This tpc pricelist is subject to our General Conditions of Sale ("GCS") as well as to our Special Contract Conditions ("SCC").

Please note that surcharges apply to short-notice projects, evening and week-end productions.

The rates for production and add-on equipment only apply to tpc productions. Feel free to contact us for equipment rental fees.

The present list only contains tpc’s most commonly requested services. Feel free to ask for detailed quotations for other products and services.

Complete price list (PDF).

Abbreviations Used For Unit Identification:

Studio Production

Studio Production Facilities Rates 2006 Unit Studio 1 Set, incl. props room, green room 4'000.00 D Lighting control room: Dimmers, cables, mains supply, incl. 400kW of artificial light 3'000.00 D Video/audio control room, incl. 3 cameras (with tripod/standard lens), 3 IMX machines/recorders/3 wireless microphones 4'400.00 D Studio 2 Set incl. cyclorama or curtains, props room, green room 2'000.00 D Lighting control room: Dimmers, cables, mains supply, incl. 200kW of artificial light 1'750.00 D Video/audio control room, incl. 3 cameras (with tripod/standard lens), 3 IMX machines/recorders/3 wireless microphones 4'400.00 D Studio 5A Set, incl. cyclorama or curtains 2'200.00 D Lighting control room: Dimmers, cables, mains supply, incl. 200kW of artificial light 1'200.00 D Video/audio control room, incl. 5 cameras (with tripod/standard lens), 1 IMX/2 Digibeta/3 wireless microphones 3'500.00 D *Studio 5A can also be supervised from digital control room 9 Regie 5B Set, incl. black curtains 1'400.00 D Lighting control room: Dimmers, cables, mains supply, incl. 150kW of artificial light 1'100.00 D Video/audio control room (digital), incl. 3 cameras (with tripod/standard lens), 1 IMX/2 Digibeta/6 wireless microphones 4'400.00 D Additional Areas In & Around The Studio Audience lounges (price per lounge) 125.00 D The “1 day” or “1/2 day” calculation unit for studio occupation includes equipment rental fee for 10 or 5 hours.

On-Location Production

On-Location Production Rates 2006 Unit "HD-1" OB van "HD-1" OB van: 5 cameras - dislocation, set-up/dismantling (incl. km within Switzerland, exkl. truck charges) 5'900.00 D "HD-1" OB van: 5 cameras - production (incl. km within Switzerland, excl. truck charges) 9'700.00 D “XL” OB van "XL" OB van: 5 cameras - dislocation, set-up/dismantling (incl. km within Switzerland, excl. truck charges) 5'900.00 D "XL" OB van: 5 cameras - production (incl. km within Switzerland, excl. truck charges) 8'800.00 D "M" OB van "M" OB van: 2 cameras - dislocation, set-up/dismantlin g (incl. km within Switzerland, excl. truck charges) 2'500.00 D "M" OB van: 2 cameras - production (incl. km within Switzerland, excl. truck charges) 3'800.00 D News Van (excl. ENG) News Van 1 camera 2'950.00 D News Van 2 cameras (excl. commentator station and flor manager radio equipment) 3'930.00 D Mobile non-linear editing unit (incl. km within Switzerland) 1'900.00 D Super motion (incl. km within Switzerland) 2'400.00 D Live slow motion (incl. km within Switzerland) 1'700.00 D The "1 day" calculation unit for on-location productions includes equipment rental fee for 1 calendar day. ENG for TV Productions (incl. Staff) 2-person ENG crew incl. equipment (excl. km) 1'690.00 D ENG/camera operator incl. equipment (excl. km) 1'200.00 D ENG/camera operator incl. equipment and mobile editing station (excl. km) 1'900.00 D 2-person ENG crew incl. equipment (excl. km) 1'250.00 hD ENG/camera operator incl. equipment (excl. km) 850.00 hD ENG/light operator incl. vehicle and lighting (excl. km) 920.00 D The "1 day" or "1/2 day" calculation unit for ENG/EB includes equipment rental fee/staffing for 8 or 4 hours.

Post-production facilities

Video Postproduction (staff included) Rates 2006 Unit Media Composer (incl. one IMX) AVID MC on-line, incl. 100GB of storage capacity 1'645.00 D AVID MC off-line, incl. 100GB of storage capacity 1'345.00 D Logging station (all Betacam formats and DV) Logging station with Avid MediaLog 300.00 D Logging station with Avid MediaLog 150.00 hD News Cutter AVID MC on-line, incl. storage capacity for 2 hours 1'350.00 D AVID MC on-line, incl. storage capacity for 2 hours 980.00 hD Editbox Editbox 3'100.00 D Editbox 425.00 H Linear Control Rooms Linear control rooms (incl. 2 VTRs, DVE and audio equipment) 1~3 hours 320.00 H Linear control rooms (incl. 2 VTRs, DVE and audio equipment) 4~7 hours 290.00 H Linear control rooms (incl. 2 VTRs, DVE and audio equipment) 8 hours and beyond 275.00 H Linear Editing Station Station with 3 machines 1'400.00 D Station with 3 machines 200.00 H Station with 2 machines (hard cut only) 1'155.00 D Station with 2 machines (hard cut only) 165.00 H Format transfers (excl. Betacam SP) 150.00 H Format transfer (Betacam SP) 180.00 H The “"1 day" or "1/2 day" calculation unit for post-pro includes equipment rental fee/staffing for 8 or 4 hours.

Postproduction Audio Rates 2006 Unit Feature/News Formats Audio editing: Bookings for 1~3 hours* 315.00 H Audio editing: Bookings for 4~7 hours* 295.00 H Audio editing: Bookings for 8 hours and beyond 255.00 H Film/Docu Formats Audio editing: Bookings for 1~3 hours* 350.00 H Audio editing: Bookings for 4~7 hours* 330.00 H Audio editing: Bookings for 8 hours and beyond 280.00 H Additional equipment will be charged for depending on usage * Automatic extensions are not guaranteed and cannot be demanded.

Video recorders and playback devices

Viewing Rates 2006 Unit Viewing units, per annum (incl. maintenance) Betacam SX/SP player 2’200.00 Y Betacam SX/SP/IMX player 4’600.00 Y Betacam Digital/SX/SP/IMX player 5’400.00 Y Betacam Digital/SX/SP/IMX player with FireWire 5’800.00 Y Others formats upon request Medialog software and connection cable 100.00 Y

Copying and Transcoding

Copy Service Rates 2006 Unit Tape > tape copies Digital Betacam – Digital Betacam 360.00 H Digital Betacam – Betacam SP/IMX 280.00 H Betacam SP/IMX – Betacam SP/IMX 180.00 H Betacam SP/IMX – Betacam SX 160.00 H DV/DVCPro – Betacam SP/IMX 160.00 H 1”/C VTR – Digital Betacam 330.00 H 1”/C VTR – Betacam SP/IMX 250.00 H VHS copies (up to 6 simultaneous copies) from VHS 120.00 H from Betacam SP/IMX 140.00 H from Digital Betacam 160.00 H Transcoding NTSC – PAL (Digital Betacam) 380.00 H NTSC – PAL (Betacam SP/IMX) 320.00 H PAL (Betacam SP/IMX) – NTSC 320.00 H Film > tape transfers Telecine 16/35mm 19.00 FM Minimum charge incl. 10 minutes 250.00 LE Tape > DVD-R transfers Minimum charge: 30 minutes incl. disc/incl. 1 chapter 2.50 CM DVD > DVD-R transfers DVD copies (burning) of up to 10 units (incl. discs) 28.00 U *Rates for larger volumes upon request

Multimedia

Multimedia Rates 2006 Unit Authoring DVD without menu, with auto play 60.00 U DVD with one button and background image (e.g. corporate logo) 100.00 U DVD with several menus, titles, chapter markers, subtitles, language versions o.d. 2D/3D graphics and animations, CD/DVD printing as well as hardware & software development, multimedia requests 160.00 H Format transfers/encoding (tape > data, data > data, data > tape) Transfers up to 30 minutes 4.00 CM Transfers 31~90 minutes 3.50 CM Transfers 90 minutes and beyond o.d. Minimum charge incl. 30 minutes (without carrier) 120.00