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Live television production hub

Take your live production to broadcast standard.

Learn studio equipment integration, dynamic camera techniques, acoustic optimisation and lighting setups with observero, then put them to work in reliable processes for news programmes, interviews and live shows.

  • News programmes
  • Interviews
  • Live shows
Video production mixing console with illuminated faders in a television gallery
Television studio lighting rig with softboxes and spotlights hanging from a grid
Broadcast studio camera on a pedestal with teleprompter in a TV studio
Wall of monitors in a television control room showing multiple camera feeds

Studio floor time

94 hrs120 hrs

Practical modules

12

Specialist modules6 live scenarios

Hands-on share

Every course is built around working gear, not slides.

78%

Curriculum

Build your broadcast skills

Our philosophy is simple: learn on real studio equipment, rehearse under real deadlines and leave with habits that keep a live show on air.

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Inside the gallery

Gain more insight into how a live gallery really runs

Sit at the vision mixer, call the shots and hear what the audio desk hears. Our tutors are working broadcasters who walk you through every decision between the first cue and the final fade.

Close-up of a broadcast vision mixer with illuminated buttons and a hand on the lever

Pricing

Course packages

Empty television news studio set with anchor desk and blue backdrop

3 weeks

Full Live Studio Programme

Our complete course: every discipline above, finished with three full rehearsal broadcasts covering a news bulletin, a two-guest interview and a live magazine show.

£2,490£3,290Save 24%
  • Professional video camera on a tripod in a studio with a lens close-up

    4 days

    Dynamic Camera Techniques

    £780£980
  • LED panel studio light on a stand with a softbox in a photography studio

    3 days

    Lighting Setups for Screen

    £620£790
  • Acoustic foam panels on the wall of a recording studio with a microphone

    2 days

    Acoustic Optimisation

    £540£720

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.

About us

observero is a professional hub for people who put live television on air. We are committed to calm, well-prepared studios: kit that is wired correctly, rooms that sound clean, light that flatters and processes that survive a bad day. Our mission is to give every producer, operator and engineer the confidence to deliver news programmes, interviews and live shows without drama.

  • Close-up of a cinema camera lens with reflections
  • Boom microphone with a fluffy windshield held above a set
  • Illuminated On Air sign glowing above a studio door
  • Broadcast equipment rack with patch bay and neatly routed cables
  • Large LED video wall backdrop in a television studio
  • Teleprompter glass mounted on a studio camera with scrolling text

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

Results

We believe in the power of rehearsal

Reliable television is rehearsed television. Each programme is built around repeatable practice on real equipment, so your team arrives at the live broadcast already knowing what to do.

Learners trained

1,200+

Learners trained

Producers, operators and engineers from across the UK.

Camera positions

6

Camera positions

Pedestal, jib and handheld rigs ready on the floor.

Live rehearsals a year

40

Live rehearsals a year

Full run-throughs with a gallery crew and guests.

Would recommend

98%

Would recommend

Based on feedback gathered after every course.

Production rundown script with stopwatch and headphones lying on a desk