Shortland Street future-proofed with new cameras

A big bang change over to HD could mean big trouble so television icon prepares one step at a time…

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The big bang approach to upgrading from SD to HD has risks when you have a finely tuned production schedule like the venerable Shortland St.

The South Pacific Pictures serial medical drama shoots five days a week for 10 ¾ hours per day – five episodes a week.

There is no room for disrupted schedules or unreliable equipment on a set that moves this fast.

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Cult yet to produce the ratings – Entertainment – NZ Herald News.

NZ on Air has revealed that viewer numbers for the new thriller series The Cult – on which the taxpayer-funded agency forked out nearly 10 per cent of its television budget – are not as high as it hoped for.

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