From scattered Excel sheets to a newsroom that runs on time.
For Pannon RTV, a TV and radio station from Subotica that broadcasts in Hungarian, we built the system that runs their whole production. Newscast running orders, scripts, shift schedules and equipment used to live in separate tools and Excel tables. Now the whole newsroom works in one place.
See it in action
The whole newsroom on one screen.
The newscast running order
Every story in tonight's newscast, with its length and status, in running order.
The script for each story
Camera and voice-over text sit with the story, so the whole crew reads one version.
The newsroom board
Incoming stories move from approval to broadcast, with reporters and deadlines beside them.
The weekly schedule
Everyone sees their own shifts and the whole team's week on one screen.
A schedule in seconds
The system drafts the week's shifts and flags anyone with too much or too little work.
Roles and working hours
Each role has its hours, days and number of people set once.
The transformation
From Excel tables to one system.
Before
Newscast running orders lived in Excel and went around by email.
Shift schedules were made by hand every week.
Reporters, editors and the studio worked from different lists.
Nobody could see at a glance who was free and which camera was booked.
Now
Each newscast has one live running order with every story, its length and its status.
The system drafts the week's shifts automatically, in seconds.
The whole newsroom works from the same screen.
People, shifts and equipment sit in one calendar.
What else we built for them
Behind the running order, three things the newsroom relies on.
They needed everyone reading the same text
Scripts next to the running order
Each story holds the camera and voice-over text, so presenter, editor and director read one version.
They needed fair schedules
Roles with clear rules
Each role gets its hours and days once, and the schedule follows them and warns about overload.
They needed a fast, reliable portal
A news site that stays online
We also built and host their news portal on Drupal, online more than 99% of the time.