The racing-to-production-to-outside broadcast specialists, SIS, could be hiring more staff at MediaCityUK in the years ahead. Ever since it was announced that they'd be taking more space at Salford Quays, it has looked likely that they'd provide the human and technical glue between Peel Media's studios and the BBC's production teams on site. Negotiations have been going on for some time, and need to be sorted ahead of 2011.
SIS were formed in 1986, to provide the first live racing pictures in UK bookies (replacing audio commentary and a man with a whiteboard). In 2008, they bought BBC Outside Broadcasts. Now, they have a pivotal position in UK and European broadcasting. This year they've provided host broadcaster services for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi; they've taken Sky Sports News and BBC F1 coverage into HD; they supply all of ESPN's OB needs for UK football; they provided 70 uplink vehicles for customers in the General Election results; they have the UK's largest OB truck, etc etc.
BBC Sport can clearly work with them; let's hope Children's and others can too.
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