Geek Jobs in Television Production?

Takeel asks: "I'm a geek who is about to graduate from university with a bachelor of science in television production, but, for the life of me, I can't seem to find any geek jobs in TV. I know these jobs have to exist in some form; if they didn't, we wouldn't have things like TechTV! :) Does anyone happen to know about or have a geek job in the TV production industry?"

Comments

jobs are mostly creative

[blisspix]

Sure, there are a few tech jobs out there in TV. But you will find that most jobs that are design related. Where I work, we have a large presentation & graphics department, who work on the website, steaming, logos, etc.

We have a very small technical group of people, most of their work is done when new systems are implemented, like setting up the DV system.

On a tangent, have you considered radio? There's lots of opportunities in steaming, digital audio, etc. Lots of Digital master control stuff there. This could give you more options while you're waiting for TV stuff.

Re:jobs are mostly creative

[blisspix]

Oh and...

Don't forget that most production work is outsourced. This includes graphics, advertising, branding, and most technical solutions are purchased from outside.

If you want to get a crack into editing go to an advertising company. You will be waiting a very long time if you look for work only in TV studios. Most editors here have been here for 10 years or more.

Re:Web Streaming

[smatthew]

Actually telepromting isn't that bad of a job. My best friend works for a teleprompting company, and while most of his gigs are boring suit and tie events and commercials, he gets called on to do a lot of prompting at concerts ;-}

And being his best friend means I get backstage and onstage passes.

But it's not very technically demanding, even if it is fun playing with all the LCD monitors when they're not being used on shoots ;-}