dB Broadcast Ltd
Kestrel House
Sedgeway Business Park
Witchford
Ely, Cambs
CB6 2HY
United KingdomT: +44 (0) 1353 661117
F: +44 (0) 1353 665617
E: sales @dbbroadcast.co.uk
W: www.dbbroadcast.co.uk
The following list provides details of key individual's experience and describes their role in the company.
David Bird
Managing Director
david.bird@dbbroadcast.co.uk
David's experience in the broadcast industry spans over 20 years: covering manufacturing, planning and installation, project engineering and general project management.
On leaving school, David joined Pye TVT Limited as an engineering apprentice and during this period won a BSc Honours Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Central Lancashire. He then gained practical experience working on planning and installation for two years back at Pye TVT, including work on television projects at Central Television and Bristol University studios and on an OB van for the Kuwait Ministry of Information.
Following the wide experience gained through his early training and project responsibilities, David formed dB Broadcast in 1988 and soon won the respect of the engineering managements of the major broadcasters for the quality of services provided. David's company has made steady progress and has carried out work for most of Britain's major broadcasters. Strong, experienced management, in-depth knowledge of the broadcast industry's needs and a strict adherence to quality, form the bedrock of David's business disciplines.
Tom Swan
Sales and Marketing Director
tom.swan@dbbroadcast.co.uk
Tom has been in sales and marketing within the broadcast industry for more than 20 years. He began his career as an apprentice at Pye TVT and in 1981 gained an Honours Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Coventry University. He stayed a further 5 years at Pye TVT working in studio engineering and, later, in the systems proposals and product management departments.
Since then he has been a Product Manager at both Cambridge Instruments and Pesa International being directly responsible for the Character Generator and routing switcher product ranges. More recently he has been UK Sales Manager at Pesa, and International Sales Manager at both Cambridge Animation and Pixel Power.
Tom joined dB Broadcast in 2000.
Martyn has worked in the broadcast industry since 1990 and was formerly Finance Director of Independent Television News (ITN). Following qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1987, Martyn joined Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte (as it then was), in the City of London, where he worked in its audit, consultancy and corporate finance divisions for two and a half years.
Martyn joined ITN in 1990 and was appointed Finance Director in 1994, a position he held for five and a half years. In 1999 he became Managing Director of EuroNews: a pan-European news channel, then part-owned and run by ITN - a position he held until 2003.
Since 2003, Martyn has been, among other things, an independent business consultant in the TV sector, working in the UK and Middle East. He joined dB Broadcast in 2007.