Dhruv's CV
Dhruv Shah
Synopsis
Profile summary
Dedicated broadcast operations professional with 14 years shaping broadcast operations and production control room outcomes. Known for expertise in media ingest, quality control, and live bulletin management. Committed to maintaining broadcast precision and technical accuracy across multiple media networks.
Career highlights
Production Control Room Operations: Managed rundowns using Inews software and assisted directors through pre and post production processes across multiple news channels.
Media Ingest and Quality Control: Recorded and ingested high volumes of video feeds using equipment like mxfSPEEDRAIL while performing quality checks on audio and video formats.
Broadcast Playout and Graphics: Operated playout servers and Vizrt engines to fire graphics scenes, hotboards, and templates during live broadcasts and bulletins.
Key skills
Professional experience
Operates within the production control room, managing broadcast operations and coordinating across departments including editing, graphics, desk, ticker, master control room, and ingest. Oversees on-air presentation standards and supports pre and post production workflows.
- Manages playout servers holding channel assets such as stings, bytes, bumpers, packages, promos, and footage.
- Operates Vizrt engines to fire graphics from templates and scenes during broadcasts.
- Monitors audio, video, lighting, and frames for national and international anchors and guests connecting via Zoom, OB, or LiveU.
- Coordinates live shows and edited content for live broadcast while rectifying on-air mistakes for future playouts.
Shaped broadcast operations workflows for Star Sports, overseeing media ingest and quality control processes across international fibre and satellite feeds. Directed coordination with engineering and master control room teams globally to manage live and taped content delivery.
- Recorded content through IRDs and fibre lines while shuffling audio and video feeds to create multi-regional language commentary tracks.
- Executed HD and SD feed ingestion matching house format specifications, performing up and down conversions per producer requirements.
- Conducted quality checks on feeds, commercials, promos, and fillers, delivering operational feedback and editing segments.
Directed production control room operations within the department, coordinating across edit, graphics, desk, ticker, master control room, and ingest teams to deliver bulletins.
- Executed rundown management routines using Inews software and controlled playout servers containing channel stings, bytes, bumpers, packages, footages, promos, and donuts via Avid Command.
- Supervised Vizrt engines and fired graphic scenes, templates, and hotboards using Viz Content Pilot.
- Inspected audio, video, lighting, and frame integrity for anchors, guests, and reporters connecting through Zoom, Skype, OB, or LiveU.
Guided post production quality assurance workflows, interfacing directly with executive leadership including the CEO and Country Head for final approvals.
- Evaluated movies, episodes, trailers, teasers, and songs for audio and video standards before digital release.
- Collaborated with edit, visual effects, language, and creative teams to implement required content corrections.
- Partnered with legal counsel to review and modify scenes or dialogues for regulatory compliance.
- Operated playout servers containing channel stings, bumpers, packages, footages, promos, and donuts.
- Controlled Vizrt engines to fire graphics and templates during live broadcasts.
- Operated Director 7.1 software to fire hot boards and graphics during live broadcast segments.
- Managed live streaming transmissions using the StreamYard application.
- Processed video rushes from cards, cameras, and drives through mxfSPEEDRAIL F1000 software and Panasonic portable recorders.
- Performed quality checks on incoming feeds and episodes while maintaining updated delivery logs and backup records.
- Executed the ingestion of high definition and standard definition feeds, applying correct audio formats and aspect ratios to meet Star Sports house standards.
- Conducted quality checks and previews of feeds and commercials, while editing segments and managing satellite up-link and down-link operations.
- Executed floor producer and neck-in-line duties, involving visual editing, visual ingestion, and tape dumping.
- Fired hot boards and graphics during live broadcasts to roll out bulletins.
- Assembled raw footage and screenplay outlines into structured video sequences using digital cutting methods.
- Synchronized uncut rushes and audio files while monitoring overall editing progress.
Department: Video Editing
- Editing raw footage to 30 minutes episode.
- Assemble raw footage, screenplay, outlining of footage.
- Gather uncut rushes and sounds, store them, and synchronize them accordingly.
- Uploading the content on web.
- Determine the sequence of the film by cutting files digitally and using theusable parts in the film.
- Ensuring the progress and quality of the audio and video editing.
- Render projects into DVD without encoding to intermediary formats using DVD Studio Pro (Apple product)
Completed Basic Editing Course from National Academy of Media Education, Andheri, Mumbai, India
Education
- Mumbai University
Languages
English · Professional
Hindi · Professional
Gujarati · Professional
Marathi · Professional