1195109509 Robin Valk News http://www.timpascoe.co.uk/clients/robinvalk/index.php en t.pascoe@machina.co.uk Copyright 2007 2007-10-31T12:46:00+00:00 October 2007 /site/oct-2006/ Consultancy I’m delighted to be able to report that most of the the UTV stations I consulted earlier in the year have seen, overall, an overall increase in reach, hours, or both, in the Summer/Early Autumn Rajar figures! Podcasting Nothing this month - I had a hard disk crash which ate up ridiculous amounts of time. The most recent four are now always available at itunes and feedburner. Help Authoring Another visit to RCS NY for work with a counterpart Help Author who documents NexGen, a playout system new to the RCS family. We worked on a joint document of immense complexity and exhaustive thoroughness, detailing the integration between ‘my’ scheduler and ‘her’ sequencer. It was a great pleasure. Then a solid week crafting fresh Help documents for Media Monitors: three new products. 2007-10-31T12:46:00+00:00 September 2007 /site/sep-2007/ Video Update Media Monitors video. Revise intro topic for GSelector video. Radio One consult/training trip for UTV Radio in Bradford.  Podcasting The Radio To Go Podcast is at itunes and feedburner. This is a side project and labour of love. Generally, four editions are available at any time. This month’s is a special on Gigbeth, which takes place in November; the most adventurous yet in musical terms, to reflect the festival. Documentation More work in RCS GSelector: version 3.6.0 is in full beta test mode, with lots of new features - so I’ve been busy revising help, testing integration with the NexGen playout system, and co-authoring a document on this new area with a help author seven time zones away. 2007-10-05T09:19:00+00:00 August 2007 /site/aug-2006/ Help Authoring On site at RCS New York towards the end of the month for some serious heads-down work on the rapidly developing GSelector; more integration work with NexGen: and updates to Media Monitors. Video Script work to update the Media Monitors video, while on site at RCS New York Consultancy Almost finalised with UTV; feeback work. Discussions with several clients. 2007-10-05T09:08:01+00:00 July 2007 /site/jul-2006/ Podcasting The July 2007 podcast covered 1Eye, Rich Batsford, The Love Child Electric, 360, Vo Fletcher with the Rick Sanders Group, and Steve Ison. Software More work on GSelector and Media Monitors help projects. First steps towards integration work with the NexGen playout system. Consultancy Return trip to RCS Paris to familiarise staff with RCS GSelector. Database wrangling and training for UTV Radio in Bolton, Wigan, Swansea and Stoke. 2007-10-05T09:03:00+00:00 June 2006 /site/jun-2006/ Podcasting One more ‘cast uploaded; the most recent four are now always available at itunes and feedburner. This month dealt with the Birmingham Rootsville festival. Help Authoring Huge project for RCS MC Splits; GSelector goes from strength to strength with the release of version 3.5.0. Lots of great new features. Consultancy At RCS Paris to familiarise staff with GSelector. Selector training for UTV Radio in Stockport, Wolverhampton, Bradford, Chesterfield and Liverpool. 2007-06-30T09:25:00+00:00 May 2007 /site/may-2006/ Podcasting One more ‘cast uploaded; the most recent four are now always available at itunes and feedburner. Help Authoring In New York at RCS headquarters for GSelector, Selector/Master Control Splits and Media Monitors work. Radio Consultancies Database wrangling at Frinton-on-Sea with Big L; UTV Radio training at Imagine-FM. 2007-05-31T13:16:00+00:00