ATG Broadcast Chosen To Relocate BBC Training Facility

A project to relocate the BBC's central London production training studio from Marylebone to White City has just gotten underway.
ATG Broadcast has commenced work on the project on one of three establishments operated for BBC trainees and independent students, at 35 Marylebone High Street.
It operates in conjunction with the Wood Norton Training Centre near Evesham and BBC Elstree in Borehamwood.
The relocation will incorporate the facility into the six-storey Wood Lane building in proximity to BBC Television Centre and Media Village.
Dave Whitaker, Projects Manager at ATG Broadcast, said: "We have from July 20 to August 28 to complete the project prior to commencement of the 2009-10 academic year in September.
"Much of the installation will be pre-assembled at our Letchworth headquarters, including an 11-bay production desk and a three-metre wide sound desk, both from Custom Consoles' Module-R range of studio furniture.
"The facility includes a Media Gallery which is being equipped with a Media Wall accommodating multiple 42-inch JVC 16:9 preview and programme monitors with under-monitor displays plus and an array of 20-inch Marshall widescreen monitors. Additional monitor screens will mount directly to the desks on adjustable Ergotron arms, four on the production desk and three on the sound desk.
"The project also includes replacement of an existing For-A vision mixer with a larger HVS-3800HS, plus a For-A MV1600 multiviewer, Autocue teleprompter, ATG Broadcast Krone frame and wallboxes, AJA and Leitch interfaces, audio induction loop and a sound-control-monitor trolley," he said.
ATG Broadcast is partnering in the project with Overbury, a long-established specialist in managing refurbishment and fit out. Overbury has offices in Bracknell, Birmingham, London and Manchester. Its client list includes BBC Worldwide, BSkyB, Guardian News & Media and Google.
BBC Training & Development works with Skillset (the government-licensed UK-wide Sector Skills Council for the audiovisual industries) to offer subsidised training to the UK freelance community. It offers a complete portfolio of courses and development solutions to individuals and organisations worldwide. It also offers an end-to-end service from training needs analysis to evaluation. Its range of subjects include camera skills, directing, editing, graphics, interactive-television, lighting, location production, post-production, sound, studio production, vision mixing, web design and writing.
ATG Broadcast, part of Dan Technologies' Systems Integration Division, is an international systems integrator and a world-class supplier of broadcast systems planning, design, installation and commissioning services. Clients include some of the world's largest broadcast networks and embrace the latest server-based digital technology.
The Systems Integration Division of Dan Technologies (ATG Broadcast, Danmon Systems Group and Hiltron Communications) has more than 50 people operating internationally from offices in Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
(KMcA/BMcC)