TV1 Consultants

There were a number of teams from different disciplines involved in the design, development, construction and commissioning of the TV project. These were outside contractors to whom SABC personel would be seconded to for the duration of the project. In many cases these people became those who managed different aspects of the completed project.

The consultants the SABC appointed to manage the first phase of the TV (TV1) project consisted of:

• Fischbach & Moore Systems
  Electronic and Management Consultants
• Stauch Vorster & Partners
  Architects
• C. P. De Leeuw & Partners
  Quantity Surveyors
• Bruinette Kruger Stoffberg & Hugo
  Structural Engineers
• Roberts Construction Company
  Contractor
• Thames Television
  Television Advisors
• G.H. Marais & Partners
  Mechnical Engineering Consultants
• C. A. Du Toit & Partners
  Electrical Engineering Consultants
• C. C. Buckle
  Accoustic Consultant

The SABC employees seconded to work with the consultants included:

• Brian Horn
• Don Davies
• Jock Anderson
• Philip Slack

Television Training Center (TTC)

The SABC team who did the commissioning of the TTC and were responsible for its initial technical operation consisted of:

• Brian Horn - Senior Engineer
• Philip Slack - Engineer (Cameras)
• Francois Jordaan - Engineer (Main Control)
• Charles Michie - Assistant Engineer (VTR)
• Neal Allen - Assistant Engineer (Telecine)
• Gunther Becker - Technician
• David Mittan - Technician

The SABC team responsible for the training of future production teams consisted of:

• Leo van der Walt - Manager
• Mike Leeston-Smith - Production
• Brian Taylor - Sound
• Don McHardy - Technical
• Allan Johnston - Cameras
• Randall Miles - Lighting
• Terry Heath - Cameras
• Allan Joy - Cameras