Ok, Wes got back to me about the job recruitment stuff, so here it goes.
If you are interested in working in television, broadcasting lots of live sport (PL, Bundesliga, Euro basketball, F1, Tennis, NFL, Golf), listen up.
We are based right next to Heathrow Airport in London, and are looking for experienced or trainee Transmission Controllers. Your job is to broadcast these events both live and recorded to our clients, maintain the channel on air and resolve service interruptions in a cool calm manner as quickly as possible.
All of the work is shift based, days and nights, and mostly 12 hours starting at 7AM or 7PM. As a result you'll work approximately half of the year (182 days) before your holiday allowance.
Decent computer skills are a must, as is an ability to keep calm under pressure. Clearly a healthy respect for the properties we are entrusted to broadcast is also a necessity. These are some huge clients that do not want to be off air.
You don't need experience to apply and be successful, but salaries will of course reflect that fact for the first few months.
I can't give absolute numbers as those are not decided by myself, by historically fresh faced recruits have been brought in on circa £12,000 and have been on circa £24,000 after 12 months, with pay increasing every 3 months as you go through that first year. That's been for people right out of school and uni with no actual broadcast experience at all, things may have changed a little and all circumstances will of course vary.
This is a role that you could potentially either a) end up working for one of the large broadcasters like Sky or the BBC earning £30k+, or could move into other areas of broadcast television if you chose to do so (editing, directing, encoding, etc).
Personally, I've been doing this for 12 years since finishing my A Levels, I work about 165 days a year once I've booked my holiday and I get paid well enough for the pleasure.
If you have any questions or want more details please PM me, do not ask them in the thread (Wes' request).