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Out and about


We all take for granted that the world’s biggest events will be beamed into our living rooms, but ensuring this happens relies on the expertise of electrical contractors to ensure power requirements are met. Rob Shepherd looks at the outside broadcasting industry, examines what goes on behind the scenes and talks to two leading companies that are raising the bar when it comes to best practice


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n outside broadcast refers to any television or radio programme that is transmitted from a location away from the normal studio setting. It is used for a whole host of events including


sport, music festivals, nature programmes and even royal weddings. Although power is a fundamental requirement in making sure that these events are broadcast seamlessly to viewers and listeners around the globe, because it is a highly specialist fi eld it has tended to operate under the radar of conventional electrical contracting work.


ECA Today May 2012


On the move Perhaps this is due the fact that it does not deal with fixed installations. Even so, the principles of best practice and health and safety apply whether an electricity supply is permanent or temporary, and the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, BS 7671 and BS 7909 are relevant to outside broadcasting. There has been a signifi cant drive over the last couple


of years to ensure electrical safety at events. While this has, for the most part, been driven by organisations such as Sky, the BBC and ITV, some forward thinking


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