Octavian Alexandru Pitigoi

Journalism Researcher News Intake @BBC

London, GB

Monitoring and coordinating incoming files and feeds from BBC staff on location, news agencies or organisations allied to the BBC- Managing live contributions from BBC correspondents and external guests via news packages, IP connected devices by preparing them for broadcast and putting them on air via different platforms- Carrying out the technical assessment of incoming audio and the technical and editorial assessment of audio-visual and file material- Making recordings of incoming material from a variety of sources- Identifying the best material and alert programmes proactively to the editorial significance of pictures, audio and accompanying copy- Preparing some pre-cut material for transmission- Alerting news desks and programmes of editorially important incoming audio and video material, using various communications systems- Capturing and entering metadata relating to the audio and video material and ensuring its accuracy- Providing material to the nations and regions, agencies and BBC external clients or partners- Managing dubbing queues to transmission servers to make sure the right media gets to the right TX server at the right time- Ensuring media is recorded and played out in the correct format.