BroadcastPrompter.Pro.
The broadcast teleprompter I built — after 25 years at high-stakes live events.
Why I built it
For 25 years I have run teleprompters for very important people — at the shareholder meetings of global corporations, at congresses, at the kind of high-stakes events where a failure simply cannot happen.
I always carried backups. But they were complicated to set up, and to actually switch over I had to keep everything synchronized by hand. That always bothered me.
The turning point came during a very large event. At a similar event in another country something had gone wrong, and the whole team was acutely aware that here, nothing could be allowed to fail. That is when I started building this software.
The question I kept asking was simple: I have every backup component in reserve — but if something breaks mid-show, I am still relying on a manual switchover. What I really needed was a second machine running in parallel, completely independent, that instantly takes over the output the moment the main one fails.
Two systems. One seamless switch.
And everything else the software learned
- ▸ Seamless master/backup switchover — two independent systems, instant takeover.
- ▸ Live editing on air — change a line and the host reads it in real time.
- ▸ Update Script — a new script version keeps all your formatting, anchors and cues.
- ▸ Rundown & named anchors — jump to any point in one click.
- ▸ Overlays — reading line, clock/countdown, progress bar, operator-only blind spot.
- ▸ Coloured cue symbols right inside the reading text.
- ▸ Mirroring & safe area for any camera hood or beam-splitter, clean ATEM output.
- ▸ Foot-pedal & keyboard control, signed local sync, no cloud, optional air-gap, autosave.
- ▸ Cross-platform — macOS, Windows, Linux; master and backup may even differ.
And with all of it, one thing: you can simply deliver a secure show.
See the full product
BroadcastPrompter.Pro has its own product site with the complete feature set, technical specs and a demo request. Developed in Vienna by MGLSoft — Martin Lohr.