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Willoughby, Sydney, Australia

Coordinating the entire Nine Network both locally and internationally. This incorporates all Master control rooms in the Nine network including our National Play Out Centre ( NPC ) in Sydney's French's Forest.Controlling the connectivity of television signals throughout the Nine Network including our bureau in Los Angeles .Operation of broadcast equipment that process and correct television signals.Fault finding and restoring the continuity of Nine’s terrestrial and satellite services during failure of transmission.Set up and control of vision, audio and communication signals to provide external connectivity including:Outside Broadcasts,Satellite News Gathering,and Electronic News Gathering.Working on all live to air shows such as NRL, Cricket, Cycling,"The voice", Today show, Mornings, 11 am, 3 pm, 4.30 pm and 6 pm News. Also A Current Affair, The NRL Footy show and Wide world of Sports just to name a few.Coordinating the transfer of News material within the Nine Network and other Broadcast Networks locally and internationally.

From Late 2000 to present working as a Senior Editor for the former Toyota world Sports program and SBS World News Australia. Editing under high pressure situations and meeting stringent deadlines is all in a normal day’s work. Demonstrating excellent communication Skills and an ability to work un supervised. Edited on the Quantel News and Sports Non Linear Server. Importing and exporting media. Assisted Journalists by searching through material and locate specific media relevant to the News or Sports story at hand. Associated duties, such as Media Manager, being responsible for deleting old content from the Media server .Also ensured that the naming convention for the Media Content Server System was correct.I have had basic experience working in the Analogue Master Control. I was responsible at times for answering and reporting telephone calls from viewers out of hours, when there was no one manning the switchboard. I was also communicating with other MCR personnel Worldwide. The job involved Operating Analogue Routing switchers such as BTS and Leitch. I would also repair the Old Analogue B’Mac Satellite decoders when I was working in London.As far as Digital Master Control goes, I have also obtained very basic experience with the Digital Telstra Swish Switcher and the Harris matrix routing switcher.A fully experienced Presentation Coordinator, Working off and on over a several year period between 1989 and 1996. Fully trained in the Use of the “Alamar’” Non Linear Presentation server system and all the associated equipment required in producing the highest possible quality “On Air “look for SBS.Experience in the operation of Character generators (such as the Chyron Maxine), cache news servers, Working as a Senior Online Editor on most SBS shows such as the Movie Show, Global Village, Icam, Pizza and “The Noise”.

Sydney, Australia

Worked in the Presentation department as an assistant Presentation Coordinator before being upgraded to an editor in Production Videotapes.Experience with all Tape formats both professional and domestic. Working in conjunction with Studio directors and Crew.Working on various Australian Dramas and shows such as Romper room, Beyond 2000, Home and Away, A country Practice and Sounds just to name a few.

Tvocp, Television Operational Techniques Advanced Certificate (Electronics / Tv Production)

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