The Tufte Television Studios are located in the Tufte Performance and Production Center (PPC), 10 Boylston Place, 8th Floor.
The teaching facility is composed of a classroom inside a standard television control room. It provides space for lectures, demonstrations, viewings and critiques, as well as use of the standard control room video equipment and production systems. The professional 40' × 28' sound-treated studio contains professional cameras, a computer-driven lighting control system and other items needed for live production.
The studios are interconnected with the Journalism Production Center, the Emerson Television Channels, The Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym, and the Cutler Majestic Theatre.
Di Bona Family Production Studio A
The 40' × 43' Di Bona Family Television Studio is comparable in size to network–affiliated television stations and production houses. This studio has a 14' grid, a full complement of television lighting instruments controlled by a computer lighting system with dimmers. There is a Chromatte green-screen matting system and a curved hard infinity wall.
Di Bona Control Room
The 25' × 21' Di Bona control room creates the same environment found at advanced TV facilities in the United States. The facilities include the necessary flexibility and extensibility to support the rapid evolution of video technology for years to come, as content creation evolves to Ultra High Definition supporting 4K resolution, High Dynamic Range, High Frame Rates, and deeper, richer colors. The Di Bona Family control room includes the following production systems and equipment:
- GrassValley Karrera 3 M/E switcher
- Evertz Router
- Four HDR GrassValley LDX 92 cameras with Fujinon 17x servo lenses running at 1080p
- Vinton ProPed pedestals with Vinton Vision 250 Pan/Tilt heads & Autoscript EVO-IPS teleprompters
- Access to Mimir, Emerson’s media asset management system
- Venice Playback Server
- Evertz Multiviewer
- Ross Xpression character generator
- GrassValley K2 Summit clip server
Audio A Suite
The Audio A Suite includes:
- Solid State Logic System T S300-32 5.1 Broadcast Audio Console
- Instant Replay II audio storage system
- Tascam CD-01U CD players
- Complement of standard microphones and accessories
- Two Genelec audio monitors
- Two Anchor AN 1000X audio monitors
- One Fisher Audio Mic Boom with Perambulator
Di Bona Family Studio
The studio features:
- The studio features:
- A full complement of standard television lighting instruments, including LED units and an ETC Element lighting board system with 98 dimmers
- A curved hard infinity wall (cyc)
- Chroma Green curtain
- Chromatte curtain with LiteRing
- Grip Cart with flags, C-Stands, Combo Stands, Apple boxes, scrims, etc.
- Risers, flats, news desk, and other miscellaneous props
The Teaching and Control Room B
The teaching complex has the following production systems and equipment:
- GrassValley Karrera 2 M/E production switcher
- Evertz Router
- Venice Playback Server
- Access to Mimir, Emerson’s media asset management system
- Ross Xpression character generation
- Monitor Wall
- RTS Intercom system
- SSL System T TCR audio system with a Remote Fader Tile and Touchscreen App Control
- Instant Replay II audio storage system
- Tascam CD-01U CD players
- Complement of standard microphones and accessories
- Two Genelec audio monitors
- Two Anchor AN-1000X audio monitors
- Dorrough Audio metering
- Four GrassValley LDX 86 cameras with Fujinon 17x servo lenses running in 1080p
- Vinton ProPed pedestals with Vinton Vision 250 Pan/Tilt heads & Autoscript EVO-IPS teleprompters
- A full complement of standard television lighting instruments including LED units and an ETC Element computer lighting system with 48 dimmer connection
