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Part One
1.0 RESUME
I began my career at the Nigerian Television Authority, ictoria Islan!
"agos in August #00$ as an intern broa!cast systems engineer on a
# year contract. %ithin this &erio!, I 'as un!er the tutelage an!
su&ervision o( senior colleagues 'ho mentore! an! nurture! me.
I trans(erre! to a voluntary contract in #00) once I ha! success(ully
com&lete! my bachelor in Electrical*Electronic Engineering at
Ma!onna University +i-a.
et'een #00/ an! #010, I -oine! the e!eral Ministry o( %ors,
ousing an! Urban !evelo&ment Abu-a (or the one year man!atory
National 2outh service &rogramme 'here I 'as the System*Net'or
A!ministrator servicing the entire com&le3 an! also the
re&resentative o( the entire cor&s members serving in the ministry.
In #010, I returne! to the Nigerian Television Authority "agos on
another voluntary contract as a roa!cast*IT engineer an! a T
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&resenter u& until the (irst 4uarter o( #011 an! 'ithin this &erio! I
bagge! my (irst international certi(ication (rom Microso(t 5or&oration
as a Microso(t 5erti(ie! 6ro(essional 7M568.
y the secon! 4uarter o( #011, I relocate! to 2ola, A!ama'a state
to -oin 9+TE" 5+MMUNI5ATI+NS as a roa!cast Systems*IT engineer
'here I s&ent some years.
9otel communications is a &rivately o'ne! me!ia organi:ation base!
in 2ola, A!ama'a state com&rising t'o ra!io stations in the AM ; M
ban!s res&ectively an! a terrestrial T station transmitting at
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T ARI5A in "agos as a Senior roa!cast*IT Engineer 'here I
currently 'or.
The (ollo'ing &ages !escribe an! !etail some o( the &ro-ects I have
'ore! on an! !escribes the tass I un!ertae as &art o( my -ob in
con-unction 'ith other com&etent &ersonnel.
1.1 Experience Summary
Project & Post Graduation Experience Activities Witnessed & Supervised
August 2006-February 200
• Studio !a"era operations • #ode #aba$o$a %Syste"s
Supervisor '(A )agos &
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VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Progra""es & Pub$icity !o""ittee
'igerian Society o Engineers 'ationa$ ?eaduarters Abuja
209D
Strategy & P$anning !o""ittee
oung Engineers Foru"o 'igeria under t*eauspices o t*e 'igerian
Society o Engineers ?+/ Abuja
2099 ti$$ date
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & CERTIFICATIONS
'igerian Society o Engineers %'SE<
Graduate e"ber %200< G76
'igeria !o"puter Society %'!S<
Associate e"ber %209D<
'igerian ,nstitute o Saety Proessiona$s %',SP<
?SE )eve$ ,, %2090<
icrosot ,nc5 icrosot !ertiied Proessiona$ %!P<
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!isco !isco 'etor1 Acade"y Graduate %2097<
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Part Two
2.0 TELEVISION BROADCAST ENGINEERINGConcepts & isses
#.1 +BE5TIE
This &ost gra!uation re&ort is to share my e3&erience in roa!cast
systems engineering 'ith a (ocus on the challenges I have (ace! over
the years in a bi! to im&lement a Ta&eless broa!cast 'or(lo'.
#.# 5once&t ; Issues
The main challenge o( broa!casting to!ay all over the 'orl! an! in!ee!
in Nigeria is migrating (rom analogue to !igital broa!casting. The
International Telecommunication Union 7ITU8 has set a !ea!line (or the
(ull transition to !igital broa!cast (or #01< an! Nigeria is a signatory to
this agreement, (i3ing its s'itchover !ate at 1 >ecember #01# 'hich is
long over!ue.
Technology has gro'n ra&i!ly since the analog system 'as intro!uce!,
an! the current analog system cannot su&&ort (uture !evelo&ment.
Broa!cast en"ineerin" is the (iel! o( electrical engineering, an! no' to
some e3tent com&uter engineering an! in(ormation technology, 'hich
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engineering are also essential &arts o( broa!cast engineering, being their
o'n subsets o( electrical engineering.
roa!cast engineering involves both the stu!io en! an!
the transmitter en! 7the entire air@chain8, as 'ell as remote broa!casts.
Every station has a broa!cast engineer, though one may no' serve an
entire station grou& in a city, or be a contract engineer 'ho
essentially (reelances his or her services to several stations 7o(ten in
small me!ia marets8 as nee!e!
The nature o( the 'or varies accor!ing to location an! 'hether it is
base! in television, ra!io or ne' me!ia, but tass ty&ically involveC
• maintaining s&ecialist e4ui&ment (or vi!eo &ro!uction, broa!cast
an! satellite transmission, an! interactive me!iaD
• setting u& an! monitoring au!iovisual lins bet'een units in
!i((erent locationsD
• installing an! testing ne' (acilities an! e4ui&mentD
• setting u& an! o&erating e!iting (acilities in &ost@&ro!uction suitesD
• analy:ing an! recti(ying technical (aults on e4ui&ment an!
systemsD
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• minimi:ing loss o( service at times o( e4ui&ment (ailure by ra&i!ly
i!enti(ying an! im&lementing alternative metho!s o( service
&rovisionD
• ee&ing abreast o( constant changes in technology by investigating
ne' systems, techni4ues an! e4ui&ment @ es&ecially ne' internet
technologiesD
• setting u& an! o&erating e4ui&ment an! transmission lins !uring
outsi!e broa!castsD
• !esigning an! installing custom au!iovisual circuitsD
• re&airing har!'are, so(t'are an! other broa!cast technology
systemsD
• !esigning an! manu(acturing ne' circuits, har!'are an! systemsD
• !evelo&ing an! using a'areness o( best &ractice in health an!
sa(ety (or the 'or&laceD
• inter&reting an! im&lementing instructions an! re4uests (rom
&ro!ucers, !irectors an! other colleaguesD
• communicating e((ectively 'ith members o( the team an! other
colleaguesD
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• ee&ing u& to !ate 'ith the in!ustry by buil!ing an! maintaining a
net'or o( contacts.
A broa!cast engineer 'ors 'ith har!'are an! broa!cast systems that
are use! across television, ra!io an! ne' me!ia. They mae sure that
&rogrammes are broa!cast on time an! to the highest &ossible level o(
4uality. As 'ell as o&erating an! maintaining the systems, they also carry
out u&!ates an! re&airs.
roa!cast engineers 'or in a range o( locations an! situations. They
may carry out stu!io or set 'or or &ost@&ro!uction o&erations. They
coul! also be involve! in outsi!e broa!casts, 'here soun! an! images
are relaye! live bac to a stu!io or straight to the net'or.
They 'or 'ith a range o( &eo&le inclu!ing &ro!ucers, stu!io managers,
&resenters an! other technical sta((
Mo!ern !uties o( a broa!cast engineer inclu!e maintaining broa!cast
automation systems (or the stu!io an! automatic transmission
systems (or the transmitter &lant. There are also im&ortant !uties
regar!ing ra!io to'ers, 'hich must be maintaine! 'ith
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&ro&er lighting an! &ainting. +ccasionally a stations engineer must !eal
'ith com&laints o( R inter(erence, &articularly a(ter a station has ma!e
changes to its transmission (acilities
roa!cast engineers may have varying titles !e&en!ing on their level
o( e3&ertise an! (iel! s&ecialty. Some 'i!ely use! titles inclu!eC
• roa!cast !esign engineer
• roa!cast systems engineer
• roa!cast IT engineer
• roa!cast IT systems engineer
• roa!cast net'or engineer
• roa!cast maintenance engineer
• i!eo broa!cast engineer
• T stu!io broa!cast engineer
• +utsi!e broa!cast engineer
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• Remote broa!cast engineer
roa!cast engineers may nee! to &ossess some or all o( the
(ollo'ing !egrees, !e&en!ing on the broa!cast technical environment. I(
one o( the (ormal 4uali(ications is not &resent, a relate! !egree or
e4uivalent &ro(essional e3&erience is !esirable.
• >egree in electrical engineering
• >egree in electronic engineering
• >egree in telecommunications engineering
•>egree in com&uter engineering
• >egree in management in(ormation system
• >egree in broa!cast technology
roa!cast engineers are generally re4uire! to have no'le!ge in the
(ollo'ing areas, (rom conventional vi!eo broa!cast systems to mo!ern
In(ormation TechnologyC
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• 5onventional broa!cast
• Au!io*i!eo instrumentation measurement
• aseban! vi!eo F stan!ar! * high@!e(inition
• roa!cast stu!io acoustics
• Television stu!ios @ broa!cast vi!eo cameras an! camera
lenses
• 6ro!uction s'itcher 7i!eo mi3er8
• Au!io mi3er
• roa!cast IT
• i!eo com&ression @ ># or ATS5 7or IS>8
• >igital server &layout technologies. @ >56, "outh, arris,
control &rotocols
• roa!cast automation
• >is storage F RAI> * NAS * SAN technologies.
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• +ccu&ational sa(ety an! health
• ire su&&ression systems lie M #00.
• asic structural engineering
• R ha:ar! mitigation
Above mentione! re4uirements vary (rom station to station.
The conversion to !igital broa!casting means broa!cast engineers must
no' be 'ell@verse! in !igital television an! !igital ra!io, in a!!ition
to analogue &rinci&les. Ne' e4ui&ment (rom the transmitter to the ra!io
antenna to the receiver may be encountere! by engineers ne' to the
(iel!. urthermore, mo!ern techni4ues &lace a greater !eman! on an
engineers e3&ertise, such as sharing broa!cast to'ers or ra!io
antennas among !i((erent stations 7!i&le3ing8.
>igital au!io an! !igital vi!eo have revolutioni:e! broa!cast engineering
in many res&ects. roa!cast stu!ios an! control rooms are no' alrea!y
!igital in large &art, using non@linear e!iting an! !igital signal
&rocessing (or 'hat use! to tae a great !eal o( time or money, i( it 'as
even &ossible at all. Mi3ing consoles (or both au!io an! vi!eo are
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+ther com&anies s&eciali:e in both broa!cast engineering an! broa!cast
la', 'hich are both essential 'hen maing an a&&lication to a
national broa!casting authority (or a construction &ermit or broa!cast
license. This is es&ecially critical in North America, 'here stations bear
the entire bur!en o( &roving that their &ro&ose! (acilities 'ill not cause
inter(erence an! are the best use o( the ra!io s&ectrum. Such com&anies
no' have s&ecial so(t'are that can ma& &ro-ecte! ra!io
&ro&agation an! terrain shiel!ing, as 'ell as la'yers that 'ill !e(en! the
a&&lications be(ore the U.S. e!eral 5ommunications
5ommission 7558, 5ana!ian Ra!io@television an! Telecommunications
5ommission 75RT58, or the e4uivalent authorities in some other
countries.
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Part T#ree
.1 Ta&eless roa!cast Systems ; %or(lo's
$.2 Bac%"ron!
In the &ro(essional broadcast 'orl!, an en!@to@en! 'or(lo'
7(rom ingest to &layout8 is calle! tapeless 'hen &art, or all o( it, is
ma!e 'ithout any ta&eD vi!eo an! au!io sources being ingeste!,
recor!e!, e!ite! an! &laye! out on !igital systems.
To illustrate the !i((erences, 'e can tae the analogy 'ith a
classic vi!eo recor!er an! a har! !is recor!er. %ith the ta&e base!
system, you nee! to 'ait (or some mechanical o&erations such as
(or'ar!, re'in!, e-ect, co&y, etc. In the other case, ta&eless one, you
instantly an! !irectly go to the selecte! &art o( the me!ia.
These a!vantages are the same in &ro(essional 'or(lo's an! can be
a!!e! to reach easiest, (astest an! more secure systems.
The tapeless a!vantages are the (ollo'ingC
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I starte! 'ith sim&le stu!io o&erations lie (loor managing,
tele&rom&ting, gra&hics o&eration, camera o&eration an! have no'
&rogresse! through the training an! on@the@-ob e3&osures I have
receive! to becoming a 6ro!ucer, !irector an! even a &resenter
as 'ell an! this has ai!e! me in becoming a better an! more
com&etent broa!cast systems*it engineer.
I have learne! an! still have a lot to learn (rom my colleagues an! over
the &ast years they have given me great su&&ort an! no'le!ge o( the
broa!cast services in!ustry globally.
The (ollo'ing &ages in this cha&ter brie(ly chronicle my &ost
gra!uat ion e3&erience in the roa!cast Me!ia services
in!ustry.
$.$ NTA2 CANNEL ' VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS
.1 acgroun!
The NTA# 5hannel < "agos 'as a tra!itional broa!cast establishment. y
this I mean that the set@u& an! 'or(lo' 'as &urely analogue. The NTA
"agos transmitte! in the ery igh re4uency s&ectrum o( 1=
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resi!ents 'ithin "agos 'ith s&ill@over signal to neighboring state lie
+gun state.
y the 'or! GTra!itional establishmentH, I mean that bet'een years
#00$@#00/, the source o( me!ia content !istribution 'as TA6E. Mini@
!igital vi!eo 7mini@>8 ta&es 'ere use! (or recor!ing*ca&turing,
ingesting, &ost@&ro!uction an! (inal transmission o( vi!eo materials.
+(ten times, vintage (ootages 'ere transmitte! using legacy e4ui&ments
lie i!eo 5assette &layers an! recor!ers 75R8. There 'as no alternate
means o( content ac4uisition an! !istribution.
.# B+ R+"E
I 'as the assistant !uty engineer an! o(ten times I 'oul! man the
master control room an! su&ervise any stu!io &ro!uctions that 'as
to tae &lace. Ty&ically in a control room, you shoul! (in! an
+&erations !irector 'ho has been &rovi!e! the sche!ule o(
&rogrammes to be broa!cast (or that !ay or &erio! an! an engineer
'ho han!les cueing o( ta&e materials an! &lay out alongsi!e
resolving any technicalities that may arise 'ith the transmitte!
material lie &oor vi!eo an! au!io 4uality etc.
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As the !uty engineer ,I ensure that there is regular &o'er su&&ly to
the stu!io an! its environs 'hich o(ten involves changing over to a
9enerator i( there is a &o'er (ailure. I utili:e monitoring tools an!
e4ui&ment lie a 'ave (orm monitor to ensure the integrity o( the
transmitte! signal is acce&table by all stan!ar!s.
I also &atch e4ui&ments (or recor!ing to ta&e. In the &rocess o(
carrying out these !uties, timing an! e((iciency are o( great
im&ortance since there is a sche!ule 'hich must be (ollo'e! to the
latter to avoi! litigation (rom clients 'ho have &ai! (or their
commercials or &rogrammes to be aire!.
ase! on my research , I reali:e! some o( the !o'nsi!es to this
tra!itional set u& inclu!e! C
$.$2.( T#e C#a))en"es
1. >o'n time as a result o( inserting ta&e (or &layout
#. %ear an! tear o( ta&e machine mechanisms
. Unreliability o( some ta&es resulting in &oor &icture
4uality
. Inability to 'holly &revie' the content o( a material
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on ta&e because it &roves to be very time consuming
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$.*0 GOTEL CO++,NICATIONS LI+ITED- OLA ADA+A/A STATE
.1 acgroun!
I 'as the ea! o( the I5T !e&artment an! a roa!cast Engineer on this
&ro-ect 'oring to &ro!uce !esigns (or a converge! net'or an!
oversee the installation an! con(iguration o( a Ta&eless roa!cast
%or(lo'. T 9otel transmits terrestrially on the U ban! o(
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By foot
From tape-basedCamera by foot by foot
By foot
Fig 950 A b$oc1 diagra" o a typica$ or1$o in Gote$ co""unications )td
I -oine! 9otel 5ommunications as a roa!cast Engineer in A&ril
#011 an! in the s&ace o( three years , I rose to become the
youngest ea! o( !e&artment an! most !ecorate! engineer in the
!e&artment.
+ne o( the (irst things I !i! u&on -oining the com&any 'as to
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N ROOMINGEST
POST-
PRODUCTI
ON
LIBRARY
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carry out a research into the e3isting 'or(lo' sho'n above
'hich ha! a lot o( challenges some o( 'hich are liste! belo' C
$.*2 CALLENGES
1. Signi(icant amount o( time 'as 'aste! in
ingesting as the materials ha! to be trans(erre!
(rom a ta&e machine to the e!it system
#. Time 'as 'aste! in the &hysical trans(er o(
ta&es (rom the various units as they 'ere
&hysically !istinct by location.
. Time an! Man&o'er 'as 'aste! in trans(erring
the e!ite! material bac to ta&e.
. Time 'as 'aste! in &hysically moving the ta&e
(rom the &ost &ro!uction (acility to the control
room 'here it 'as to be use! (or transmission.
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$. inancial resources 'ere 'aste! !aily on
ac4uiring &a&er (or the ne'sroom routine
o&erations lie scri&ting.
=. Ne's bulletins almost al'ays starte! behin!
sche!ule as a result o( this time 'asting
). The ingest machines su((ere! routinely (rom
'ear an! tear
/. igh cost o( re&airing the ta&e machines an!
cameras as they ha! to be taen to "agos (or
(i3ing
10. 5ameras also su((ere! mechanical 'ear
an! tear
11. The E!it systems o(ten (aile! as a result
o( misuse an! virus in(ections an! as a result
vital (ootages 'ere lost.
1#. The E!it systems 'ere o(ten bace! u& to
e3ternal har! !rives an! ta&es 'hich o(ten
(aile! !ue to &hysical !amage or so(t'are
corru&tion an! this le! to loss o( archive
materials.
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1. There 'as no (orm o( re!un!ancy in the
archive set@u& since it 'as to an e3ternal har!
!is !rives.
1. inancial constraints as a result o(
!u&lication o( content on Ta&es an! har! !rives
1
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Via network via networkFrom tapelessCamera S card
Via network via network via network
Fig 250 ;esign or (ape$ess :oad"ap in Gote$ !o""unications
!"is pro#ect re$uired me carryin% out t"e followin%&
• Survey of existin% 'ost production rooms( )ewsroom and 'ro%rammesdepartment
• *esearc" into t"e existin% workflow of t"ese various units by observin% meetin% eac"
unit "ead.
• +ap analysis of t"e situation.
• esi%n of t"e tapeless workflow for Scalability and redundancy
• ,ayout and Specification of re$uired "ardware.• esi%n of a conver%ed network
• Capacity buildin% for members of staff and tec"nical support
Below is a copy of my pa%ed report and recommendation to t"e ana%ement of+otel Communications in /une 011 after a 0 mont" researc".
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BACK-UP
SERVER
CENTRALIZED
FILE SERVERFOR ACTIVE
POST-
PRODUCTION
LIBRARY/ARCHIV
E
NETWORK
ATTACHED
STORAGE (NAS)
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To: GM/CEO
Thru : Head of Engneerng
!a"e: #une 2011
$e%ear&h $e'or" and
$e&o((enda"on
#une 2011
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a&&rove! it an! the (irst &hase 'as initiate! an! conclu!e!. %ith the
ne' !esign, there 'as a signi(icant im&rovement on the e((iciency
an! e((ectiveness o( the 'or(lo', communications bet'een members
o( sta(( 'as !one through the centrali:e! server rather than on &a&er,
vi!eo materials 'ere archive! on the Net'or attache! storage.
Some o( the challenges encountere! !uring an! a(ter this &ro-ect
inclu!e! C
.< 6R+BE5T 5A""EN9ES ; S+"UTI+NS
1. 5om&uter illiteracy o( most colleagues
#. Timescale not being met !ue to trans&ort logistics o(
!elivering &arts (rom "agos to yola
. Un!er utili:ation o( the service by members o( sta(( 'ho
ha! a &re(erence (or the status 4uo.
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. Everyone ha! access to the Net'or storage an! (ile server
an! as a result began to use it (or storing non@'or relate!
materials
To overcome some o( these challenges, I !i! the (ollo'ing C
1. Regularly embare! on an intensive I5T sensiti:ation cam&aign
(or members o( sta(( 'ith a vie' to enlightening them on the
bene(its o( the integration o( I5T into broa!cast 'or(lo's as is
obtainable in mo!ern me!ia out(its an! by global best &ractices.
#. "iaise! 'ith ea!s o( other !e&artments to en(orce the I5T
&olicy (or 'or(lo's
. Routine monitoring o( the system an! 'or(lo' 'ith a vie' to
assisting those 'ho may have challenges 'ith its usage
. Selecte! an! traine! a team o( -unior sta((s to also &rovi!e
technical su&&ort to the general members o( sta((.
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smooth a!ministration o( the entire com&uters on the net'or.
Also in the course o( my 'or years at 9otel communications, I
'as on boar! several committees as a result o( my e3&osure an!
e3&erience in mo!ern !ay broa!cast techni4ues. I !esigne! a
converge! net'or (or the organi:ation alongsi!e being a T
&resenter*tal sho' host.
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6art our
.10 5onclusion
%ith the transition to !igital broa!cast being aroun! the corner,
television an! ra!io stations are embracing I5T@!riven techni4ues to
leverage on mo!ern broa!cast o&&ortunities.
Ta&eless 'or(lo's have re@!e(ine! broa!casting across the globe
an! it 'oul! be a 'ise choice (or me!ia organi:ations in Nigeria to
(ollo' the tren!.
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APPENDICES
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