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About us

A training hub built around the live gallery

observero brings together broadcasters, engineers and educators who believe live television should feel calm on screen because it was prepared with care off screen.

Television studio floor with cameras and lights ready for a live show
Studio headphones and cables resting on a broadcast desk with faders

Our story

From a single gallery to a national hub

We began as a small group of studio engineers and directors who kept getting the same question from new colleagues: how do we make all of this work together on the day?

Today we run practical programmes for news teams, independent producers, universities and corporate studios across the United Kingdom, covering studio equipment integration, dynamic camera techniques, acoustic optimisation and lighting.

Our approach has not changed: small groups, working equipment and honest feedback from people who still work in live television.

What we believe

Principles behind every course

  • Learn by broadcasting

    Every concept is tested on the studio floor with real cameras, real talkback and a real clock counting down to transmission.

  • Reliability first

    Backup paths, fault drills and clear communication are taught as core skills, not extras, because live television has no second take.

  • Kit-agnostic thinking

    Equipment changes every year. We teach signal flow, light, sound and timing so your skills carry across any gallery.

Our facilities

A studio that behaves like the real thing

  • Three-camera news and magazine studio
  • Interview set with flexible lighting grid
  • Treated sound booth and voice-over room
  • Fully equipped production gallery with talkback
Interview set with two armchairs, a low table and soft key lighting

Meet your tutors

Learn from working broadcasters

Every tutor still works in live television, so what you learn on the studio floor is what is happening in galleries today.

  • Portrait of a confident man in his forties wearing a dark jacket

    Oliver Hartley

    Head Tutor, Live Directing

  • Portrait of a smiling woman in her thirties with dark hair

    Priya Shah

    Camera Operations Lead

  • Portrait of a man in his late thirties with glasses and a beard

    James Whitaker

    Sound & Acoustics Tutor

  • Portrait of a woman in her thirties with short curly hair

    Amara Okafor

    Lighting Director

  • Portrait of a young man with red-brown hair in a casual jumper

    Callum Reid

    Technical Director

  • Portrait of a woman in her thirties with blonde hair and a light blazer

    Sophie Lambert

    Production Manager

Talk to a tutor

Not sure which course fits your studio?

Tell us about your team, your equipment and your next broadcast. We will recommend the right module or a tailored on-site programme.