The TV News Control Room: Technical Triumphs and Occasional Cursing

BTS with CTV News Vancouver

It's an uncomfortable fact for the technical crew of TV newsrooms that a flawless broadcast will go unnoticed by viewers at home, but a technical snafu will probably make the blooper reel and go viral online. That's why the technical wizards behind each broadcast work so hard to make everything look flawless -- including sometimes keeping the on air journalists in the dark about chaos unfolding in the control room.
BTS with CTV Vancouver host Penny Daflos sits down with Supervising Director, Alex Huang, for an unvarnished look at the modern-day control room -- one dominated by automation where even the smallest error can result in the kind of cringe-worthy on-air mishaps that prompt colouful language behind the scenes.