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An increase of more than 100,000 homes capable of receiving

our programme has also been recorded during the year tinder review.

Premises and Equipment When our Bristol project is completed, your company, with our Cardiff Studios, will have at its disposal a conjunction of two modern television studios which can be interlinked to provide for the foreseeable future a regional coverage more comprehensive than any other. The principle of compact layout, which proved so successful in Cardiff. has been applied to 'Bristol so as to comprise every new facility and technique, and meanwhile the studio at Cardiff is also being extended to produce the maximum efficiency for a growing output and to provide the best possible conditions of work. An Outside Broadcast Unit and mobile video-tape record- ing equipment will be fully employed through- out the region during 1960.

Staff and Management Good labour relations between management and staff have contributed much 'to the efficiency of our service and to the pleasant atmosphere which visitors to our Studios are kind enough to appreciate.

The year has shown no lessening of effort; indeed the keenness and loyalty of the com- pany's staff at all levels has been everywhere apparent. Thus it has been possible to under- take, in a style normally outside the capacity of a regional company, elaborate production assignments and experimental work which pro- vide invaluable experience for the future. Future Prospects Investment