Background:

Henley Facilities comprises of Broadcasting, Production and Post Production. These facilities are situated in the Henley Studio complex in Auckland Park and forms part of the SABC Auckland Park Campus. The facilities were built between 1972 and 1974 for the specific use and requirements of the SABC. The SABC introduced Television into South Africa in 1975 and in the early years of Television the SABC was the only producer and broadcaster of Television programmes. As the Broadcasting Industry developed, new broadcasters and programme producers started competing in the market place. The SABC intensively invested capital in its television facilities over the years.

How does Henley fit into the SABC:

1] The SABC comprise of 4 Clusters which are Finance, People , Operations and Technology.

2] Henley TV Facilities, together with TV outside Broadcasting and Radio Broadcast Facilities forms part of Technology.

What services do Henley Render?

•  Broadcast Facilities: Final Control Centres; Master Control Room.
• News Facilities - Production Studios; Graphics; Editing; Line Record Room.
• Production Studios - Post Production Facilities; Video Editing; Graphics; Audio Final Mix; Transfer Facilities; Optical Services.

What Technologies are coming up in the Future:

There is a huge drive to digitise all facilities and to change the workflows from analog tape based to digital file transfer workflows.

We are busy with the following projects:

1] Multi Channel Play-out Centre.

2] Digital Library.

3] Upgrade of Production Studios.

4] Replacement of News Computer and Server Systems.

5] Upgrade of Final Control Centres.

6] Upgrade of on-air Graphics equipment.

Contact Number for different services: GM: Henley TV Facilities: Marius Janse van Rensburg, Tel No: JHB (011)7146405; Fax No: (011) 7145500 Email address: marius@sabc.co.za