Broadcast Focus
by Russell Trafford-Jones
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Learning about the people and technology behind the broadcast and media industries.
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- Ep 32: Reviving Ceefax: How To Build Your Own Teletext System. On air 24x7 on the web and YouTube! · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 32Nathan Dane, the mastermind behind https://NathanMediaServices.co.uk, helps us discover the inner workings and historical significance of the BBC's iconic Ceefax service. Nathan…
- Ep 31: 'Secret' Uses for Teletext plus how Subtitles & the EPG Works by a Retired BBC Engineer #TechTalk · 1 h 30 min · Season 1 Episode 31Behind the Scenes of Teletext: Subtitles, Data Broadcasting, and More Former BBC engineer Peter Wietzel joins Russell Trafford-Jones in this episode of Broadcast Focus as they…
- Ep 30: Ex BBC Engineer Returns to Tell More About Teletext #TechTalk #Deepdive – Part II · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 30Peter Weizel spent many years in the BBC working on Teletext and even wrote part of the standards so who better to continue guiding us on our journey into the first digital…
- Ep 29: Georgiana Verdonk on boosting your career by finding mentors on the way · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 29Rise Mentor and Fractional CMO Georgiana Verdonk explains all aspects of mentoring, showing it's great for all stages of your career! We look at why it makes sense, why companies…
- Ep 28: Ex BBC Engineer explains how Teletext works! #TechTalk Deep Dive. · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 28Peter Weizel spent many years in the BBC working on Teletext and even wrote part of the standards so we go on a journey into the first digital broadcasting on TV. Teletext is a…
- Ep 27: Carrie Wootten's plan to fight the skills shortage - Global Media & Entertainment Talent Manifesto · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 27Carrie Wootten explains the Global Media & Entertainment Manifesto. She delves in to what it is and how businesses and individuals can help. Revolving around reducing the skills…
- Ep 26: #TechTalk What's new with GCCG from the VSF? Live Ground-Cloud-Cloud-Ground Transport · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 26Andy Rayner updates us on what's new in this new specification helping move video and media into and around the cloud. This is a break away from the traditional model where all…
- Ep 25: Lee Hunt from InSync on what you need to succeed in a career in media. · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 25Lee Hunt, Director at InSync Technology, talks about how he got into broadcast and how he was able to keep pushing his skills forward to match the new technologies that just kept…
- Ep 21: Setting up from scratch Zambia's first non-state radio station with Phil Haggar · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 21For years Zambia, post independence had only three radio stations all run by the state. This changed when Phil Haggar came on the scene in the 80s. Backed by a philanthropic…
- Ep 19: Romain Bouqueau & Allan McLennan on GPAC's Use in Major Organisations | Case Study · 1 h 15 min · Season 1 Episode 19Romain Bouqueau (founder and CEO of MotionSpell) and Allan McLennan (CEO of PADEM Media Group) talk about the business case for GPAC and how it has found a home in Meta and…
- Ep 24: What is Green Shaming? Neil Howman on Sustainability in Media · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 24Publisher of The Flint, Neil Howman talks about how The Flint came about, how companies within the media sector are dealing with becoming more sustainable, creating sustainable…
- Ep 23: What makes Radio TechCon so special? · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 23Co-Directory of Radio TechCon, Aradhna Tayal Leach explains what makes Radio TechCon special. We look at some previous years' talks and find out what this year has to offer!…
- Ep 22:The Flint's Neal Romanek on Sustainability Programmes for Media & Entertainment · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 22Editorial Director of The Flint, and formerly with Albert, Neal Romanek talks about Albert and DIMPACT discussing how they work and ultimately discussing the how as a global…
- Ep18: Sustainability: A passing grade? Lisa Collins on Sony's 'State of Sustainability in Media' report. · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 18Lisa Collins, co-founder of the MTSS (Media Tech Sustainability Series) joins me to look at some of the surprising - and not so surprising - numbers from Sony's report on…
- Ep17: Valentijn Siebrands takes us behind #communityradio in the Netherlands and how it's changing · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 18With decades of experience volunteering his technical know-how in Community Radio in the Netherlands, Valentijn Siebrands explains how publicly-funded and commercial community…
- Ep16: Why You’re Missing Out on GPAC: The Streaming Tool Deployed by Netflix · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 17I dive deep with Romain Bouqueau, founder and CEO of MotionSpell and a pioneer in open-source streaming technology to find out about the power of GPAC, the secret sauce behind…
- Ep15: Andy Rayner explains GCCG. Hasn't this problem been solved already? · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 15It was great to have Andy Rayner, Director, Video Services Forum (VSF), with me to discuss why we need Ground-Cloud-Cloud-Ground (GCCG), what it is and its uses. As media…
- Ep14: THOUSANDS of mobile phones! Wren Wood takes me through the Mobile Phone Museum. · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 14Wren Wood and is father run MobilePhoneMuseum.com – We have a great chat about the technologies behind mobile telephony as well how the shapes of mobile phones have changed.
- EP13: #Univision: Ben Foreman on how Students put on their own #Eurovision Song Contest · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 13There are no small plans when it comes to Univision. Finding musical acts from around Universities in the UK and bringing them together for a Eurovision-style show is a large…
- Ep12: Building a Persian TV Station in London with Graham Collins · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 12For 14 years Manoto TV broadcast from London internationally – including into Iran. Graham Collins was intimately involved with designing and implementing much of the technology…
