Broadcast services case studies

ITV’s New Playout/Transmission Centres.

Technicolor Network Services (TNS) were appointed as Service Level Provider to playout ITV’s services for the North and South of England.

This was a prestigious UK contract and EMS Technical Personnel were delighted to have been chosen to provide the personnel resource based on the quality of our service and candidates.

STC Chiswick Park

Project Managers, Project Engineers, a CAD designer and a large wiring team to design, project manage, build, and commission the Ingest and Playout projects.

The Ingest system used Probel automation and GV Media Assets Management to provide 100 hours of ingest. The playout project involves providing fully redundant infrastructure for ITV, ITV2, 3 & 4 services.

NTC Leeds

The projects team consisted of a Project Manger, Project Engineers, a CAD designer and a wiring team to design, project manage, build and commission the Playout and Ingest projects.

BFE (BBC PQ Glasgow)

BFE subcontracted the installation work at PQ to EMS Technical Personnel, we supplied a team of wiremen and received very positive feedback from both Siemens Business Services and BFE on the quality and professionalism of our wiring team.

Arqiva

EMS Technical Personnel are an Arqiva Preferred Supplier and supply them with a range of skill sets including Consultants, Senior Project Managers, Project managers, Project Engineers RF Engineers and Wiremen.

We have supplied contractors to complete the installation of the MUX CWDM project into Feltham, William Road and Newman Street as well as providing Consultants and contract engineers to design and install a 288 x 288 Probel router in their central London facility.

Skai TV (Athens)

EMS Technical Personnel supplied a Consultant/Project Manager to Skai in Athens on a 6-month contract to co-ordinate the design and build of their new HD facility in Athens. This is a News and Sports channel that was technically upgraded with SONAPS, which is a News Production tapeless system provided by Sony. Our Project Manager was responsible for co-ordination and liaison with System Integrator Sony UK and Sony Greece for the technical facilities.

A key part of the role was to provide leadership to the local technical team and provide senior management with timelines, budgets and progress for the complete project. Liaison with local building contractors from all disciplines was carried out using translators to ensure the broadcast disciplines delivered on time and on budget.

Consultancy services case studies

Scottish Parliament

As Consultants to the Scottish Parliament, EMS specified facilities for television coverage and related matters at the new Holyrood Building in Edinburgh. EMS also advised Bovis on the details of the procurement process for supply and installation of the broadcast systems. Contracts were placed and EMS supervised the prefabrication of the systems. EMS was also involved in the installation, commissioning and handover of the facilities on completion of the building.

The London Stock Exchange

Design consultants to the London Stock Exchange for the relocation and digitisation of their City Media Centre broadcast facility. Design elements included extensive in-vision video wall and broadcast graphics system with customised live software links into financial data sources. EMS was also involved in the procurement process for Broadcast and AV facilities.

Specialist staff

Within our vast database and knowledge from the broadcast sector, we represent some of the most respected individuals in our industry, providing personnel at every level, on either a temporary, contract, interim or permanent basis.

These include:

Broadcast Consultants
Project Managers
Project Engineers
Maintenance and Support Engineers
CAD Designers and Operators
Installation Teams
Senior Wiring Technicians
Wiring Technicians

Specialist staff - Post Production & Ops

We have expanded further, into the post production and operational areas of Broadcasting.

Heading our new Post & Ops department is John Brookfield.

John spent 23 years at the BBC in operational, people and commercial management roles and has a particular passion and flair for finding the right person to suit the right job. This was brought to bear in his time managing, training and recruiting for BBC Post Production.

Bringing his experience and his contacts to EMS tech personnel and joining this with our well established relationships across the industry can only be mean success for our clients and candidates.

Specialist staff we are looking to place in permanent, contract or temporary positions are:

Editors
Dubbing Mixers,
Colourists
Edit Assistants
Tech Ops
Operational Support
Commercial Staff

Please contact John if you are looking for fresh opportunities or are seeking new talent.

Specialist project teams

We can if required create bespoke Project teams that deliver to your deadlines, budget, and remit, time after time.

For example a recent request was to provide ITV’s new Northern and Southern play out Centres with a full team, consisting of the overall Project Manager, Design and Project engineers, Commissioning Engineers, and installation teams.

The unique thing about this project was that all members of the team had previously worked together through EMS on other projects, so were able to hit the ground running.

See our case studies for further details on the types of projects that our Specialist Project Teams have worked on.

Vision and values

EMS Technical Personnel aim to establish themselves as the premier provider of engineering and technical personnel to the broadcast and affiliated sectors.

The relationship we have with our clients and suppliers is based on mutual trust, respect and continuous improvement. We’ve already achieved this with many high profile broadcasters, who are mentioned on our client list.

We don’t regard ourselves as just another recruitment business, and we don’t take the easy option and put forward just anyone, the reputation that we’ve built up over many years for reliability, quality and integrity would easily be lost if we did!

Instead, we listen to our clients brief and only recommend people with the right background who fit their requirements.

Our reputation is our best advertisement. EMS invites you to contact companies on our client list for a reference.