Archive for September 2009
CASEBOOK: Focus manages rescue footage
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Focus is contracted by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency to maintain their very sizeable archive of video footage of incidents attended by their Search and Rescue helicopters. We also have the job of licensing and making the footage available to news organisations, broadcasters and programme makers around the world.
This rescue story is just the latest example of footage of an incident, which we received from the Portland-based helicopter, edited and uploaded it within minutes to a secure web area for BBC TV Plymouth to use in their nightly news programme ‘Spotlight‘.
The 29 year old man was taken to hospital by the Portland SAR helicopter after being winched to safety from cliffs at Portland in Dorset. It took the Portland Bill cliff rescue team and the Coastguard Rescue helicopter nearly an hour to rescue the man, who sustained serious ankle injuries. He was found in an awkward location which made the rescue very complicated for the teams involved.
MCA Press Officers provide news releases about incidents, and now regularly use Twitter to alert news providers and other interested organisations.
CASEBOOK: Information Technologists Podcast News
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Focusbiz produces video material and podcasts it for some quite unexpected organisations. For several years, The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists has used Video Podcasts produced and hosted by Focus Business Communications to keep their wide membership ‘connected’ and up to date. The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists is the 100th Livery Company of the City of London, and their members are all senior IT professionals who joined the Company in order to give something back to the IT sector and the wider community.
Jo Connell, the current Master, has been in the IT Industry since 1966 when she joined Mars Inc as a trainee programmer. Her career developed with appointments as a Systems Analyst at Aspro Nicholas and a Consultant at CMG Ltd. This Podcast was filmed at the start of her year as Master and sets out her agenda.
On October 21st, Charles Hughes, who has had a 38-year career in IT including serving on the Parliamentary IT Committee, will be installed as Master Elect.
One FREE Podcast to get you started!
Here at Focus we are so committed to the power of podcasting – AND to mark our first thirty years of promoting business conversations – that we’re offering a FREE audio podcast to companies who want to explore the amazing potential of podcasting to powerfully deliver your message.
You can choose to record material yourself at your office or come into our studios in Southampton and work with us to create a great 5 minute podcast. We’ll add a free intro voiceover and music to get you started.
Have a listen to some of the work we’ve done for clients who have used a podcast series to start a conversation:
A range of podcasts looking at Collaborative Recruitment, CIM and technical business issues.
EUFIC – The European Food Information Council
A range of audio and video podcasts looking at issues affecting the European food industry.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Video podcasts created using material that we have produced for MCA, material from the MCA helicopters, or from MCA stock footage.
Contact us to discuss your free podcast.
This offer is valid for the first 20 businesses who contact us.
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