Welcome to
Q3 Media Training
We are broadcast engineering and technology specialists who provide a range of cost effective and time efficient training services
Q3 Media Training provide Broadcast Engineering Courses and training consultancy services to the globe from our base in the UK.
Our core team really know the broadcast media market and the pressures of maintaining live services – we have been at the cutting edge of the IP media production revolution as well as working on various cloud migration and AI/ML projects.
Training isn’t just about booking an off-the-shelf course, we tailor engagements to best fit each customer’s needs, ensuring an appropriate balance of theoretical and practical content is delivered in an effective way.
With our cooperative approach and reputation for honesty and openness we aim to become a trusted partner to companies of all sizes.
What We Do
Bespoke Training
We know you’re special – that’s why we are happy to tailor our training courses or create new programmes focusing on any aspects of technology to perfectly match your requirements
Training Courses
Our broadcast engineering and media technology training courses can be delivered at your premises or we can arrange the location – and of course, we can tailor all course content
Other Services
Out team know a lot more than just how best to educate people; we regularly get involved in a range of technical activities for our Broadcast and Media clients from consultancy to system design
Broadcast Industry & Technology Intro
This 1 or 2 day course has been put together to provide a cost-effective way to address the often-overlooked basics of the broadcast industry and its technology whilst also having a positive impact on staff morale by encouraging back-office/admin staff to be included in the initial session(s).
AutoCAD LT for Broadcast Engineers
2-day practical course (or 1-day abridged) covering all the tools and techniques for using AutoCAD LT in a broadcast setting. Focussing primarily on modifying existing broadcast system schematics (i.e. video and audio system diagrams), but also touching on rack layouts & more.
Practical Introduction to IP Networking
This hands-on 4-day course gives attendees greater confidence in understanding IP networks in a broadcast setting. Starting from the basics, trainees will learn everything they need to know (layer models, VLANs and Routing, TCP/IP, UDP Multicasting, RTP Streaming and more!)
TR-1001 IP Media Networks
This session covers everything you need to know about IP-based networking for Media Production. It covers all the essential network protocols and standards for uncompressed video over IP (SMPTE ST 2022-6 / ST 2110) as well as looking at how to make such systems work through the use of PTP and NMOS specifications.
Broadcast Video & Technology for Developers
1 or 2 day course tailored to file and/or live workflows.
What makes Broadcast Video special? This short course is aimed at software developers who are working with solutions for use in broadcast. What are the key technology aspects everyone should know. The basics of Broadcast Video and Audio will be introduced, explaining important topics like interlace and colour sub-sampling (what is 4:2:0!?).
APIs and Web Technologies for Broadcast & Media
This highly practical, hands-on 2-day course introduces the technologies used to support web interfaces, the servers behind them, API (Application Programming Interface) integrations with other systems and data sources, and the security methods used to keep everything safe from attack.
No coding experience is necessary - this course is aimed at staff needing an awareness when working with software teams/vendors
Broadcast Engineering Essentials
3-5 day course covering the fundamentals of broadcast technology that every engineer and technician should know. Attendees of this course will be more confident and able to tackle any new technology challenges they may face is their broadcast systems evolve.
Broadcast Technology
Knowledge Feed
There is so much great content out there on the web, much of it available for free.
In our knowledge feed we curate the best of what the web has to offer along with some of our own original articles. Thanks to YouTube and Wikipedia, there is more information available than ever before; let us be your guide to finding content that’s worth the investment of your time.
Unsurprisingly, a lot of content out there has technical inaccuracies, in many cases this can undermine its value – where we feel such content explains an important concept well we try to include it with the inaccuracy highlighted in the accompanying narrative.
The knowledge feed will grow over time so forgive us if it appears a little light to start with. Please check back regularly or sign up to our mailing list to be notified periodically when new updates are available.
Broadcast Technology
Knowledge Feed
There is so much great content out there on the web, much of it available for free.
In our knowledge feed we curate the best of what the web has to offer along with some of our own original articles. Thanks to YouTube and Wikipedia, there is more information available than ever before; let us be your guide to finding content that’s worth the investment of your time.
Unsurprisingly, a lot of content out there has technical inaccuracies, in many cases this can undermine its value – where we feel such content explains an important concept well we try to include it with the inaccuracy highlighted in the accompanying narrative.
The knowledge feed will grow over time so forgive us if it appears a little light to start with. Please check back regularly or sign up to our mailing list to be notified periodically when new updates are available.
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Ed teaching all things SMPTE 2110/PTP/NMOS to SVT in Stockholm, Sweden this week & next
Ed will be discussing 2110/NMOS at an RTS/SMPTE event on June 26th
Come and talk 2110/NMOS with me at RTS/SMPTE mid-careers event on June 26th
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Monday 12:53pm - Not looking so tidy now!
Things have started to be plugged up. It got a lot worse once we set up aggregated links (LAG) between all the switches and trunked all the VLANs across them. Later we also added unicast & MULTICAST routing (PIM-SM) - an important topic!
Monday 9am - Everything ready to go.
It takes a lot of preparation and effort to get ready for our courses - especially this one for Practical IP Networking: Laptops, Switches, Recording kit, WiFi/Access Switch, Printed slidebooks, Practical workbooks, Notebooks/pens and snacks!
Ed chaired a panel on Ad-Tech for the SMPTE UK Media Tech Conference at the MPTS show. Great to learn more about an important area that keeps the money coming into the industry!
#SMPTE #MPTS2025 #Q3MT
Last week Ed was in Edinburgh delivering a couple of 2-day sessions for Technical Operators at Scottish Parliament. Small groups (2/3 people) so they could do some hands on and go off on lots of tangents!
#HandsOnTraining #Q3MT #BigPinkDemoKit
Last day of #nabshow2025 today!
Ed's been busy walking the floors finding out what's new, ready to pass it on through our courses.
#IPVideo #IPMX #SMPTE21110 #DMF #MXL
What is #IPMX? If you are aware of SMPTE ST 2110 but aren't aware of IPMX then this explainer video is for you.
If you're attending #NABShow2025 check out the sessions in the #IPShowcase (produced by @AIMSAlliance).
#IPVideo #SMPTE2110 #MoIP #AVoIP
Ed and Mike were testing #SMPTE2110 path latency and stability of PTP locking (particularly on devices with SDI outputs!).
They'll be double-teaming on a course for EMG next week and wanted to check on some things they may want to demonstrate.
#BigPinkDemoKit #WanderingSDI
