The Royal Television Society (RTS) has named BBC trainee broadcast engineer James Goodhand as the winner of its annual RTS Young Technologist Award.

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Goodhand impressed the judges “with his great technical knowledge, ability to seek out opportunities to solve problems, and understanding of the needs of the user”. A physics graduate, Goodhand has completed placements with BBC Distribution, Newsgathering Location Facilities and International Bureaux Support. He also led a project for BBC News in which he devised and developed an inhouse Return Vision System.