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Quantel wins contract with BBC




Newbury-based company, Quantel, has won a contract to supply the BBC with video editing and playout equipment

A NEWBURY based video production systems company has won a huge contract to supply the BBC with video editing and playout equipment for its new flagship studios in London.

Quantel will supply the equipment to be installed at Broadcasting House, which will become the live network broadcasting centre for the corporation, the home of journalism, audio and music, the World Service and London local television, a contract thought to be worth in excess of £10m.

The head of publicity at Quantel, Roger Thornton, said: “This is great news, what it means is that whenever someone turns on the television to watch the news, what they see will have been produced on our systems.

“And every bit of it is built and designed in Newbury.”

The production system will support 170 editors and more than 500 journalist workstations.

The chief executive officer of Quantel, Ray Cross, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this business by the BBC, which has an unparalleled reputation for innovation and sets the bar very high for its potential suppliers.”

He added that the speed and efficiency that the Quantel's product offers was a crucial factor in winning the contract.



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