Learn about how talk shows are produced, where the biggest challenges and problems arise during the production process — and how to address them.
Rundowns: challenges and tools for talk shows
Rundowns are a necessary tool for any size professional event or show. In a talk show setup, the rundown is a technical translation of the script. It can be called many different things depending on the industry you’re in. Lightweight event might call it an ‘agenda’, while the sports industry will refer to it as a ‘game script’. However, they …
Teaching TinkerList at Uni! Interview with the University of Winchester
TinkerList is applied in many different industries such as podcasting, events, news broadcasting, television,… but also for educational purposes! Therefore, we had a chat with Joe Michalczuk, Program Leader of Journalism at University of Winchester, to find out what that exactly looks like. “They picked it up straight away, it’s been incredibly intuitive for them” Joe Michalczuk, program leader journalism …
What a fully automated one-man band studio at HLN Live looks like
Did you know the HLN Live studio is a fully automated news studio? Check our interview and visit to the HLN Live one-man band studio at DPG Media to learn all about it! Special thanks to Head of Technology of News City: Sven Van Vlem to answer all of our eager questions. Hi, Sven. How are you? Hello, I’m doing …
Our 2022 plans!
How has 2022 been treating you so far? Even though we’re a week in already, we still wish you big fat Happy New Year! ? Here’s what we at TinkerList are looking forward to in the next year: OUR NEW PRODUCT! (JULY 2022) ? To optimize the usability, automatization, and put the user in control on how to set up …
4 keys to remote media production
Point of view: your kids are running around the house, you smell the food getting prepared in the kitchen, the dog is at your feet begging for attention… and you? You are laying down on the couch in your jogging, with your headphones and mic on while simultaneously coordinating the production of the talkshow of that night, delegating as much …
Vive le vélo: about the production of one of Belgium’s most successful sports talkshows
Each year during July, Karl Vannieuwkerke and his team travel along the tracks of the ‘Tour de France’ to follow and discuss this well-known cycle race in a daily talkshow: ‘Vive le vélo’. Vive le vélo was first produced in 2005 and has grown into one of Belgium’s most successful sports talkshows with up to 1 million daily viewers during …
Using the TinkerList calendar to efficiently organise and plan your show
When starting a new production, 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 items, scheduling guests, writing scripts and creating rundowns. Cue the TinkerList calendar! At a glance, you can see what’s happening this week and who …
Scenic interview with VRT software engineer Frederik Vandeput
No need for a VPN or specific rights to be assigned, no need to create 50 accounts,… You just got one TinkerList login and you can work from anywhere. Frederik vandput Hi Frederik Hi Rosanne How are you? Very good, I’m happy to be in Leuven where I was born and raised. Thank you for coming all the way to …
Exclusive BTS interview at De Cooke & Verhulst Show
At one of the last episodes of De Cooke & Verhulst Show of 2021, we had the opportunity to talk to showrunner Mathieu Dams about how it is like to write such show in (non) pandemic times and what value TinkerList has for the production team. Enjoy! ?️ Interview by Rosie Mathieu, how are you? Hi! I’m good, thanks. A …