FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS DEPART

MENTS OF A TV SET UP
There are many different staffing arrangements in Television stations. Some big city stations employ
300-400 people and may be divided into dozens different departments. Small town stations may have
20-30 employees and only a few departments.
Normally General Manager is the head of a television station, the person ultimately responsible for all
station activities. The Sales department is responsible for selling time to local and national advertisers,
scheduling advertisements, sending bills to customers.
Maintaining all the equipment is the responsibility of Engineering Department. The Production
Department puts together locally produced programming. At many stations the programming
function is also handled by the production department. Those involved in programming decide what
programmes should be telecast and at what time they should be presented.
The News Department includes the news director, anchorpersons, reporters and writers responsible for
the station's newscast. The Administrative Department supports the General Manager in running the
station.

At the network level, the divisions are

somewhat more complicated. Although the major netwo
rks
differ in their setups, all seem to have departments that
perform the following functions:
Sales: handles sales of network commercials and works with advertising agencies.

Entertainment: works with the producers to develop new programs for the networks.

Owned and operated stations: administers those station owned by the networks.

Affiliated Relations: A very important job in the new century, it supervises all contracts with
stations affiliated with the network and generally tries to keep the affiliates happy.

News: responsible for all network news and public affairs programmes.

Sports: responsible for all sports programming.


Standards: checks all network programmes to make sure they do not violate the law or the
networks own guidelines for appropriate content.

Operations: handles the technical aspects of actually sending programmes to affiliates.

Infrastructure or organizational set up and Working of a TV channel
For a television organization to manage the affairs there is a Board of Management or Board of
Governors or Board of Directors. The Chief Executive or Chairman or Managing Director approved by
the Board, is the Administrative and Executive Head of the Corporation.
Human Resources or Administration & Personnel Department
This department is responsible for formulation and implementation of administrative policies. Admin &
Personnel Department consists of two sections "Administration section" and "Personnel Section". The
over all head is Director whereas at centers Executive Administration & Personnel Manager heads it.
Programmes Department

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Programmes Department is responsible for making programmes like dramas, music, infotainment and
religious programmes and miscellaneous programmes. The Director Programmes heads this Department
whereas Executive Programmes Manager is the person in charge.
News Department
This department is responsible for news gathering, production and Telecast through news bulletins. This
department is headed by Director News and Senior News Editor is the in charge.
Current Affairs Department
Current Affairs related programmes are a regular feature of transmission of a news channel. A Director
Current Affairs heads it and at small stations Head of Current Affairs is team leader. This department is
responsible for making current affairs programmes and bulk of programming at a channel is contributed
by it.
Sports Department
Sports Department is to provide sports entertainment to viewers and is headed by Director Sports and
there are Sports Producers at different centers as well. Apart from occasional International / National
sports coverage TV channels also televise live national and international sports around the world.
International Relations Department
The major responsibility of this Department is to promote friendly relations with international TV
Networks/Organizations to enhance knowledge in the field of electronic media. It also participates in the
International Television Festivals/Competitions held in different countries by sending best programmes.

Engineering Department
The Engineering Department takes care of the day to day operations and maintenance of a TV network
and Rebroadcast Stations, new projects, Planning & Procurement, as well as research and Development
activities. At national level Director Engineering is the while at centers Executive Engineering Manager
may be the in charge.
Training Courses
Such courses impart professional training in various disciplines of television broadcast technology. It
may be headed by a full time Director, and is assisted by a team of television professionals who are
members of the academic faculty.
Marketing
The Marketing Department of TV network is responsible for marketing the programmes and the
commercial time on its screen. It is the major source of any TV network earnings. It is headed by
Director Marketing at large stations and by General Managers at the small stations. Advertisers can
book commercial spots in the commercial breaks provided between programmes and can also sponsor
programmes shown on a TV network.
Information Technology
The Information Technology Department is responsible to deal the IT up-gradation and solutions to
bring improvement on screen and ensure non-stop programming. It is headed by Controller at large
stations and IT in charges small stations.
Finance Department
Finance Department is headed by Director Finance large stations and by Executive Manager Finance at
small stations. It has to record all business transactions according to the prevailing tax laws and
accounting principles.
Sub-Departments

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Programmes Department
This Department deals with the production of programmes.
Camera Department
This is a sub department of programmes production Department. It is headed by chief cameraman & is
supported by cameramen, light men, still photographer.
Design Department
This department is responsible for set designing and erection of sets in the studios and outdoors of
various a TV network programmes. It is headed by the Design Manager and consists of designers &
other support staff and studio hands.

Make-up
This is a sub section of programmes department & deals with the make-over & get ups of the talents
according to nature of the programme.
Presentation Section
This section comes under programmes department & handles the Scheduling & broadcast of
programmes/ advertisements.