Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh
Broadcast Engineer | IPTV, Encoding, Playout Servers, Subtitling, CG, MAM, NLEs, SANs, Storage, Tape Archives
- Location
- United Arab Emirates
- Industry
- Broadcast Media
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Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh's Overview
- Current
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- Broadcast Engineer at Intigral
- Past
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- Broadcast-IT Engineer at Salam Media Cast
- Broadcast Engineer at Arab Media Group
- Technical Operator at Showtime
- Transmission Controller at ARY Digital
- Application Specialist at Graphic International Centre
- Education
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- National American University
- National American University
- Skyline College
- Recommendations
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19 people have recommended Muhammad Muzammil
- Connections
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500+ connections
- Websites
Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh's Summary
My career highlights in broadcast technology included, being part of launch teams of large broadcast networks i.e.:
• Intigral - 151 channel linear IPTV chain with live censorship along with Video on demand and Media Asset Management systems.
• Arabian Television Network - 7 channel playout chain for MTV Arabia and Nickelodeon Arabia.
• Showtime Arabia - 30 channel playout & 11 Passthrough services chain.
• ARY Digital - 8 playout services.
My strengths include technical systems wide knowledge about Broadcast and Broadcast IT gear, storage technologies, and working insights on traditional and new media operational workflows.
Even though I've been fortunate enough to spend time and work on some pretty cool Broadcast IT technologies, but "the more I know, the less I know" applies even more, and the learning continues...
Specialties
Professional Broadcast SD / HD Video systems, Media Playout Servers, Automation, Subtitling, CG systems, FCP, XSAN, RAID / Grid Storage, Tape Archives, Multiviewers, Compression, Disaster Recovery and IT security.
Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh's Experience
Broadcast Engineer
Intigral
Partnership; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry
February 2010 – Present (2 years 5 months) Dubai Studio City, UAE
Operating from Dubai, Intigral is providing broadcast TV and VoD services to STC's Invision (invision.com.sa) interactive cable TV service in Saudi Arabia.
Achievements: Part of the IPTV broadcast engineering launch team, initial responsibilities included co-ordinating with system integrators and vendors to get IPTV services up and running, during very time constrained integration phase.
• Maintaining IPTV broadcast head-end systems such as post production NLEs, MediaXplorer MAM and its related storage and compression gear, Harmonic Multi-casting 51 channel Linear TV encoders and operating remote Huawei VoD middle-ware sub-systems.
Broadcast-IT Engineer
Salam Media Cast
Public Company; 51-200 employees; DOH:SIIS; Broadcast Media industry
October 2009 – February 2010 (5 months) Dubai, UAE
• Technically evaluated vendor designs and drawings for Etisalat's 20 channel playout system bid.
• Designed the EPG workflow and technically vetted for tender compliance, the vendor proposal for the LAN/WAN Oman TV network design for a 1,000+ user managed multi-site TCP/IP network bid.
• Providing technical support, troubleshooting & resolving broadcast IT systems’ issues for local and remote clients.
• Equipment Knowledge gained: Volicon Observer broadcast compliance recording system. Clyde Broadcast Synergy Radio Automation system.
Broadcast Engineer
Arab Media Group
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry
September 2007 – May 2009 (1 year 9 months) Dubai Studio City, UAE
Achievements: Part of initial network launch team for MTV Arabia, Nickelodeon Arabia and Noor Dubai, provided project engineering support of broadcast chain migration from du teleport to installation and expansion at Dubai Studio City facility. Technical project leader for MTV Arabia’s re-branding and graphics refresh.
• Successful deployment experience with Omneon Spectrum video servers, Softel Subtiling systems and Chyron Channel Box CG systems, Apple Final Cut Pro NLEs.
• Deployed Axon TRACS Linux based Broadcast Recording system.
• Installation experience with Evertz Multi-Viewers and GPS units and Quantum tape libraries.
• Resolving engineering issues with the head end Transmission Air chain & post-production systems.
• Managing systems vendors and engineering shift patterns.
• Equipment Knowledge gained: Omneon Media Grid & Pro-Exchange, Pro-Bel Morpheus automation, Chyron CG, Channel Box and Micro-X, Softel Swift subtitling systems, Apple XSAN, FCP, Any Stream Agility encoders, Red Hat Linux based AutoDesk Smoke.
Technical Operator
Showtime
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry
May 2004 – September 2007 (3 years 5 months) Dubai Media City, UAE
Showtime Arabia (now Orbit Showtime Network), a multi-channel pay TV network. Broadcasting more than 50 channels.
Achievements: Part of the initial network launch team – 22 playout channels.
• Providing level one head end engineering support to critical on air systems.
• Assisting engineers with technical / operational maintenance and upgrades.
• Monitoring audio/video signal levels, encoders, multiplexers, transport streams, automation systems.
• Ingesting media using Sony DigiBeta VTRs & SonyXDCAM players.
• Liaising with schedulers, teleports, cable operators and content providers.
• Equipment Knowledge gained: Tektronix waveform monitors, Snell & Wilcox syncs, Probel Routing system, Harmonic encoders & multiplexers, Pebble Beach Device controllers, Miranda Kaleido K2s, Eye Height Logo burner & safe area generators, Screen Subtitling Systems & Omneon Spectrum media servers, Sony Petasite.
Transmission Controller
ARY Digital
Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry
August 2003 – April 2004 (9 months) Dubai Media City, UAE
ARY Digital Network is the first Pakistani muti-channel network, broadcasting news, music and general entertainment to satellite and cable providers, like BSkyB, DirectTV, DISH TV, ART, around the world.
Achievements: Part of network launch – 10 playout Channels.
• Ensuring 24/7 playout of all digital services & live shows.
• Operationally supporting studio control room & production teams.
• Co-coordinating with Media Traffic & correcting discrepancies with schedules.
• Equipment Knowledge gained: Tandberg professional IRDs, Network Vikinx Routing system, Sony BetacamSP VTRs & Sony DVCams, Miranda-Oxytel & Masterkey 7 Keyers & Vectorbox media servers
Application Specialist
Graphic International Centre
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
March 2003 – August 2003 (6 months) Dubai, UAE
Handled the techno-commercial side of Legato (now EMC) Disaster Recovery solutions, including:
• High Availability (HA).
• Data Replication for Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Electronic Document Management (EDM).
Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh's Projects
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IPTV Head-end
- March 2010 to July 2010
Team Members: Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh, Eyad Al Dwaik, Sailesh Saxena, Muhammad Mudasser Shaikh, Oubada Tawileh, , Christopher WuIPTV headend with 50 SD and one HD channels
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IPTV Head-end Expansion
- January 2011 to July 2011
Team Members: Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh, Eyad Al Dwaik, Sailesh Saxena, Tony Saab, , Hazem Elzain, Muhammad Mudasser ShaikhExpand the IPTV head-end by 100 SD and 30 HD channels
Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh's Courses
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Broadcast Engineer
Arab Media Group
- 2007 - Course, Morpheus Broadcast Automation & Media Network Management, Systems engineering & operational by Pro-Bel (now Snell)
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Technical Operator
Showtime
- 2005 - Course, Pebble Beach Neptune Broadcast Automation Systems engineering & operational by Pebble Beach
- 2005 - Training, Broadcast Television Technology by John Lisney Associates
- 2006 - Negotiation Skills, Assertiveness by Showtime Training Academy
- 2006 - Training, Project Management, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Communication skills by Dovetail
- 2006 - Training, Emotional Intelligence Master-Class by Dovetail
- 2007 - Course, Apple XSAN & Final Cut Pro Engineering at Showtime
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Application Specialist
Graphic International Centre
- 2003 - Training, Data Storage: RAID, DAS, NAS, SAN designs at IBM
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Independent Coursework
- 2003 - Training, Cisco - CCNA at the Computer Training & Testing Center
- 2003 - Training, Sun - Solaris Administration at the Computer Training & Testing Center
Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh's Education
National American University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems
1998 – 2002
National American University
Associate of, Applied Science, Information Technology
1998 – 2000
Skyline College
Diploma, Business Information Systems
1998 – 2000
Muhammad Muzammil Shaikh's Languages
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English
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Urdu
(Limited working proficiency) -
Arabic
(Elementary proficiency)
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