{"id":2546,"date":"2012-01-12T16:57:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T20:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2012-01-12T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T20:58:10","slug":"bbc-world-service-awards-200m-contract-to-babcock-international-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/bbc-world-service-awards-200m-contract-to-babcock-international-group\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC World Service awards \u00a3200M contract to Babcock International Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1198\" title=\"BBC-WorldService\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BBC-WorldService.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>(Source: <a title=\"RadioToday.co.uk\" href=\"http:\/\/radiotoday.co.uk\/2012\/01\/world-service-awards-200m-tx-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Today<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Babcock International Group has won a 10-year contract to continue providing radio and TV transmission and distribution services to the BBC\u2019s World Service.<\/p>\n<p>The deal sees the firm manage more than 150 FM relays around the world as well as 180,000 hours of shortwave broadcasts each year.<\/p>\n<p>The contract kicks in on 1 April and is worth around \u00a3200m over the 10 years. Babcock says it will build on the work they\u2019ve been doing with the BBC over the last 15 years to ensure the corporation \u2018provides a reliable and resilient service to its global audience\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]The contract includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scheduling and co-ordination of all BBC World Service shortwave broadcasts across the globe. In the first year of the new contract Babcock will co-ordinate a total of 180,335 hours of transmissions for the BBC.<\/li>\n<li>Operating and maintaining the BBC\u2019s six high power sites and a power station to ensure global coverage. This includes the BBC key target areas of Africa and the Middle East, the Indian Sub-Continent and South East Asia.<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring of high frequency broadcast performance (using independent data). The BBC is committed to offering the best quality of service to its worldwide audience and Babcock\u2019s monitoring ensures the best possible audio quality is achieved in the desired target areas.<\/li>\n<li>Managing the satellite network contracts and support of the satellite distribution systems including 1,300 receivers worldwide in over 650 locations in 128 countries.<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining the BBC World Service\u2019s FM Relay network. In addition to the satellite receiver maintenance, Babcock will support the equipment of more than 150 FM relay sites around the world. This will underpin the resilience of the service offered by the BBC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Radio Today\" href=\"http:\/\/radiotoday.co.uk\/2012\/01\/world-service-awards-200m-tx-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article on Radio Today&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Radio Today) Babcock International Group has won a 10-year contract to continue providing radio and TV transmission and distribution services to the BBC\u2019s World Service. The deal sees the firm manage more than 150 FM relays around the world as well as 180,000 hours of shortwave broadcasts each year. The contract kicks in on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[790,788,327,789],"class_list":["post-2546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-babcock-international-group","tag-babcock-international-group-bbc","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbcws"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-F4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20848,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/august-28-bbc-atlantic-relay-station-special-drm-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":2546,"position":0},"title":"August 28: BBC Atlantic Relay station special DRM broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"August 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: DRM Consortium) DRM will be part of a big anniversary on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean. 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Kai writes: There is a new name to get familiar with: Encompass to Acquire Babcock's Media Services https:\/\/www.encompass.tv\/encompass-to-acquire-babcocks-media-services\/ Note the statement from Encompass about their reasons\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo by Pawe? 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