TV Channel Launch Consultancy

TransCast Media provides a complete feasibility for launch a tv channel, guideline, Equipment Buying and Installation consultancy and services from a  basic structure, costs and equipment required to produce a new 24 hour Television broadcast station. This is a commercial venture and the ideas put forward here are aimed at producing a high quality broadcast with a financially sustainable cost base which can be grown when necessary.

The technology required to build a broadcast station is easily available however the challenge of producing a new television station based in Pakistan is that of local broadcast engineering and experienced broadcasters. Training and development of local staff will be a priority and a number of engineering and broadcasting consultants will be required in the first year of operation to build this capacity.

There is currently a strong proliferation of satellite broadcasters in Pakistan with  more than ninety established stations and a further 5-10 expected in Pakistan. In this competitive environment the quality of programming and committed financial backing is essential to position the channel in the premier league of the region’s broadcasters.

The control room, studio camera link up, encoder, amplifier and satellite dish would be sourced from a company either in the UK or Germany who specialize in fly-away outside broadcast units.

This means we know that the equipment in the critical ‘satellite transmission module’ will integrate together, has been tested before fly in and the engineers who arrive will be able to put it together within a matter of weeks and train staff. This procurement system also provides a one stop shop for servicing maintenance and trouble shooting.

TransCast Media has a team of experts which are working or has been worked in top TV channels, FM Stations, Newspapers and magazines of Pakistan. TransCast Media also close collaboration with foreign producers, directors, technical persons from all felids of electronic media……Thats the reason whenever any organization or company which wants to launch a FM Station, TV Channel, Production House, Event Management Company, Newspaper, Magazine, Website they prefer to make feasibility from our expert team.

Launching a TV Channel

To prepare a technical and financial feasibility
To assist in negotiating contracts with satellite services providers.
To develop. Float and manage complete Request for proposal (RFP) Process for technical and financial proposals from vendors all components.
To monitor the system implementation and integration process on behalf of the investor.
To develop standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), operation support system (OSS).

The technical and financial feasibilities and working encompass not only the following but all from initializing the project till its operation.

1- Building requirement
2- Office set up with PCs and serves (to be soured locally / from Abroad)
3- Channel automation system, installed on a group of edit suits, PCs and the control room computers
4- Control Room
5- Studio Camera Link Up
6- Encoder, amplifier and satellite dish
7- Services maintenance and trouble shooting
8- Talk back system
9- Vision mixer
10- Live studio cameras
11- Satellite Uplink and Downlink
12- Satellite transponders leasing from the satellite administrator
13- TV studio equipment
14- TV control room equipment
15- Up-link equipment
16- TV Editing equipment 1
17- The News management system
18- Human Resource with budget
19- Vehicles
20- Marketing strategy with 4/5 years annual expenditure
21- Anything else immense for launching a TV channel