MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

BSC. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

TEL4114: TELEVISION AND VIDEO ENGINEERING
A REPORT ON THE VISIT TO NBS AND STARTIMES

Lecturer; Mr. Paul Bogere

DATE; 30th October, 2019
 T.V VISIT TO NBS
TELEVISION
BWOGI RICHARD 16/U/1818

BUYONDO ISAAC 16/U/19339/PSA

BETELEHEM 16/X/2179/PS
FISEHAYE

EDITH NDAGIRE 15/U/20658/PS

NYOMBI WALTER W. 16/U/10669/PS

 INTRODUCTION
The trip took place on 29th September 2019 at
NBS Television a content provider and Startimes
Uganda a signal broadcaster.
 OBJECTIVES OF THE TOUR
1. To appreciate the theoretical concepts taught in class.
2. To visually study the components of a television
studio.
3. To understand how television content is produced.
4. To see how the production room, master control room
and the studio room are interconnected.
5. To understand how transmission of TV signals from
the content producers to the broadcasters takes place.
DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING PROCESS
The process includes;
• Signal generation at the studios
• Distribution network either satellite, microwave or optical fiber.
• Transmitting stations, they transmit what they receive from the
distribution network.
SIGNAL FLOW AT NBS T.V
 THE STUDIO FLOOR

NBS TV STUDIO FLOOR NXT RADIO STUDIO FLOOR

 EQUIPMENT FOUND IN THE STUDIO FLOOR
Cameras; convert two-dimensional images captured in the studio
floor into an electrical signal.
Teleprompter; The Teleprompter is a Wireless Microphones and Talkbacks; These are
display device that prompts the person used for communication between the people in the
speaking with an electronic visual text of a studio floor and those in the production control
speech or script. room.
Screens/ monitors; These are used to provide the people in the studio floor with what is being broadcasted in the production
control room.
Lighting rigs; Lights are used for illumination and revelation of form of
objects and people in the studio floor.
 Production Control room and Master control room

NBS Television has the master control room and

production control room in a single place. The production
control room is the place in which composition of the
outgoing program takes place. The master control room is
the place where the on-air signal is controlled.
PRODUCTION AND MASTER CONTROL ROOM
 EQUIPMENT IN THE MASTER AND PRODUCTION
CONTROL ROOM
Video Monitor Wall; This consists of various monitors
that are used to preview and view the signals coming Video Mixer; It is a control panel used to select the
from various video sources. video sources to be seen on air.
 Character generator; The character
Hybrid; Is a device that enables generator adds text or animated text to
people to call in to the studios. the video being broadcasted.
Audio Mixer; The audio mixer accepts, combines, processes and monitors audio
signals.
 Signal Transmission at NBS Television

NBS Television sends its signal to the

transmitters of broadcasters such as DSTV,
ZUKU, Startimes, AZAM, SIGNET and
another broadcaster that may need the NBS T.V
signal.

Signal transmission at NBS television is done

through various ways which include;
• Through use of optical fibers
• Through use of satellite
• Through microwave transmission
SIGNAL FLOW ANALYSIS AT STARTIMES
UGANDA
The Transmitter Unit Network Management Server
The combiner and waveguide
feed The IDUs, MUX, Encoder
Microwave dish used to receive the
NBS Signal The broadcasting panel antennas
 CHALLENGE FACED
• The Television station does not allow to expose some of the
information about what they do because of commercial
purposes.
 CONCLUSION
• In all we are satisfied with all the knowledge we have
gathered as it is very relevant to the theoretical knowledge
already gained.
• We also thank Mr. Paul Bogere for organizing the T.V visits
and also the management of NBS Television for accepting us
to have a study tour at their company.