Product category: Stand-Alone Instruments
News Release from: Tektronix
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 10 May 2002
Tek aids the Beeb in new laboratory
Tektronix has provided video test equipment to BBC Training and Development's Wood Norton Training Centre for a dedicated Tektronix learning laboratory.
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Tektronix has provided video test equipment to BBC Training and Development's Wood Norton Training Centre for a dedicated Tektronix learning laboratory. The instruments will be used in conjunction with engineering and technology courses taught at the centre, located in Worcestershire, UK. The training centre offers industry-standard studio, post-production, and location facilities, which can be booked for classroom-based sessions and hands-on practice.
The new Tektronix Laboratory features video test equipment that is used throughout the industry, including analogue, standard-definition and high-definition digital video test instrumentation, as well as the latest MPEG test platforms.
Students attending Broadcast Engineering Foundation, Broadcast Engineering Consolidation and TV Technology 1 and 2 courses will gain experience in using the equipment in real situations.
According to Simon Shute, Head of Broadcast Training at BBC, the establishment of the Tektronix Laboratory will benefit both trainees and the broadcast industry as a whole.
"The dedicated Tektronix facility at Wood Norton will enable delegates to obtain first-hand experience of a wider range of equipment than would otherwise have been possible.
They can then take this knowledge directly into the workplace to use in day-to-day situations", he said.
"It is a pleasure to be working with Tektronix to help raise the skills of staff from across the broadcasting industry in this way".
"This donation is an example of how industry leaders can work together to create a positive future for the broadcast industry", said Paul Dubery, Tektronix European Business Development Manager for the Video Business.
"Creating opportunities to improve the knowledge of engineers and technicians fuels innovation in the industry".
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