Balkans: Chiron was born during the conflict in Kosovo. Clients included: The Sunday Times and Charmian Evans; BBC News with Jeremy Bowen and Jonathan Charles; The Japanese TV station NHK.
Afghanistan: Chiron teams deployed with BBC News to Afghanistan. Andy Faulkner, a mountain leader expert led a BBC News, on foot, over the mountains. Other tasks were for High Definition TV with the veteran US war correspondent Peter Arnett; Nickel Odeon TV: CBC News covering the deployment of Canadian troops; and ITN in 2009.
Iraq: Chiron supported BBC and BSkyB media crews as the advanced with the fighting units during the second Gulf War. Since the War Chiron has supported BBC News and Documentaries throughout Iraq, Ch4 and Jon Snow, RTE, CBC with Don Murray and Heather Abbott getting exceptional coverage of the Iraq elections, and October Films as they made their successful documentary ‘The Insurgency’.
Africa: Chiron deployed to support BBC News in Nigeria, the Ivory Coast and Darfur Province in Sudan. Support was also provided to BBC Religion in Tunisia & Morocco.
Europe: A good knowledge of the local area of Saltsburg and Genoa meant that Chiron operators could provide a unique support to BBC News during the World Economic Forum and the G8 Summit. Other assignments include: Euro 2000 (Belgium & Holland) and 2004 (Portugal) football; football matches in Turkey; ‘doorstep’ interviews in Spain; and filming on the Stromboli volcano.
Israel/Lebanon: Chiron provided consultants to with TV crews in both Lebanon and Israel during the 2006 War. More recently in Gaza 2009
Pakistan: Coverage of the 2008 Elections and the 2009 CI campaign
Georgia: Coverage of the 2008 August War.
Afghanistan: Chiron teams deployed with BBC News to Afghanistan. Andy Faulkner, a mountain leader expert led a BBC News, on foot, over the mountains. Other tasks were for High Definition TV with the veteran US war correspondent Peter Arnett; Nickel Odeon TV: CBC News covering the deployment of Canadian troops; and ITN in 2009.
Iraq: Chiron supported BBC and BSkyB media crews as the advanced with the fighting units during the second Gulf War. Since the War Chiron has supported BBC News and Documentaries throughout Iraq, Ch4 and Jon Snow, RTE, CBC with Don Murray and Heather Abbott getting exceptional coverage of the Iraq elections, and October Films as they made their successful documentary ‘The Insurgency’.
Africa: Chiron deployed to support BBC News in Nigeria, the Ivory Coast and Darfur Province in Sudan. Support was also provided to BBC Religion in Tunisia & Morocco.
Europe: A good knowledge of the local area of Saltsburg and Genoa meant that Chiron operators could provide a unique support to BBC News during the World Economic Forum and the G8 Summit. Other assignments include: Euro 2000 (Belgium & Holland) and 2004 (Portugal) football; football matches in Turkey; ‘doorstep’ interviews in Spain; and filming on the Stromboli volcano.
Israel/Lebanon: Chiron provided consultants to with TV crews in both Lebanon and Israel during the 2006 War. More recently in Gaza 2009
Pakistan: Coverage of the 2008 Elections and the 2009 CI campaign
Georgia: Coverage of the 2008 August War.
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Chris Cobb-Smith supported the BBC during the Lebanon conflict. He was interviewed for Israeli TV
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The Alan Johnston kidnap highlights that Journalism is now a very dangerous profession
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Chris Cobb-
“Just a quick note to say how impressed I am with the work of the Chiron safety advisers over the past few weeks. They've done some great work including sourcing a garage and a mechanic for the broken armoured, organizing the flights out, researching our routes to the airport and strengthening security at the bureau and in the street. It's all been done with minimum fuss, maximum imagination and effort. Their calmness and positive attitude during what's been quite a difficult time has been enormously appreciated. Thanks again to everyone.”
BBC Producer Baghdad Bureau
CBC Journalist Mellissa Fung, kidnapped in Kabul of 12th October 2008 was freed on Saturday 8th November 2008
Haiti: Supporting TV and radio News crews after the 2010 earthquake. The call for support came at 5am and within 6 hours consultants were flying to the Dominican Republic arriving by 11pm that night.