (seasonally variant) so clients should allow adequate time in the production schedule process for this. See formats >>

PAL / NTSC Television Standards

Television broadcasts and DVD’s throughout the world are usually produced in one of two main technical television standards, these are:-

1) PAL (Phase Alternating Line).
2) NTSC (National Television System Committee)

An important factor to understand is that a TV program and / or DVD needs to be produced in the correct television standard for the intended audience country.
This is very important if you intend a DVD sales market overseas.

Example - A standard DVD brought in the USA will not play on a UK system.
The USA works on NTSC and the UK on PAL.

To simplify this please refer to diagram below:-

Digitex can produce projects in either format, often both for the same project.
It is highly recommended that the client identify the final intended channels / countries at the pre-production stage so that the correct equipment can be used for the project and therefore eliminating the needs for multiple conversions.

What are the differences between PAL and NTSC?
PAL and NTSC are television standards that were developed many years ago.
The main differences are in picture size, number of TV lines on screen, resolution, and aspect ratio.

Since 1993, many SECAM nations have migrated over to PAL.

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