By Triston Wallace, on August 3rd, 2009%  Last week saw me at Canary Wharf getting an overview with a group of invited guests regarding the plans for the London iteration of an Olympic TV tradition – a broadcast training programmebased on the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The television side of the Olympic and Paralympic Games is really the crucial part – the massive amount of revunue generated from rights, advertising and related media are what keeps the whole circus going. In the past the IOC have set up a joint venture with the host city to form the “host broadcast company”. This company is responsible for all of the images, sound, graphics, on-screen info, etc, from all of the sport. The then sell this feed to all of the rights holding broadcasters. Today, this is a stand-alone company – the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS).
As you can imagine, the scale is vast. 6500 “games-time” staff. 1000 cameras. 62 OB trucks. 5000 hours of content. 200 broadcast countries. And amidst the “largest production company in the world” is a training programme for broadcast students. Continue reading The Olympic Broadcasting Services “Broadcast Training Programme” for 2012
By Triston Wallace, on July 3rd, 2009% Last night, key figures in the education, skills and business world of creative media gathered in a Soho basement to wish Mandy Berry well in whatever she does next.
Mandy Berry has ran 01zero-one for the last five years. It is a fantastic resource for the UK creative media industry – a sector-specific training space, deep in . . . → Read More: Farewell and Thanks to Mandy Berry – a key part of the creative media industries
By Triston Wallace, on June 3rd, 2009% We at Skillset are embarking on a journey of discovery around leadership and management skills in the creative media industry. There is a strong-held belief that this area isn’t up to scratch in our sector. Maybe because we are made up of “creatives”, maybe because the business model is different, maybe because we have very little professionalisation going on – I don’t know why, but this I do know (or at least I think I do!): Continue reading Leadership and Management skills in the creative media industry
By Triston Wallace, on May 27th, 2009% We’re back!
Sorry for the downtime recently – it’s been a bit of a struggle migrating this onto our own servers -but now, like the great British summer, we’re back and we’re here to stay!
And we’ve got a new look – to go with the new Skillset logo.
We are always interested in what works for you here . . . → Read More: In with the summer sun
By Triston Wallace, on March 25th, 2009% On Monday we brought together a number of companies that went on a trade delegation to Beijing and Shanghai at the tale-end of the Games. The open conversation was captured, and a more accurate description of the thoughts will appear, but here is my take on how the UK creative media industries can make hay . . . → Read More: 2012 – taking advantage of the Games
By Triston Wallace, on March 17th, 2009% Neil Garner is a professional trainer I have known (and respected) for over a decade. He used to train the trainees I looked after at the BBC – and was a perfect judge of character as well as a wonderful communicator, enthuser and sage. Here are his thoughts on the difference between education and training.
As a . . . → Read More: Guest Blog from Neil Garner – Training vs Education
By Triston Wallace, on March 13th, 2009% Traditionally the creative media industry is split into different categories – Film, TV, Radio, Photo Imaging, Publishing, Computer Games, Advertising, etc. The boundaries and divisions of these seemingly stand-alone sectors are based output; the final format or product. They have historically had their own supply chains, their own workforce, and their own audiences.
The merging of these . . . → Read More: CONCEPT – CONSTRUCT – CONNECT: a different way to look at the creative media industry
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