James Monks
London · Live Broadcast · Est. 2004

Senior Technical Supervisor — Sky

Live sport,
on air.

Twenty years leading remote production for Premier League football, international cricket and The Open golf.

James Monks with his children
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About

Senior Technical Supervisor with over 20 years' experience in live sports broadcasting, facility operations and broadcast engineering. A proven track record of leading remote productions for Premier League football, international cricket and major golf championships.

I combine deep technical expertise with strong people skills — training teams, coordinating with vendors and bridging the gap between production and engineering. I played a central role in launching Sky's first cloud production system, and I'm currently leading the deployment of the EVS Cerebrum control system across Sky Sports facilities.

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Experience

2019 — Present

Senior Technical Supervisor

Sky

First-line technical support for live sports production across Sky's facilities, with a secondary focus on major infrastructure projects. Lead remote production delivery for Premier League, EFL, WSL, international cricket and The Open golf. Central role in launching Sky's first cloud production system; currently leading the EVS Cerebrum control-system rollout and the transition to UHD HDR workflows, supporting the migration from SDI to SMPTE 2110 IP.

2018 — 2019

Senior Broadcast Engineer

Trickbox

Broadcast engineering across OB units and the Tower Bridge studio. Built and guaranteed PPU systems on Ross Ultrix routers for productions including ITV's This Morning Live and The Rated Awards, and expanded into live streaming with LiveU, Wirecast and vMix.

2015 — 2018

Junior Vision Guarantee Engineer

Arena Television OB

Vision guarantee engineering across major sport — BBC FA Cup, ITV International Football and Sky Rugby — working with Sony and Grass Valley camera systems and SMPTE 2110 IP infrastructure, and coordinating engineering crews on multi-camera events.

2013 — 2015

RF Vision Engineer

CTV Outside Broadcasts

Specialist RF and fibre-optic camera engineering for live golf, operating and maintaining wireless video systems in challenging outdoor environments across international events.

2004 — 2013

Earlier career — CTV, Sound Moves & production

Various

Technical Assistant at CTV (truck rigging, fibre splicing, audio and vision engineering); Assistant Sound Engineer at Sound Moves for live and broadcast events at the O2 and MEN Arena; production runner on the BBC Proms in the Park and other major broadcasts.

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Capabilities

Live & remote production UHD / HDR workflows SMPTE 2110 IP video Cloud production EVS Via & Cerebrum GV VM routers Ross Ultrix / Overdrive / Piero / Voyager Studio & gallery builds System integration Team leadership & training Vendor & stakeholder management
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Education

Graduated 2008

BA (Hons) Music Technology

London College of Music & Media, TVU