News from the Front Line - the past months' highlights and lowlights
30 January 2009
What's the market paying? PCR Newsletter January 2009
Happy New Year!! And welcome to our first newsletter of 2009, picking up where we left off in 2008 bringing you news and views on the latest industry developments and information about how PCR can help you.
News from the Front Line - the past months' highlights and lowlights
Highlights
- Industry giants continuing to invest in futures such as IPTV despite massive jobs cuts elsewhere in the organisation www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2009/01/bt_vision_to_escape_group_cuts.html
- The brilliant Wallace and Grommit Christmas special winning the Iplayer battle over the holidays www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2009/01/gromit_wins_iplayer_battle.html
- PCR presenting the Quiz of the year prizes to the winners Matt Simpson from Red Bee Media, and Ed Piniger, a contractor at Walt Disney
Lowlights
- Redundancy programs continuing www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multichannel/2008/
12/mtv_uk_to_cut_80_jobs.html - More debate on the future of VOD and catch-up tv in the UK www.broadcastnow.co.uk/opinion_and_blogs/emily_bell/2008/
12/emily_bell_vod_future_is_a_leap_in_the_dark.html - Reducing confidence in the technology supply side of the industry www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/12
/technology_supply_sector_faces_challenging_times.html
What's the market paying?
Consultant Technical Website Specialist: £320 per day
Client -Broadcaster
Broadcast Engineer - DVB / Transmission: £35k
Client - Broadcast Equipment & Service Provider
Business Analyst: £44k
Client - Broadcaster
What's on in February
The Media Summit 2009, 26th February, Kings Place, London
www.themediasummit.com
Broadcast Video Expo, 17-19th February, Earls Court
www.broadcastvideoexpo.co.uk
Some things you might not know about PCR
- Our Priority Search service has launched to a flying start - if we haven't told you about it yet, find out more here
- We've assembled a set of handy hints and tips to help candidates stand out from the crowd, whether looking for a new role through choice or redundancy check them out here
- Almost everyone at PCR got a Wii Fit from Santa - Team GB 2012 here we come!!!!
We hope you've found this useful. Do give us your feedback and | suggestions for future editions!
Sincerely,
Judith Blair
email: judith.blair@pcrweb.co.uk
tel: 0845 880 4320 (direct)
tel: 0845 880 4300 (main number)