Events
With The Wedding out of the way, it’s time to sit back and relax here at JFMG, since it all gone quiet now. In our dreams. No sooner have the PSC crews flown home and the bunting come down, when the next series of events come along.
May through July are peak months for outdoor events. Crowds of folk gather in all sorts of locations - a patch of grass in north-west London, an air-field in Northants or a muddy farm in Somerset. And all these locations attract more than their fair share of wireless users who rely heavily of JFMG’s pot...
Big hats and tearful aunties, bulk catering and Dad’s dancing. All features of the Great British wedding that we know and love. But how about having a large flock of TV cameras pointing at your front door?? I refer of course to the world’s media on the doorstep of Buckingham Palace. Who inevitably had wireless devices coming out of their ears (in the case of IFB, quite literally).
The event provided an unprecedented challenge for JFMG. We had met with members of the broadcasting community shortly after Wills had popped the question. This gave us – JFMG and customers – and...
I’m reliably informed by my colleagues that we’re going through the ‘quiet season’ right now. It may just be me, only it doesn’t seem as quiet as my first two winters at JFMG. Maybe it’s just that this spring is bringing a couple of extra events into the calendar, both of which look like they could be unprecedented in terms of spectrum demand. I am of course referring to two subjects close to the hearts and minds of the British public – The Royal Family and football (and you thought I was referring to curry & chips....)
The Royal Wedding...
Before 2010 started, we had to see the New Year in. And for those not out partying, the celebrations were well covered on TV & radio. A particular hot-spot radio-wise was the Thames embankment, just below Charing Cross station – the location of the London New Year firework display. Before it all kicked off (and thus you couldn’t move) I paid a visit to some of our customers on location. There was a busy OB being set up so those of us living out of town could see the display from the warmth of our own homes. And along the...
NFL In London. A football game at Wembley, nothing new there you’d think. But, on 25th October this year, and for the third year running, the National Stadium played host to the National Football League for the American version of the beautiful game. And this was for no mere demonstration game. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the home side to the New England Patriots for a regular season game in the NFL’s 2009 season.
As well as a sporting event, this was to be a big wireless event. Demands for spectrum came from domestic and US television & radio, sound specialists,...