Studer is set to launch its Broadcast Academy in July – a new programme to provide broadcast engineers with training and technical certification for the Vista line of digital console mixing consoles.

The Studer Broadcast Academy will be run using the Studer truck, featuring two broadcast studios (one housing a Vista 9 and the other a Vista 5). Training and certification will be held in multiple cities throughout the US, with plans to extend the programme to Europe in October 2011.

The academy will include hands-on training for Studer’s Vista consoles as part of certification modules that will provide engineers with proof of efficiency with the Vista line. In addition, engineers are welcome to attend the Open House sessions for product demonstrations, with no requirement to pursue certification.

‘We have seen a trend in the broadcast industry where freelance engineers are taking on a much greater presence than ever before, which means there are a lot of engineers out there working on a lot of different control surfaces from day-to-day,’ says Marketing Director, Harman Mixing Group, Keith Watson. ‘The Studer Broadcast Academy will enable engineers to get comfortable with the Studer product line, which will serve them well on projects where Studer consoles are being used.’

Confirmed (July) dates include:

11: Cincinnati, OH (Broadcast Academy)
12: Columbus, OH (Broadcast Academy)
13: Pittsburgh, PA (Open House)
14: Pittsburgh, PA (Broadcast Academy)
15: Philadelphia, PA (Open House)
16: Philadelphia, PA (Broadcast Academy)
18: New York, NY (Open House)
19: New York, NY (Broadcast Academy)
20: New York, NY (Broadcast Academy)
21: Washington, DC (Open House)
22: Washington, DC (Broadcast Academy)

More: www.usa.studer.ch