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●  Design & systems integration · Southern California and nationwide

Systems that stay on air. Rooms that come alive.

Skylite Media designs and integrates the systems behind television, post-production, cinema and worship, and the immersive sound and show systems that put an audience inside the story. Our engineers have worked as directors, editors and operators, so every system we commission is built with an operator's mindset.

Since 1992Founded in Los Angeles
24-hourOn-call critical support
SBE · SMPTECertified engineers
#938567CA contractor's license
Broadcast operator in a headset at a control desk with a lit switcher panel and monitor AV technician in a safety harness mounting a moving-head light on a truss tower Skylite project supervisor with a radio and Skylite badge reviewing plans on a tablet
Broadcast & control rooms

Built by people who've sat in the chair.

Our engineers have run the switcher, the board and the edit bay, so the rooms we build work the way operators do.

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Cinema & immersive

Put the audience inside the story.

Spatial and in-seat audio, projection and LED for theaters, attractions and sanctuaries.

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Concept to completion

One team from first drawing to sign-off.

Design, procurement, installation and training, managed by engineers who have run the room themselves.

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What we do · systems design, integration & equipment sales

From signal path to audience.

We began in 1992 building for the Los Angeles broadcast industry. That same engineering now goes into sanctuaries, cinemas, venues and attractions, where the room itself is part of the experience.

Darkened post-production control room with a large projection screen and console, lit in blue

Broadcast & Post

Master control rooms, studios and post facilities, from small edit boutiques to network operations. Designed to stay on air and built to be upgraded, not replaced.

  • Master control & machine rooms Routing · fiber · timecode
  • Studios & control rooms HD / 4K
  • Post-production & finishing Avid · Pro Tools · color
  • Playout & automation Network & live news
  • Studio, location & live production Crews & equipment
  • Streaming & transmission Live or archived
Private screening room with a starfield ceiling, blue-lit wall panels and a large screen

Cinema & Immersive

Screening rooms, theaters, arenas and ride attractions, where picture and sound have to hold up to the most critical audience in the room.

  • Digital cinema & screening rooms Dolby Vision · Atmos
  • Immersive & spatial audio Object-based · in-seat
  • Theaters, arenas & attractions Ride & show systems
  • LED, projection & video walls Signage · lobbies
  • Room acoustic analysis & treatment Measured, then tuned
  • Display calibration SMPTE · ITU · DCI
How we build

Workmanship.

Clean cable, labeled patchbays and documentation your engineers can follow at 3 a.m. Good builds prevent the worst-possible-time failures.

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Rows of blue patch cabling dressed across a rack
Machine room lined with video decks and equipment racks
Houses of Worship

Sound, light and stream for every service.

Sanctuaries ask for broadcast-grade reliability with a volunteer at the console. We design systems your team can run every Sunday, and that carry the service to everyone watching online.

  • Sanctuary sound & immersive audio
  • Stage lighting & LED walls
  • Broadcast ministry control rooms
  • Live streaming & IMAG
  • Volunteer training & documentation
  • Ongoing support
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Congregation in a modern sanctuary listening to a worship band under a lit cross, with immersive sound shown around each seat
Who we build for

Industries

Broadcast & Networks

TV studios, stations, master control and transmission.

Post-Production

Edit, color, audio and finishing suites for broadcast and cinema.

Cinema & Studios

Screening rooms, digital cinema and executive viewing.

Venues & Attractions

Theaters, arenas and ride attractions.

Houses of Worship

Sanctuaries, broadcast ministries and streaming.

Education & Government

University and city facilities, studios and public-sector contracts.

Corporate

Conference rooms, collaborative offices and corporate lobbies.

Hospitality

Restaurants and venues with video walls and digital signage.

Selected projects

Facilities we've built.

Complete design, integration, installation and user training, for clients who can't afford to go dark.

Picture Head master control room, a curved wall of lit equipment racks
Post-productionBroadcast & cinema

Picture Head

A 21-rack, 51-patchbay master control room with HD video, audio, timecode and control routing over seven fiber circuits. More than 20 edit bays, six Pro Tools rooms and a 2K digital cinema color suite.

KMVV two-camera news studio set
BroadcastLocal station

KMVV-DT · Las Vegas

A complete local station: news studio, master and studio control, three edit suites and playout automation.

Inside Edition edit station with monitors and control surface
BroadcastCBS-Paramount

Inside Edition

Master control, a six-rack machine room, edit bays, live shot desk and newsroom monitoring.

Audio mixing console in front of monitors showing color bars
PostOn-air promotion

Bravo Television

On-air promo redesign: master control with routing, 30+ decks, Pro Tools rooms and acoustic treatment.

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StudioExecutive viewing

Walt Disney Studios

HD large-screen monitoring for executive offices, digital routing and remote fiber transmission.

How a project runs

One team, concept to completion.

We work alongside your architects, contractors and staff from the first drawing to sign-off, so problems get caught on paper instead of on air.

Step 1

Consult & design

Project consultation, systems design and cost analysis, built around your workflow and budget.

Step 2

Procure

Equipment sourced through our manufacturer partnerships, specified to the job.

Step 3

Install & commission

Installation, systems programming, testing and commissioning, scheduled around your productions.

Step 4

Train & support

User instruction for your operators, then maintenance and support for the life of the system.

Engineering

24-hour on-call support

Diagnostics and repair, facility-wide troubleshooting, and regular maintenance that keeps the emergencies rare. When one happens, call us.

Calibration

Confidence in every image

Monitors, projectors, scopes and cameras calibrated to SMPTE, ITU and DCI standards with NIST-traceable instruments, plus color management across your whole facility.

What we were founded on

Three words we still work by.

They may not be the first words that come to mind in the entertainment industry. They're the reason our clients come back.

Integration crew reviewing drawings with a client, checking a 3D venue design, rigging a line array and mixing a live worship service

Integrity

We recommend the system you need and stand behind how the work gets done, not only that it got done.

Honesty

Clear quotes, real timelines, and straight answers when something changes.

Reliability

We finish what we start, on budget and on schedule. Peace of mind is what we deliver.

Leadership

Engineers who've run the room.

Our team has worked as directors, editors, broadcast and audio engineers, camera operators and technicians. We design with the operator in mind.

Dan Janetzke
President / Director of Engineering

Dan Janetzke

Founded Skylite in 1992 after work as a broadcast studio engineer for Seven Network Australia and chief engineer of Absolute Post. Lifetime Senior Broadcast Engineer certification (SBE), member of SBE and SMPTE.

Ryan Promack
Senior Design Consultant / Partner

Ryan Promack

Started in post-production as an edit coordinator at KTLA and a video editor at Reelz Channel. Spent nine years as Vice President of Engineering at CBC Technical, then founded Promack LLC in 2023, a San Diego technical services firm covering AV, IT infrastructure and broadcast production.

Tom Janetzke
VP, Business Development

Tom Janetzke

Started behind the camera, then worked as editor, director and producer before moving into engineering project management and leading installations as Director of Installations.

Jeff Dollente
Senior Engineer

Jeff Dollente

More than 20 years in broadcast engineering, systems integration and project management. Designs in AutoCAD, VidCAD and WireCAD. Member of SMPTE, SBE and STE.

Selected clients

Trusted by networks, studios and ministries.

  • Walt Disney Studios
  • CBS-Paramount Network Television
  • MGM
  • BBC
  • Bravo
  • Comedy Central
  • King World
  • Inside Edition
  • Access Hollywood
  • The Hollywood Reporter
  • Channel 9 Australia
  • Yahoo!7 Australia
  • Picture Head
  • Stampede
  • Cosmo Street
  • Creative Asylum
  • Ayzenberg
  • Troika Design Group
  • FilmLook
  • Craig Murray Productions
  • mOcean
  • Digital L2
  • University of Southern California
  • USC Shoah Foundation
  • Concordia University
  • Herbalife Broadcast Network
  • Lutheran Ministries
  • West Angeles Church of God in Christ
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Office626-255-7511
A/V technical support(877) 4-SKYLITE
Emailinfo@skylitemedia.com
Address621 Mercedes Ave., Pasadena, CA 91107

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