University of Salford

Teaching TinkerList! University of Salford

We’re already on our third interview with universities so far! This time we’re talking to Matthew Robinson, a student ‘TV & Radio’ at the University of Salford. What’s your name and what do you study at the University of Salford? My name is Matthew Robinson and I study ‘TV & Radio’ at the University of Salford. What does your week …

De Positivo's Customer Interview

De Positivo’s: making a TV quiz with a limited budget and team

Making a whole season of TV quiz with a production team of 8 people and a budget the price of half a ‘The Masked Singer’ episode? It’s possible! Find out how an automated one-man band studio and a motivated crew got this together in our interview with the series producer of ‘De Positivo’s‘ Tom Bevernage and multitasking button wizard aka …

Case study: Integrating TinkerList with Singular.live

It’s not a secret that TinkerList integrates with a variety of technologies to make our platform as operational as possible. One of our integrations, more specifically the graphic overlay platform Singular.live, probably sounds familiar to you. In this case study, we will talk about how one of our clients uses both platforms to create a cutting-edge production environment — managed …

Interview student RITCS

Teaching TinkerList at Uni! Interview with the RITCS School of Arts

RITCS School of Arts welcomed us on campus to have chat with one of their students about their studies and getting taught TinkerList at University. I think it would have been a mess. The production that I did with TinkerList would have been a mess if we didn’t have the program. Marie-Lou Obdeijn, Student at RITCS School Of Arts Who …

One-man band setup VRT

The TinkerList customer happiness journey

It’s not always easy to adapt to new technology in a workflow. Your software might be as user-friendly as you claim it to be but being accessible to your customers for any type of question is essential to obtaining a positive brand image and loyal customers. With an average customer response rate of 4min57, at TinkerList, we try to stay …

Thomas Vanderveken

A chat with TV presenter Thomas Vanderveken

If you’re living in Belgium, you’ve probably already heard of Thomas Vanderveken. Thomas is a passionate Belgian presenter, actor and piano player. Considering he has worked as a presenter for several shows with TinkerList such as ‘1 jaar gratis‘, ‘M/V van het jaar‘ and ‘and& Festival’ and as he’s a good friend of our CEO Erik, we were curious about …

New TinkerList updates

2021 product updates

We know we’re already at the beginning of March but why not inform you still about the best things TinkerList features of 2021 that will help you be more productive? 2022 will be filled with updates & improvements as well such as our new integration with EVS Dyvi (a playout system that allows you to show graphics and texts), exciting …

Timings TinkerList

The importance of timings for talk shows

What are timings and why are they important? As the word speaks for itself, timings are a way of structuring your show according to a specific timing schedule or ‘target timing’. Timings are an essential part of a prerecorded- or live show, as they help you to be in control and respect your allocated airtime of the broadcaster. Especially for …

Scriot writer and showrunner Mathieu Dams De Cooke & Verhulst Show

Writing scripts for talkshows: complete breakdown

What are scripts and who writes them? YES, even talk shows are scripted! A script is essentially the written version of a play, movie, or any other media production that requires a script. Naturally, scripts differ from production to production. For talk shows in specific, the script can be described as a synthesis of the introduction, the following questions and …

Whiteboard vs digital planner

Planning tools & comparisons

Whether it’s the first episode of a new talk show, the second season of a game show, or even a big award show, you’ll need a place to work on preparing projects, content and scheduling guests. We can generally divide the workflow into 3 steps: firstly the ‘idea brainstorm’, secondly the planning of who does what in time and thirdly, …