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Derek Butcher

Anerley,London

Summary

I am an experienced multi-skilled television operator and engineer with a background covering Live and pre-recorded broadcast mediums. Trained IT worker skilled with hardware and software. Analytical in investigating problems, tracing root causes and correcting routine or serious issues. Communicates easily with technical and non-technical personnel to deliver quality support.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work history

Lead Technology Specialist

ITV Daytime
London
07.2024 - Current
  • Expanding on the role of support engineer with a high level of experience working in a Technical team with knowledge of familiar digital broadcast industry toolsets.
  • Strong understanding of data Traffic within a network environment.
  • Understanding of Hierarchical Storage Management Archive and how it relates to production workflows.
  • Understanding key production industry file-based workflows.
  • Working awareness of technology-associated kits, such as connectors, relevant cables and peripheral equipment.
  • Tech specialism within the department towards digital broadcast workflows.
  • Working with Support vendors and systems including Avid, Telestream, Quicklink LiveU, Blackmagic, Dizplai, Riedel, Broadcast Bionics, and BT IMC.

Assistant head - Content Technology

ITV Daytime
London
11.2023 - 03.2024
  • A 5-month secondment covering the assistant head of content technology Support.
  • Helping oversee the upgrade of our Avid estate including servers edit suites and client PCs.
  • Point of escalation for 6 shift engineers.
  • Ensuring the roster is covered throughout the 24/6 shift pattern.

Content Technology Support Engineer

ITV Daytime
London
01.2022 - 07.2024
  • Routine maintenance of critical Broadcast IT systems.
  • First-line Gallery, edit suite, graphics, OB and General Technology Support.
  • Diagnosed and resolved technical issues promptly with minimal downtime for end-users.
  • Interfacing directly with Support vendors to overcome technical challenges.
  • Understand key production industry file-based workflows.
  • A working awareness of Technology-associated kits, such as connectors, relevant cables and peripheral equipment.
  • Working with Support vendors and systems including Avid, Telestream, Quicklink LiveU, Blackmagic, Dizplai, Riedel, Broadcast Bionics, BT IMC.
  • Documented troubleshooting procedures for future reference.

Programme Organiser - Freelance

ITV Daytime
London
01.2017 - 01.2022
  • Organising all feeds, uplinks, and downlinks, domestically and internationally for live television broadcasts.
  • Organising all aspects of live locations and crew dispatches.
  • Hiring freelance crews and designating rotas for staff.
  • Organising all lives from video call software such as Skype, Zoom etc.
  • Liaising with Technical Directors and crews during live transmissions.

Media Management - Freelance

ITV -Daytime
01.2019 - 01.2019
  • Exporting and importing various codecs and file wraps.
  • Deletion and Archiving of Avid Interlay database.
  • Maintaining workspaces and keeping unused media offline.

Breakfast Archive Researcher - Freelance

ITV -Daytime
London
01.2017 - 01.2022
  • Stills and moving footage acquisition from a range of sources and clients.
  • Stock Archiving.
  • Licensing and negotiating archive and press material.
  • Experiencxe using Avid Assist, Access and Media Composer.

Media Acquisitions - Freelance

ITV -Daytime
London
01.2010 - 01.2022
  • Monitoring and QC of all visual and audio sources recorded to broadcast standard.
  • Exporting and importing various codecs and file wraps for file-based ingest.
  • Recording main TX for live turnaround and archive purposes.
  • MCR - Liaise with clients/booking lines with BT tower to organise media acquisition and playouts to regions.
  • Ingest from a wide range of sources and physical formats.

VR operator - Freelance

RMG
London
01.2023 - 01.2024
  • Setting up and operating Virtual Greenscreen Studio via ADM, Brainstorm infinity set and star tracker.
  • Operating and maintaining Remote Cameras.

EVS Operator - Freelance

ARC Racing
01.2016 - 01.2022
  • EVS and VT operator including VT Archiving.

Technical Operator - Freelance

RMG
London
01.2010 - 01.2022
  • Vision mixing/Directing.
  • EVS and VT operator.
  • Sound operator.
  • Graphics operator (Kyron graphics system).

Education

A Level: Drama and Theatre Studies - Geography - undefined

The John Bentley School, Calne, Wiltshire

BA Honours: Drama with Media -

St Mary's University

Skills


  • Technical leadership
  • Hardware upgrades
  • Skilled in TCP/IP and WAN
  • Desktop support
  • Software diagnosis
  • Knowledgeable in Mac systems
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Vmware
  • Active Directory
  • Powershell

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Lead Technology Specialist

ITV Daytime
07.2024 - Current

Assistant head - Content Technology

ITV Daytime
11.2023 - 03.2024

VR operator - Freelance

RMG
01.2023 - 01.2024

Content Technology Support Engineer

ITV Daytime
01.2022 - 07.2024

Media Management - Freelance

ITV -Daytime
01.2019 - 01.2019

Programme Organiser - Freelance

ITV Daytime
01.2017 - 01.2022

Breakfast Archive Researcher - Freelance

ITV -Daytime
01.2017 - 01.2022

EVS Operator - Freelance

ARC Racing
01.2016 - 01.2022

Media Acquisitions - Freelance

ITV -Daytime
01.2010 - 01.2022

Technical Operator - Freelance

RMG
01.2010 - 01.2022

A Level: Drama and Theatre Studies - Geography - undefined

The John Bentley School, Calne, Wiltshire

BA Honours: Drama with Media -

St Mary's University

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