My name is Sadiq Mohamed, and I spent over 30 years in the UK TV & Film Industry before "retiring" to design and manage websites. To pay the rent I freelance as a Systems Engineer & do some consulting.
Throughout my career, I took photos of my workplace and colleagues. Some of this archive is of historical interest, and constitutes a personal history of video tape recording, and editing.
I began my career at the BBC in December 1969, before moving to Molinare in November 1978, and then going freelance in January 1984. Most of my career has been as a Video Tape Editor, working with all the major computer on-line systems. In 1989 I had my first "close encounter" with Digital Non-Linear Editing, and worked throughout the 1990's with the EMC & Lightworks systems on numerous Film & TV projects.
During the 80's & 90's I consulted, demonstrated & instructed for a number of editing system manufacturers, including Calaway, EMC & Lightworks.
Due to major health problems, I've been "off-line" for a couple of years. Now that I'm back, I intend to get this site up to date. As a start I've moved it to a new server, and the updates will appear a bit at a time.
Say tuned!
Here, I am demonstrating a server based MPEG Broadcast Transmission system, which included recording, editing, transmission, and multiplexing functions. The photo was taken on the Greenway stand at IBC '96 in Amsterdam.Click on it to see the full-size version.
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