Key Services
Colourimetry for Film & TV
- Extensive experience calibrating broadcast monitors and projectors for diverse applications,
- Remote calibration for Eizo monitors,
- Equipped and experienced in profiling and building LUTs for accurate picture reference, particularly with domestic displays,
- Equally at home in Rec.709 environments as well as Rec.2020/P3/HDR for both film, VOD and TV,
- Matching on-set monitors to studio lights and cameras.
Camera Robotics from Electric Friends
Media Engineers Ltd are pleased to represent Electric Friends (out of Norway) as the leading manufacturer of camera robotics for TV studios , corporate communications and exhibition/event spaces.
- Ease of install - the track (which can optionally be sunk into the studio floor) is only 1” deep,
- Cabling - the rubberised multiplexed fibre/power cables runs in the same track as the camera - no trip hazard,
- LIDAR - the ped will not run into people/other cameras,
- AI tracking - image processing to allow object and face tracking (presenter stands up, camera follows etc),
- Integration - VizRT, Ross and the BBC’s Free-D as well as their own management/config software.
System Design
- Designed, supervised the install and handed over hundreds of systems both large (sometimes >50 equipment bays) and small (two Avids in the rear of the production office),
- At home in post, studios, OBs and Data Centres – both UK & abroad (Africa, Middle East etc),
- Entirely able to manage the technical paperwork (diagrams, schedules) as well as project documentation (RAMS, Scope of Works, etc) and budget tracking and the purchase order/invoicing process,
- Good relationship with wiring technicians & engineers as well as parts suppliers, able to supervise/test the build process.
Electrical Safety & optimal arrangements for media facilities
- Abreast of legislation (currently at IET 18th Ed. - done the update training),
- Skilled in designing/testing earthing systems to avoid induced hum problems in facilities,
- An ideal engineering interface between electrical contractors and the needs of a modern media facility; Online/offline-interactive UPS etc.
Test and Measurement
- Many years of experience (and hundreds of hours of production) QC’ed for UK terrestrial broadcast,
- Audio (R.128) and Video (R.103, PSE etc) along with AQC for DPP (building VidChecker profiles etc).
- Investigating physical layer measurement issues within your facility. As the industry moves to 3G and 12G SDi this is becoming very significant - see this video.
Industry Relationships
- Presenting; have demo’ed and presented at numerous trade shows (IBC, BVE etc) as well as conferences (HPA-UK, Dolby etc) - able to represent your product/organisation,
- Able to design and manage proof of concept (POC) studies with resellers and manufacturers,
- An excellent interface between facilities and resellers, friendly with other expert freelancers.
Fault Finding
- Electronic maintenance to component level, instructing engineers in best workshop practise.
- System problem solving and optimising,
- Modifying existing equipment for different use cases; improving cooling and noise etc - example.
Training - Have written and run the following courses (all can be customised to clients’ needs)
- IP Networks 101 for broadcast engineers
- Fibre optics; introduction for broadcast engineers
- Video 101
- Audio 101
- Electrical Safety for film & TV engineers download syllabus
- Colourimetry for film & TV - download syllabus - or via Zoom
- Fundamentals of video compression and file formats
Fibre Optics infrastructure and multiplexing
- Design, test and fault find both campus networks as well as metro links
- Experienced in multiplex design and test; CWDM and DWDM
- Train wiring technicians in the use of fusion splicers and other optimal methods.
Current product expertise
- Eizo and Sony Broadcast monitors,
- Leader and Tektronix test and measurement; particularly UHD/4K/HDR for Dolby/Netflix etc,
- Barnfind – fibre optic switching, extending, format conversion & multiplexing; campus and metro n/w,
- Amulet Hotkey – Teradici KVM-over-IP; nearly 2,000 seats deployed in production/post/audio etc.