DEFINITION September 2018

What do you do if you’re a major broadcaster needing help on the post-production and live programming front? Well, you could turn to a company like Timeline TV, which specialises in providing resource A HELPING HAND

T V viewers have been spoiled to the extent that when big events, such as the Royal Wedding, Jersey Triathlon and the Great North City Games come around there’s a natural assumption that there will be high-quality, live broadcasting effortlessly taking place, with never a sniff of a technical issue. Those at the sharp end of all of the organising and problem-solving that necessarily goes on behind the scenes to enable an outside broadcast to be successful will be quick to point out, however, that it’s no easy matter to take a team out on the road, and experience and know-how are the two crucial qualities required to ensure a smooth and pain-free end result. One partner that specialises in ensuring that even the biggest and most challenging outside broadcast events go to plan is Timeline Television, a company with a reputation for delivering technical

WORDS TERRY HOPE / PICTURES BBC & TI MELI NE TV

and creative facilities for programmes as diverse as live music and awards shows, political conferences, global and domestic sporting competitions, light entertainment and current affairs. Set up by Daniel McDonnell in 2006, the business has now grown to have more than 140 full time staff. Uniquely in the industry, Timeline has the ability to provide facilities for a production that range from concept to completion, including outside broadcasts, post-production, studios, RF and satellite, systems integration and managed services. With two large post-production facilities in London and a third in MediaCityUK, the company provides state-of-the-art facilities to a whole host of major broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV and BT Sport. The proud boast is that no job is too big or small, and tasks regularly undertaken vary from installing systems on outside broadcasts to designing and building permanent installations for clients.

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