Broadcast Engineer at Mirada
Bromley, United Kingdom
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- Broadcast Engineer at Mirada
- Past
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- Satellite Maintenance Engineer at Arqiva
- Freelance Studio Technical Director for Sky Vegas at BSkyB
- Support Engineer at YooMedia Plc
- Student at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
- Project Manager at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
- Education
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- Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
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Duncan Barnes’s Summary
Experienced with a wide range of broadcast hardware and software including: Pro-bel, Tektronix, PixelPower, Miranda, Vinten/Radamec, Trilogy, Snell and Wilcox, Pharos, Windows (from c1998, advanced knowledge), Apple OS9/X (Basic knowledge), Linux (Debian, Busybox, intermediate user).
Programming: (X)HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, Visual Basic 6, dabbled with Python, C++ and VB.NET. Recent projects include a client file access system for String Films Ltd and an inventory and loan management system for Ravensbourne College in PHP.
Other: Full (Clean) Uk Driving License, RYA Day Skipper Qualification, VHF Radio License Holder, currently learning Italian.
Training: Thomson Multiplex Training (Febuary 2008), Tandberg MEM System Training (November 2007), Tandberg nCompass System Training (June 2007), Roof Safety Training (May 2007).
Interests in Project work, Automation and finding cost saving and/or efficiency boosting solutions to Broadcast related systems. Recent simple example is a computer based multi channel capable compliance recorder using low cost a/v capture hardware and open source video processing software to record 1 hour segments with computer generated BITC.
Duncan Barnes’s Specialties:
Baseband video, Broadcast Systems
Duncan Barnes’s Experience
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Broadcast Engineer
Mirada
(Broadcast Media industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Broadcast Engineer, provide support for Mirada's Wapping Studio's facility including 3 studios, edit suites and playout systems. All new projects are planned and installed by the team that I am a part of.
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Satellite Maintenance Engineer
Arqiva
(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)
April 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Shift engineer for Arqiva's London Engineering Team. Responsible for the maintenance and general health of the compression, transmission and contribution systems for Arqiva's Satellite Media Solutions London area customers.
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Freelance Studio Technical Director for Sky Vegas
BSkyB
(Public Company; BSY; Broadcast Media industry)
January 2007 — March 2007 (3 months)
Responsible for ensuring transmission feeds from the studios, vision control, Radamec camera control, lighting, first line support for studios as well as interfacing between the production crew and site technical staff for the Sky Vegas Channel.
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Support Engineer
YooMedia Plc
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
August 2006 — December 2006 (5 months)
4 month contract with YooMedia Plc as Support Engineer for Studios and Transmission facilities as well as assisting with a studio move and associated facilities alteration
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Student
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2003 — July 2006 (2 years 10 months)
Student on the BSc Broadcast Technology degree course.
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Project Manager
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2006 — April 2006 (4 months)
Project managed the upgrade of Studio A at Ravensbourne College, this involved upgrading the composite infrastructure to SDI, refitting the production gallery to accomadate the new equipment including a new monitor stack, production desk etc. Replacement of vision mixer, character generator, still store and VTR's in addition to the introduction of under monitor displays and router sourcing for device inputs. Responsible for producing all technical drawings as well as the majority of the purchasing for this project. This was not a course requirement and was carried out as a result of interest in this area as well as a good relationship with faculty staff.
Duncan Barnes’s Education
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Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
BSc (Hons) , Broadcast Technology , 2003 — 2006
3rd Year dissertation (2006)entitled "Will the Internet as a distribution medium lead to the end of conventional broadcasting and transmission as experienced today?", available in PDF form on request.
Student Union Bar Technical Manager for 1.5 years.
Active involvement in the Broadcast faculty including equipment maintenance, installation and assisting fellow students with equipment operation.
Shortlisted for Student of the Year in 2006.
