7.6 What formats of videotape are most commonly used for television broadcast of filmed material?
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This article is from the rec.arts.movies.tech FAQ, by Scott E. Norwood snorwood@nyx.nyx.net with numerous contributions by others.
7.6 What formats of videotape are most commonly used for television broadcast of filmed material?
Network broadcast is now using digital masters, often in D1 or, more
commonly and less expensively, D2. Older productions and those with
lower budgets are sometimes broadcast off of analog 1" C-type tape,
though. Very few local broadcast stations can afford digital, and use
1" almost exclusively. For news broadcasts (which almost never involve
film), the lightweight and portable Beta SP format is used. A few
low-end stations also use 3/4", though its use for broadcast is fading
now.
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