Freelance Broadcast Engineer
Jack Garnham
About Me
Freelance broadcast engineer with 15 years' experience in delivering live sports events from venues around the world, of varying scales and complexities. If you'd like more information on how I can be of assistance, please get in touch.
Skills & Expertise
Baseband
Uncompressed video and audio integrity analysis and distribution in SDI and IP infrastructure.
Familiar with monitoring and switching equipment across multiple standards and manufacturers.
Encode & Decode
Specialising in video and audio transport using all modern compression technologies and resolutions up to 2160p.
Experience in both high bitrate encoding for private L2 and MPLS transport and low bitrate encoding for mobile networks, internet transport and satellite modulation.
Network Distribution
7 years experience in Telecommunications core networks and local loop provision and maintenance, giving me a industry-unique perspective on post-encode distribution over L2 transport, MPLS, Multicast and legacy PDH and SDH networks. With a high level of working knowledge in Layer 1 standards.
DVB-S, S2 4G and 5G transport technologies. Satellite Uplink truck operation and maintenance.
IP and Multicast
Working knowledge of IPV4 and Multicast technologies and equipment.
IT and Operating Systems
Linux and Unix system administration, file transfer protocols and command line interrogation of IT and Telecommunications systems.
Site Safety and Power
Ability to work in challenging outside broadcast environments with secure access requirements, requiring heightened awareness of risks and dangers of working at height and complex cable runs, and non-domestic power installations and distribution.