Pannie Christou

TwoFour54

Developed concept designs for the YAS Island Campus, which included floor-plans, costings, High-Level Systems design, workflows, and MEP quantization for the C39, C40, and C41 Buildings.

Additionally, I successfully managed the complete migration of TwoFour54 Teleport NOC and Antenna farm from their previous location at Khalifa Park to the state-of-the-art Mussafah Studios Facility.

My responsibilities also encompassed overseeing the deployment of Creative Hub Systems, executing the design and implementation of the Campus-wide Audio & Video systems.

Al Jazeera MCR/Teleport Project

Member of the permanent on-site Project Management Office (PMO) playing a crucial role in maintaining seamless continuity between the PMO team and the Broadcast Work stream leads.

The primary focus of this role is to work closely with the customer, ensuring their satisfaction, while safeguarding the technical integrity of the project at all times.

The team's dedication and great spirit shined through as they navigated a challenging environment, facing relentless daily obstacles with determination.

With responsibilities of ensuring the smooth integration of project work streams, not only at a high level of CAR, MCR, Teleport NOC but also by coordinating with subcontractors who supply Antennas, L Band and compression systems.

These needed to be effectively integrated with internally designed baseband and IP systems, resulting in a well-defined workflow tailored to meet both the current and future needs of the customer.

Moreover, the PMO was tasked with overseeing Civil works, including the construction of Antenna foundations and the building of two High Spec Antenna apparatus rooms.

These rooms will house all the necessary broadcast equipment, complete with power, Aircon, and technical fit-out of the Teleport C.A.R., boasting over 120 equipment racks.

Throughout my experiences, I have been immensely impressed and inspired by the professionalism and integrity displayed by all the teams I've had the privilege to work with.

Al Jazeera Transformation Project

In this role, I held the responsibility for the installation of all broadcast systems in the new Al Jazeera Arabic building.

Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.

It was a highly demanding job that came with significant challenges, but it also provided a great deal of personal satisfaction.

Responsible for all O.B trucks and design of 10 cam HD OB truck, was also responsible for seamless productions of Cypriot football for CYTA across the whole of the country, including a couple of Champions league games.

Du & MBC 4 channel TX Disaster Recovery

Responsible for System Architecture, final design and project Management of the Du 4 channel TX systems, whole project squeezed into an 8-week time line

Bloomberg Africa Project

Responsible for System Architecture, final design and overseeing pre-wire of all broadcast systems, Requirement for Bloomberg Africa is 1 HD and 10 SD Channels, HD news studio with PCR ,ACR 12 Edit suites, ingest area, SAT/MCR area and TX supported by a large C.A.R, systems will be taking feeds from Bloomberg in London as well as numerous bureaus throughout Africa, including a studio in Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Pr-fabrication was done in the UK and then shipped to Lagos and SA.

Design integration for Al Jazeera MCR/Teleport Bid.

S.A and Design integration for the AL Jazeera Transformation Bid.

B Sky B H1 Project

Working in a group of 20 engineers and a rack space of 900 racks, I was working on the Design of the Studios, which has a team of 3 engineers working to create a modern and uniquely studio environment tailored specially for B-SkyB's current and future needs.

Al Rayyan TV Project

Implementation of 1 Studio, Audio & Video Gallery, 11 NLE's,

Transmission, Archive & Ingest Areas all integrated to have a workflow

that can be handled by the smallest of team.

A HD system designed with 3G wiring practice that is up-gradable to whatever the future needs of the station are.

Tunis Television Project

Implementation of 2 Studio, Audio & Video Gallery's.

28 NLE's, 3 Transmissions, Archive, MCR & Ingest Areas

Providing a future proof System for Tunis Television for the next 10 years, all current systems are in SD with the infrastructure able to handle HD for future needs.

Sky Milan Relocation Project

Relocation of Sky Italia was no small task, huge amount of design and redesign of their transmission facility.

Responsible for the following Areas design and installation, Main C.A.R Infrastructure (1200 Racks overs 4 floors), Graphics (apple & VizRT Systems), Broadcast Routers and overall system Architecture, Broadcast & Technology Network Architecture.

Al Jazeera English Project

Working on the transmission and studios facilities Of Al Jazzerra English News Studios, this was the first HD news Studio to be implemented in the world

I was site and intra site coordinating manager, making sure the project was going according to plan and that all parties where happy.

• Design, Build and PM of the transmission facilities At Pyrga Studio's, finalized in Oct of 2005
• Have project managed new 10 cam digital O.B
• Truck from Design, installation & commissioning stages
• The new editing facilities at our Deoyenous offices
• The redesign of our small 7 cam OB truck.

• Responsibilities include the overseeing of transmission and studio systems, redesigning where necessary to meet changing needs of the TV station.
• Defined Broadcast technological vision for projects, leading technical design and Project Management to ensure project success.

• Responsibilities include the oversee of transmission and studio systems, redesigning where neccesary to meet changing needs of the TV station
• Responsible for the service and maintenance of most equipment on site trucks.
• Established clear budgets and cost controls strategies to meet objectives.

• I have worked on three large projects: The design, supervision and commission of Film-net 2 and the redesign of Film-net 1 and its studio facilities.
• The supervision and commission of Orad's Virtual-billboard O.B Truck.
• The design, installation and final commissioning of Q.V.C Germany's Studio facilities.

• This multi skilled role involved the design, installation, and commissioning of their T.V Station, edit suites, control room and studios
• I was also the on-site maintenance engineer and trained the technical and operational staff.
• The TV station has been successfully transmitting for the past 27 years.

• I supervised the technical department at the main studios, this included full responsibility for the company's 24-hour PAY-TV station and production house
• I was involved in maintenance, service, and design installation and lining up of all systems
• I was also responsible for all live transmissions O.B and studio environments
• In addition, I attended a Sony maintenance course on the PVW range of VCR's.

• I was trained as an installation and commissioning engineer, the job involved installing and commissioning of B.T F.A.S.