We make video for business - at a reasonable price. We work to
UK broadcast standards (both technical and operational) in order to
protect your business interests. - And we address the common problems
of poor programme quality, inadequate project management, legal,
copyright and technical risk; all typically associated with using
unqualified, untrained 'semi pros' and other non-specialists. We also
provide services for news and documentary production including crew,
programme research, project management and technical consultancy.
Currently based just outside Edinburgh, The Caledonian Television
Company™ is a full service video production company originally
founded in 1986 at the Red Road in Glasgow - on the very grounds where
the old Caledonian Railway Company once ruled the rails. Built on
traditional values and heritage; we're proud to be a small, unpretentious,
family business.
That's why our service is
specifically geared to the needs of the 99%+ of all Scottish businesses
that are Sole Traders, Micro-businesses or SMEs - real television
programmes for real-world businesses. We also provide
services for select news and documentary makers; general production
management and assistance, programme research, scripting, compliance
auditing, video editing, crew and technical consultancy.
Affordable? We can
produce a short presentation video - complete with stock music and
on-screen branding derived from your existing materials - from as
little as £500, with no hidden extras.
PROFESSIONAL CREWS. We only use crew who have
successfully studied TV or Film production at a legitimate UK
Academic Institution and/or trained with a major UK
broadcaster such as the BBC or one of the ITV companies.
The Caledonian Television
Company™ is still owned and run by its founder, Matt Quinn; an
ITV-trained cameraman - and former College Lecturer in
Television Production - with over forty-five years of genuine
broadcast experience..
PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT. We shoot on real
broadcast TV cameras - NOT DSLRs! We edit to meet EBU broadcast
standards for topical content on full edit suites. And naturally,
we use traditional broadcast lighting and sound.
Your professional video partners...
We are legitimate masters
of our trade - broadcast trained and properly qualified;
dedicated video production specialists working collaboratively
with the Creative, Marketing, Design, PR and Training
industries and directly with business owners and their
in-house teams, to provide a complete, fully project-managed,
script to screen video production service.
We can take you from initial idea to a programme which is legally safe
and technically fit to be shown anywhere from YouTube, broadcast on TV
or shown in a commercial cinema. If a 'one stop' solution is what you
need - we can provide that. If a 'crew only' service is what you need -
we're happy to provide that too. - What we never do is
pretend to be what we're not; we strongly reject the 'Jack of All
Trades' mentality.
All of our work is covered as
standard by strict, legally binding non-disclosure policies that provide
you with full security over your project. From the
initial consultation on, you can be sure that all discussions are in
strict confidence and that your sensitive commercial information is safe
with us. - We also work proactively to protect your intellectual
property and that of others; for example ensuring that issues such as
copyright and advertising codes are properly addressed.
We don't believe in giving
anyone the hard sell. However, we do encourage people to contact
us as early as possible in the planning stages of their project. This
allows us to advise and plan well in advance and identify cost
savings; avoiding the situation where projects and facilities booked at
the eleventh hour create unnecessary cost-drivers and/or project
risk. - An informal chat or email exchange with us costs and
commits you to nothing.
We invite you to get in touch as early as
possible in planning your project with the assurance that we will
never place you under any obligation or sales
pressure, simply for seeking help and information. - We do NOT
keep any kind of sales or mailing list and consider all enquiries to
be confidential.