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Shabnaz Amin Auditi Course Instructor Faculty of Business Studies Department of Finance University of Dhaka Group-2 Batch : 14th Section : B Dept. of Finance
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Preliminary parts Theoritical Background Transmission Process Hardware & Software Network Structure Trend of Financial Development TRP Rating Superiority over others Conclusion Findings Problem Identification & Recommendation Appendix
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May 22, 2008 To Shabnaz Amin Auditi Course Instructor Department of Finance Faculty of Business Studies University of Dhaka.
Subject: Submission of report About The Information Technology Used by Visual Media (International Department Channel Ltd.) For Broadcasting News.
Dear Madam It is our real pleasure to submit this report titled The Information Technology Used by Visual Media (International Television Channel Ltd.) in Broadcasting News to you under Department of Finance of University of Dhaka. The broad and overall objective of this report is to provide the reader with an overview of the information technology used by visual media in broadcasting news. Preparing this report has been extremely challenging, interesting and rewarding experience to us we would like to express our deepest gratitude to you for providing us with such an opportunity. Thank you for your kind consideration.
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Executive Summary
Although news (the most popular & peoples attention programme at present) broadcasting process is very complex and lots of hardware and software are needed in this process,everyone will get a comprehensive idea about the whole process by going through this report. Basically there are two procedures for broadcasting news.One is Manual Transmission System which requires human involvement and another is the most sophisticated and efficient Automation Transmission System operated and controlled by an Automation Server through pre-scheduled programming.Since news broadcasting is a very long and continues process it requires lot of interconnected operations maintained by various hardware and software to get the final output.Starting from the EDITING ROOM , Studio ,PCR(Production Control Room), MCR(Master Control Room) need lots of special and sophisticated hardware and software for sending the news on air. With a view to gathering information from outside and for organizational requirement ,NTV is using Intranet(a combination of both LAN & WAN) secured by a customized Firewall Software.AS a result of using modern and most developed IT ,NTV is still in a profit earning position inspite of the the devastating fire explosion through the sales increase which got doubled from 2003 to 2008. The most conspiquous impact of using IT is the cost reduction and less dependency on manpower. Besides earning profit NTV has won the heart of people in home & abroad which evidence is the highest TRP rating (50.05%) on the 20th month of the year among nine TV channels.All these above things has become possible due to the indispensable use of IT in the news broadcasting process by International Television Channel Ltd(NTV).
Introduction
Origin of Report
With a view to producing tractable and flexible business executives, the Department of Finance in the Faculty of Business Studies (DU) has designed a well-planned curriculum for the students. By dint of this, the students are privileged to have a course on Computer Application in Business, (F-102). This course not only upgrades the book-based knowledge on computer application in business but also enriches the capability of students related to practical-life . Now-a-days visual media is playing the most significant role in making the world a Global Village by providing all the current news happening in the farthest corner of the world alongwith a very considerable participation in global business.To keep pace with the modern world, the visual media industry in Bangladesh is using the best Information Technology available which helps them capture more market share through profit maximization.. Our focus was to illustrate the use and impact of Information Technology on a business organization and make out some overcome paths. For this task, we have prepared the report titled INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USED BY VISUAL MEDIA (NTV) FOR BROADCASTING NEWS.
2. Secondary Source: Websites, annual reports, TRP reports are the secondary sources of information.
About NTV
History:
NTV is a Bengali language satellite television channel based in Bangladesh. It started its operation in 2003. Mosaddeq Ali Falu, a politician and former Member of Parliament, founded it. It is one of the most popular Bengali channels and the first ever IT based channel in Bangladesh. The channel broadcasts excellent coverage of news, soap shows, educational, religious and politics related programs.
Key Events:
2003 2006 2007 It was established NTV became available in Europe It became available in USA. Later NTV was forced off the air because of a fire disaster.
Vision:
To be broadcaster of highest quality program, drama, talk show, children program, musical program and find out talented artists from the mass people and provide best News services faster than any other channel all over the world to achieve highest satisfaction of our customers and viewers.
Goal:
As a television company NTVs goal is wealth maximization.
Social Responsibilities:
NTV has long been involved in a series of social activities.
NTV Basti:
NTV authority has a plan to establish an asylum called NTV Basti for the Sidr victims who have lost their homes.
Care Program:
NTV provides financial help through the care program.
Music School:
NTV is going to establish a music school with the amount of money which is earned from a talent hunt show.
Theoretical Background
Some technical words and phrases are used in the later part of this report which might be found unfamiliar by the readers. So for readers best convenience short explanations are mentioned here. Digital Video Format (DV): This format delivers video output of 1080X780 resolution and 25fps refreshing rate. Video Tape Recorder: An electronic device, much like VCR, used to play video of DV format. Graphic Control System: A computer system, used to create templates and design animation to add extra visual effect in the news program. Video Switcher: This device takes video images as input from different sources and gives output as only one video track. Audio Mixer: Receives audio input from various audio sources like VTR or live feed and then mixes them up, controls volume level of each audio input and finally converts them as one audio track. Automation Server: Server is general term used to indicate highly powerful computers which basically work at the center of a network system and manage data flow from one component to another component, monitor and control the functions of the components. Solid State Technology: It is a new invention in the field of photography. It is recently introduced in Bangladesh by NTV. This technology made it possible to capture and store high definition graphics and audio of high sampling rate into a silicon memory in a compressed format.
To collect information we used questionnaire for interviewing the officials of NTV all of our group mates participated in preparing the questionnaire and interviewing the officials. We tried our best to collect as much information as we can about the Information Technology used by NTV for broadcasting news. We divided the information that we collected into six major portions.
1. Procedures to broadcast news I. Manual Transmission II. Automation Transmission 2. Hardware & Software used in the process 3. Network Structure 4. Trend of financial development 5. TRP rating 6. Superiority over other TV channels
International Television Channel Ltd (NTV) is the first ever TV channel in Bangladesh which started its transmission with a complete Automation system. But due to the unavoidable fire explosion on 26th February 2007,it was compelled to switch to Manual Transmission for a temporary period .At present they are using Automation system for transmission.
In order to have a clear concept about both the system we are going to describe both manual and automation transmission systems respectively.
The transmission system, where the involvement of manpower is required and manpower plays a vital role in operating and controlling the overall transmission system, is called Manual Transmission System. The flowchart of Manual Transmission System is illustrated in the next page.
Capturing the All the steps in this system are same as the Manual Transmission System but some event on DVC
illustrated as a flowchart in the next page.
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extra equipment and rooms are needed in this system for the transmission, which are
EDITING ROOM
NLE(NON-LINEAR EDITING)
Earth Station
Studio Equipment
Server
MCR
(Hardware &
PCR
(Hardware
Software)
&Software)
To avoid complexity first four steps are not shown in the flowchart, which are the same as the Manual transmission system.
Studio
Ingesting Room
PCR
MCR
Earth Station
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Hardware:
Intel 945GCNL Intel Pentium D 2.44GHz 2 GB DDR-2 NVIDIA G-Force 8400GT, 512 DDR-2 video Matrons-EXIO
Software
Production Control Room (PCR): The PCR directly controls the whole news
broadcasting process. Which camera view will go on air, sequence of VTRs operation, audio mixing etc every function is done from this room according to production managers instruction. The PCR of NTV is equipped with three VTRs, one graphics control system, a video switcher, an audio mixing device and some monitors showing video running on the VTRs.
Graphic Control System: GCS includes the following hardware and software.
Asus P5BVM (965) Intel Pentium 4; 2.44 GHz 512 MB DDR2 NVIDIA Ge-Force8600GS
Secondary Storage: 80-GB C-GATE IDE System Software: Windows XP 2005 sp-2 (Compact Live Multi-Format HD/SD Switcher)
Audio Mixer:
Studio: In the news studio there are three camcorders positioned at three different
places of the room pointed at the news presenter. A short overview of these three camcorders is as follows
Name: Panasonic P2 Manufacturer: Panasonic Model no: AJ HPX3000 Pixel: Three 2/3 high density 2.2 million pixel CCDs
Network Structure
NTV uses a well interactive LAN. This LAN covers the whole 6th and 7th floor. In automation transmission process this LAN links every working room with each other. In case of any news-taking place outside of Dhaka, reporters and technicians cover the event and send the video feed through Internet to the master control server. Then the server sends the information to required section. In case of live broadcasting the camcorder is plugged in the port. This port is channeled with the Master Control Server placed in the head office. Then the Master Control Server
decides the next step of the broadcasting process. To collect information from abroad NTV uses WAN. The entire network structure is well secured by a firewall.
Damage caused by fire explosion is 20 crore(Approx.) Total sales has got doubled from 2003 to 2008 due to the use of modern IT
TRP rating:
TRP rating is conducted by an Indian organization named SIRIUS to evaluate and compare the quality and popularity of programmes telecast by the TV channels of Bangladesh. A graphical illustration of TRP rating among nine TV channels operating in Bangladesh is presented below:
TRP rating
60
Week 19
50
Week 20
40
Reach %
30
20
10
0 ATN Bangla Bangla Vision Boishakhi TV Channel 1 Channel I ETV Islamic TV NTV RTV
Findings
In this section we are going to show: I. Impact due to the absence of IT II. Impact due to the use of IT
Because of the loss of IT during the fire explosion the total expense of NTV increased in different sectors (more salary for the increased manpower) and in place of Net Income, a Net Loss of 15 crore was incurred.
THE automation server along with other highly sophisticated and developed information technology ensures faster, reliable and flawless broadcasting with very negligible participation of manpower.
2.Less dependency on manpower:
Through the use of automation server, NTV is getting the advantage of less dependency on manpower as it works automatically according to pre-scheduled operations.
Conclusion:
After analyzing all the information given before we have come to a decision that Information Technology is an integral part of International Television Channel Ltd (NTV) and it has an absolute impact on the overall business activities of NTV.Although they started their transmission with the most developed technology available, the unavoidable accident of fire greatly hampered their overall broadcasting and business. But it is a matter of great surprise and appreciation that overcoming all the obstacles NTV re-started their broadcasting within nearly two
months and regained their previous popularity in home and abroad only by using modern and developed Information Technology.
Appendix A
Bibliography Personnel:
Md. Zinnah Hussain, GM Finance & Accounts, International Television Channel Ltd. Nashir Uddin, Senior News Room Editor, News and Current Affairs, International Television Channel Ltd. A.T.M. Ahbab Nawaz, Network and System Administrator, International Television Channel Ltd. Belal Aman, GM News and Broadcast, International Television Channel Ltd.
WEBSITES:
Appendix B
Questionnaire:
How many departments do you have in your organization? What are the procedures for broadcasting news? What are the hardware needed to broadcast news? What are the software needed to broadcast news? Do your organization use any customized software for news broadcasting? What is your superiority over other TV channel? What are the impacts on your organization due to the use of developed IT? What are the impacts on your organization during the absence of IT due to the fire explosion? What is your current financial condition and TRP rating? Do your organization have any plan to modernize the IT section for further development?