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A Presentation Director is a person who works in the broadcast television industry. They are responsible for the playout of all television programmes , commercials and other material (known as interstitials).

History [ edit ]

The nature of the job has changed dramatically as technology has progressed. Until recently a presentation director worked in a single presentation suite and was responsible for the manual broadcast of a single television channel , usually using video tape and a vision mixer .

With new computer automation and the rise of multi-channel satellite tv networks, a modern presentation director oversees the transmission of dozens of channels from a single suite. Sometimes a second suite (a "break-out" suite) may be employed for live television events such as sport or news.