broadcast technology

World Cup TV Sports Production

The course would concentrate on production techniques involved in pre-match. post-match and highlights programming for World Cup soccer.

Leading Creative Workshops

This two day workshop will cover all the essential skills of combining words and pictures to tell compelling stories. It will combine clip analysis and examples of best practice from recent output with a number of intensive, practical exercises. The aims of this course are to develop the skills and techniques to write creatively and effectively for television, and to know how to write a script to enhance viewer engagement, understanding and enjoyment. By the end of this course participants will have the skills and confidence to tell more interesting stories on television and rediscover the pleasure of creative writing.

Techniques for Creative Thinking

Creativity is at the heart of content production. Making distinctive programmes, developing fresh approaches to websites, delivering exciting on-air promotions or setting trends for new services on mobile: whatever your goals you will need to take creative risks. This courses will help you to generate new ideas, find new ways to solve problems and keep on doing it.

Techniques for Creative Thinking

Creativity is at the heart of content production. Making distinctive programmes, developing fresh approaches to websites, delivering exciting on-air promotions or setting trends for new services on mobile: whatever your goals you will need to take creative risks. This courses will help you to generate new ideas, find new ways to solve problems and keep on doing it.

Introduction to High Definition (HD)

A soft technical look at the new technology of programme making in High Definition and how it will impact on the production and craft areas of programme making. English with Arabic Lanaguage Support

Television Production Co-ordination

This core skills introductory course aims to develop knowledge of the tasks required to ensure the successful co-ordination of a production, including monitoring costs. Course members will gain the core skills required for production co-ordination

Television Production Management

This core skills introductory course aims to develop your knowledge of the management, leadership, scheduling and budgeting skills required to successfully manage a factual television programme and production team. The aims of this course are to equip production staff with the core skills needed to successfully manage a factual television programme and develop their financial and team management skills. By the end of this course delegates will have gained the core skills required to successfully manage a television production and its staff which they can then augment by attending additional specialist skill courses.

Multiplatform Workshop

This introductory course will give delegates a greater awareness of the opportunities that Multiplatform offers broadcasters, hands-on experience of planning a big multiplatform project and a range of creative tools to develop concepts to extend the programme experience beyond Television.

New Broadcast Technologies

The key topics covered in this short course include, digital broadcasting, new production technology and technical convergence. The course aims give a wide ranging overview, including some technical detail, highlighting current changes and trends in broadcast technology to assist in decision making, strategy setting, and to help those who are installing or using new broadcast technologies. By the end of the course delegates return equipped with a good understanding of the current changes and trends in broadcast

Specialist workshops

Thomson Reuters Foundation can produce specialist courses and workshops on virtually any journalistic topic, from health and environment to trade and aid, for example. Durations range from one day up to five days – or longer if the complexity of the training so requires. The content of each session is prepared by the course instructors to meet the needs of the participants and can be devised in consultation with partners or workshop sponsors, where appropriate. As with all Thomson Reuters Foundation courses, training combines practical exercises with discussion, theory lectures and contributions from guest experts.