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Ahmed Elsheikh

Ahmed Elsheikh

Broadcast IT Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Broadcast IT & Studios Engineer at Alwousta TV - Sharjah Broadcasting Authority

  • Education

    • Mansoura University

      2003 - 2009
      Bachelor's degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

      Faculty of Engineering is one of the first faculties of engineering in Delta. It had gone through several stages until now. From 1974 until now, the faculty has been developed greatly until it held a sublime position and a lot of developed laboratories were set up to serve the educational process and it has become one of the leading faculties in Egypt.

  • Experience

    • Nile Television Network - NTN

      Oct 2009 - Dec 2019
      Broadcast IT Engineer

      NTN Automation Center founded on 2008 for Ingest, Editing, Branding, & broadcast five channels which it's one of the biggest multi-channel play-out center at ENMA.Key ResponsibilitiesWorking among core team to provide high level engineering support to all broadcast services equipment from contribution through to distribution to ensure the highest possible levels of technical and operational continuity to the Nile Television Network.• Leading a team responsible of upgrading automation system May 2016.o Updating the DB to the new version required for Neptune 3.8.5o Decommissioned old Black-door Main & Backup Device Controller.o Installed new Blue-door Main & Backup Device Controller.o Upgraded all Clients and Housekeeper to Neptune 3.8.5Overview on the System• Pebble Beach Systems Neptune Automation Ver. 3.8.1 (Upgraded to Ver. 3.8.5 May 2016).• Grass Valley K2 media servers (with 2 domains for redundancy & SAN Storage).• Evertz Xenon Router.• Miranda image store MCR Switcher.• Modular with different types.• Brainstorm on-air graphic for play-out.• Wtvision with football app. graphic system.• (2 FCP X / 1 FCP 7 / 7 FCP 6) 10 Final cut post-production editing connected to the servers SAN.• (1) Smoke Autodesk. Show less

    • Nour al Dunya TV

      May 2012 - Feb 2013
      Broadcast IT Engineer

      Nour al Dunya TV was the first Egyptian-Arab agricultural channel concerned with the technical educational and encouraging aspect of the agricultural field, which is one of the pillars of the economy and a safety valve for food security in all countries of the world.Key Responsibilities• Forming part of a core team responsible for Play-out & Ingest area, 3 FCP & Virtual Studio.Overview on the System• Grass Valley K2 SD stand-alone servers (main and backup)• Evertz Xenon Router.• Ingest area integrated with final cut to server.• Grass Valley Infinity Cam.• Brainstorm on-air graphic for play-out and studio.• Brainstorm virtual studio.• Post production (3 final cut)• Modular with different types. Show less

    • Brainwaves Systems Middle East

      May 2012 - Jun 2013
      Field Systems & Support Engineer

      One of the biggest companies in Egypt of turnkey solutions for Audio & Video Broadcast/IT including Studios Production, Post Production, Master Control Rooms, Continuity, Automation, Media Asset Management, archiving…etc.Key Responsibilities• Working with profound knowledge and ability to install, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, including information systems. • Working in supporting Grass Valley products, Pebble Beach Systems Automation systems, and Evertz products.• Working in systems work-flow design for the projects. Show less

    • Dream TV Egypt

      Jul 2013 - Sept 2013
      Broadcast IT Engineer

      Dream TV was the first Egyptian private television channel. The Channel provides cultural programming, news analysis, and a platform for talk shows.Key Responsibilities• Overseeing the installation of the system.• Forming part of a core team responsible for Play-out & Ingest area.Overview on the System• Pebble Beach Systems Neptune Automation Ver. 3.8.4• Grass Valley K2 Summit & Solo media servers.• Evertz Xenon Router & 3025EMC MCR Switcher.• Brainstorm on-air graphic for play-out.• Modular with different types. Show less

    • CBC Egypt

      Feb 2014 - Jul 2015
      Broadcast IT Engineer

      CBC started its live broadcast on July 2, 2011. Currently, most of the shows on-air are skewed towards analyzing the political, economic and social events. Plans to add more shows and additional channels are in the pipeline with the aim to address the different viewership preferences across Egypt.Key Responsibilities• Overseeing the installation of the system.• Forming part of a core team responsible for Play-out & Ingest area & MCR.Overview on the System• Pebble Beach Systems Neptune Automation Ver. 3.8.4• Grass Valley K2 Summit media servers.• Evertz Xenon Router & 3025EMC MCR Switcher.• RTX on-air graphic for play-out.• Modular with different types. Show less

    • Al Ghad TV- قناة الغد

      Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
      Broadcast IT Engineer

      Al Ghad TV is the 1st Arab news channel broadcasting from Egypt.Key ResponsibilitiesForming part of a core team responsible of evaluation of all technical facilities and infrastructure for the building of the channel at EMPC as part of the plan to re-launch the channel from Egypt.Overview on the System• AVID broadcast technology systems (NEXIS & ISIS, Interplay, Air Speed 5K, Interplay Capture for ingesting, iNEWS Command & Remote console for Playout, iNEWS system, Media Central & News cutter for editing)• SPECTRA Logic Archive system (T120 & Verde)• VIZrt on-air Graphic system.• Imagine Communications (ADC automation system, Nexio AMP Servers, Farad Storage, Platinum MX Router and Icon Master Switcher)• Grass Valley LDX Series Cameras.• SONY MVS-6530 vision mixer.• STUDER Harman Vista 1 audio mixer.• BARCO 6x2 cubes video wall.• Modular with different types. Show less

    • Maspero Zaman

      Jun 2016 - Dec 2019
      Broadcast IT Engineer

      Maspero Zaman aims to revive the golden days of television. The channel also provides videos in black and white, football matches, songs, and dramas.Key Responsibilities• Overseeing the installation of the system.• Forming part of a core team responsible for Play-out & Ingest area.Overview on the System• Harmonic Spectrum-X server.• Harmonic (Polaris Play: Ingest) s/w for play-out & ingest.• HARRIS Panacea Router.• Evertz downstream keyer.• Brainstorm on-air graphic for play-out.• Modular with different types. Show less

    • Egyptian Media

      Oct 2016 - Dec 2019
      Broadcast IT Engineer

      ONtv part of Egyptian Media which sheds light on cultural, economic, political, sports, artistic and social issues through its channels ON E, ON Drama, ON Sports and ON Live, with strong emphasis on news, reflecting the Egyptian and Arab region positions and aspirations.Key Responsibilities• Overseeing the installation of the system.• Forming part of a core team responsible of Play-out & Ingest area, MCR, VizRT System, & AVID System.Overview on the System• AVID broadcast technology systems (NEXIS & ISIS, Interplay, Air Speed 5K, Interplay Capture for ingesting, iNEWS Command & Remote console for Playout, iNEWS system, Media Central & News cutter for editing)• SPECTRA Logic Archive system (T380, T120 & Verde)• Pebble Beach Systems Neptune Automation Ver. 3.8.4• Harmonic Spectrum (MediaDirector 2251, MediaPort 7000 & MediaStore 5000)• Harmonic (System Manager, MAS , WFS & ProMedia Carpon)• VizRT on-air graphic for play-out.• Evertz (EQX Router & EMC-DCP MCR Switcher)• Imagine Communications (Nexio AMP Servers & Farad Storage)• RTX on-air graphic.• Crystal Vision Multilogo.• Modular with different types. Show less

    • Creative Media Solutions Fz llc

      Jan 2020 - Feb 2021
      Broadcast IT & Studios Engineer

      CMS gulf is multi awards winning company with more than fifteen years of experience in the region and with headquarters in Dubai Media City, CMS Gulf, provides Integration, Operations, Creative services, and Broadcast solutions. In all we do, our goal is to ensure that our clients achieve full engagement with their target audiences.Key Responsibilities:• Oversee the installation of Alwousta TV Channel systems.• I am part of a core team responsible for the Playout area, Ingest area, MCR, Vizrt System, AVID System, and Studios.• I was assigned as an engineering supervisor for TCR & MCR in December 2021.Overview of the System:• AVID broadcast technology systems (NEXIS, Interplay, FastServe Playback & Ingest, Interplay Capture for ingesting, iNEWS Command for Playout, iNEWS system, Media Composer, Media Central Cloud UX)• Imagine Communications (ADC automation system, Versio Video Servers, Versio Storage.• Archive system (NOA System, Diva, IBM TS4500 Library)• Vizrt MultiChannel on-air graphic for play-out.• Evertz (Magnum, IPX, IPG, Modulars, & EMC3025 MCR Switcher)• Vantage file-based ingest.• Woody in2it exchange (file-based outgest & ingest)• AVIWEST 5G StreamHub & Manager.• Vision Mixer (Sony XVS-7000) With IP Live System Manager.• Cameras (Sony HDC4300)• Robotic Camera (Vinten VRC System)• Audio Mixer (Lawo mc²36). Show less

    • Sharjah Broadcasting Authority

      Mar 2021 - now
      Broadcast IT & Studios Engineer

      Alwousta from Al Dhaid Channel is a TV channel dedicated to the Central Region of the emirate of Sharjah. Sharjah Broadcasting Authority inaugurated a brand-new IP facility based on the SMPTE 2110 standard for Al Wousta TV in Al Dhaid

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