Professional Timer for
Video Production
From evening newscasts to awards shows to studio recording sessions, production teams use Tevyr to keep talent, control rooms, camera ops, and remote crew synchronized to the millisecond.
Build the Show Rundown Once, Run It Every Night
Lay out your broadcast like a real rundown — cold open, host reads, field packages, live interviews, sponsor reads, closing. Color-coded broadcast labels (LIVE / TAPED / SPONSOR / WX) at a glance, segments auto-advance on cue, schedule-locked starts hit air at the exact wall-clock second, and millisecond-accurate timing keeps everyone in sync from the booth to the floor.
- Broadcast labels — live, taped, sponsor read, weather, field package — color-coded for instant rundown scanning
- Linked segments auto-advance the rundown — no manual hand-off between cues
- Schedule-locked starts for time-of-day segments that hit air at exactly :01:00
- Millisecond precision across every connected display so cuts land on the same frame
Evening News Live6:45 PM ESTCue Talent Without Breaking Frame
Send color-coded messages directly to the confidence monitor — wrap warnings, script changes, camera tosses, hard outs. Talent sees the cue without the audience ever knowing. Every message lives on the talent's screen only, never leaks to the broadcast feed.
- Color-coded urgency green / amber / red — read at a glance under stage lights
- "Wrap" warnings with a 30-second countdown so the host can land the segment
- iOS app control so the AD or director sends cues from anywhere on set
- Script change cues for last-minute edits that need to reach the desk before the next read
Run the Booth Like a Network
The director's view: the full rundown, the on-air segment locked in red, the next cue lined up, and big playback controls within thumb's reach. Drive the show from a tablet at the TD position or from a laptop in the truck — the same UI runs everywhere.
- On-air indicator shows exactly which segment is live and how long it has run
- One-tap advance fires the next segment, broadcasts the change to every connected display
- Time-of-day clock with timezone awareness so remote teams stay aligned
- Display effects instant blackout, color flash, hold image — for break-bumpers or technical difficulty
Field Package6:03 PMKeep Talent Locked to Script
Push the show script straight to a teleprompter. Adjust pace from the controller — speed up if the host is reading hot, slow down if a guest is going long. Mirror modes for prompter glass, font and color customization for accessibility, sync'd timer always visible above the script.
- Live pace control — bump faster or slower from the controller mid-segment
- Mirror modes for through-the-lens prompter glass — horizontal, vertical, or both
- Sync'd timer sits at the top of the prompter so the host always sees how much air is left
- Font + color tuned for stage lights, glasses, distance from monitor — accessibility built in
Speaker NotesOne Booth, Every Monitor in the Building
Talent sees the confidence monitor. The director sees the full rundown. Camera ops see segment timers and tally. Remote crew sees the same countdown on Zoom. One booth controller, every screen in sync — no walkie-talkies, no shouted cues.
- Talent confidence monitor shows current segment timer + cues, nothing else
- Control-room view shows full rundown, on-air indicator, next cue queued up
- Camera ops + remote crew see segment timer and tally — same data, different layout per role
- Connection management spin up 100+ displays for stadium events or roll back to 3 for a pop-up shoot
Catch Timing Slips Before They Hit Air
Live broadcast lives and dies on pacing. Tevyr surfaces overruns, gap warnings, and conflict alerts on the rundown the moment they appear — so the director sees a hard out coming three segments away, not when the closing music starts. Delay badges, gap detection, and conflict warnings keep the show on the rails.
- Visible delay badges on every segment that's late or running long — with how many seconds it's slipped
- Gap detection between back-to-back segments so the booth knows when there's air to fill
- Conflict warnings when a scheduled-time segment is going to miss its start by current pace
- Hard-out countdown so the host knows exactly how many seconds remain to the network break
Brand Every Pixel of the Broadcast
Drop in the network logo, set the show's colors, pick a font, choose a background — or go transparent for an OBS / vMix browser source. Each show looks like part of the brand, not a generic web tool. Three saved presets here cycle through real broadcast looks: evening news, awards ceremony, studio documentary.
- Network logo + sponsor wall — rotate sponsor logos between segments or run a permanent sponsor read strip
- Custom colors matched to the show's on-air graphics package
- Custom fonts — Roboto for newsroom, Playfair for awards, Montserrat for documentary
- Transparent OBS overlay — drop the timer onto a video bus as a browser source, no chroma key needed
Run a Production Across Time Zones
Anchor in New York, field reporter in London, control room in LA, post house in Tokyo. Tevyr keeps every clock and every segment timer in lockstep using server-side wall-clock math — not floating client timers. Anyone can join late, get the live state instantly, and stay perfectly in sync.
- Server-side wall-clock sync — `remaining = duration - (now - startedAt)` everywhere, never drifts
- Per-display timezone labels so the LA control room sees PT, the NY anchor sees ET
- Late-join state recovery — a remote producer who connects mid-show sees the exact correct timer
- Hybrid productions where some crew is on set and some are remote — same source of truth for everyone
Drop the Timer Into OBS in 30 Seconds
Right-click in OBS, add Browser source, paste the Tevyr output URL — done. Transparent background by default so the timer composites cleanly over your video bus. Same URL works in vMix, Streamyard, Wirecast, or as an iframe in any custom dashboard or production wiki page.
- OBS browser source — transparent BG, no chroma key, sits on any scene as an overlay
- vMix / Streamyard / Wirecast support — anything that loads a URL renders the timer
- iframe embed for custom dashboards, control-room HTML pages, production wiki pages
- Per-output URLs — talent / control / on-air graphic / sponsor wall each get their own dedicated link
Wire It Into Your AV Stack
Webhooks fire on every session event — start, end, 5-minute warning, 1-minute warning, overrun. REST API drives the timer from external automation. Hardware integrations with Bitfocus Companion let you slam a Stream Deck button to advance the rundown. DMX lighting cues, OBS scene switches, Slack alerts — all triggerable from the show clock.
- Webhooks on every event — fire DMX cues at :30 warning, kick off OBS scene switch on segment end
- REST API — drive Tevyr from your existing show automation or run a custom Node controller
- Bitfocus Companion + Stream Deck for hardware-button rundown control
- Audio alerts on transitions so the floor crew hears the cue without watching a screen
Awards Shows & Live Ceremonies
Coordinate ceremonies with frame-accurate timing. Acceptance speech wrap warnings, musical performance cue-to-cue, presenter teleprompter sync, sponsor reads, walk-up music — every segment lands on time, every ovation gets exactly the right hold.
- Speech timers with automatic wrap warnings — gentle amber at 30s, hard red at 0
- Cue-to-cue precision for musical performances and choreographed segment transitions
- Walk-up music sync — playback timing locked to the timer countdown
- Multi-stage coordination for award presentations across stage, podium, and cutaway sets
Multi-Camera Live Broadcast Coordination
Multi-camera productions live or die on coordination. Tevyr keeps every department — control room, camera ops, A1 audio, lighting, talent, remote crew — looking at the same countdown. Connections move between rooms with zero reconfiguration and the show keeps rolling.
- Control-room timing for the director, TD, and segment producers
- Multi-camera sync with synchronized countdowns across 4+ cameras and remote feeds
- Remote production — REMI / at-home crews see the same timer from any location
- Connection management — move displays between rooms with zero reconfiguration
Studio Recording Sessions
Whether shooting interviews, product demos, scripted content, or documentary segments, Tevyr keeps takes on schedule. Talent sees a clean confidence monitor with cues; the floor sees take timers and segment markers; the director runs the rundown from a single tablet.
- Take timing with hold-image effect between takes for cleaner transitions
- Scene countdowns visible to talent and crew simultaneously
- Crew coordination via live messages to all departments — no walkies needed
- Blackout mode — blank the screen between takes with custom hold colors or sponsor cards
Production Features
Webhooks & REST API
Trigger lighting cues, OBS scene switches, and Slack alerts on every segment transition. Full REST API to drive timer state from your show automation.
Set up webhooksCustom Branding
Match the broadcast — network logo, show colors, custom fonts, transparent backgrounds for OBS. Each show looks like part of the brand, not a generic timer.
Explore customizationBitfocus Companion
Hardware buttons on the Stream Deck or Companion run timers with no keyboard. Punch a cue, fire a transition, blackout a screen — instant.
View integration guideMulti-Display Output
Talent monitors, control room, camera ops, remote crew — every screen shows exactly the right view. One booth, every monitor in the building synced.
Learn about displaysPre-built integrations
Already integrates with the tools you use
Wire Tevyr into your existing rig — no rewrites, no proprietary protocols.
OBS Studio
Browser-source overlays, webhook-driven scene cuts, and Tevyr-controlled recording start/stop.
vMix
Frame-perfect overlays, full-frame screens, and two-way control between vMix shortcuts and Tevyr.
Bitfocus Companion
Surface every Tevyr cue on a Stream Deck — the easiest bridge to OBS, vMix, and any other production tool.
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