Legal Information and Company Details

Last updated: 3 November 2026.

This page sets out the legal information, company details and policy cross-references that apply to this website. It is written in plain English and applies to every visit to, and every use of, the site. Please read it together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Terms and Conditions and Payment and Refund Policy, which are cross-referenced in section 9 below. By continuing to browse this website you confirm that you have had a reasonable opportunity to read this page.

1. Who we are and the role of this website

This website is owned and operated by audienzo, referred to throughout this notice as we, us, our or the operator. The website is an information resource dedicated to audiovisual production excellence, covering broadcast studio design, camera control systems, professional lighting arrangements, sound engineering and the streamlined workflows relied on by television networks, production companies and live event teams. The material published here is editorial and educational in nature: it explains how professional audiovisual systems are specified, installed, calibrated and maintained, and how production teams can organise their work so that picture, sound and control data arrive where they are needed, on time and to a consistent technical standard.

The operator is the entity responsible for the editorial decisions taken on this website, for the technical operation of the site, and for the handling of any personal data described in our Privacy Policy. Where this website mentions manufacturers, equipment, technical standards, venues or third-party services, those references are made for information and context only. They do not mean that the operator acts as an agent, reseller, distributor or authorised representative of any third party, and they do not create a commercial, agency or contractual relationship between the operator and any visitor.

Nothing published here is a professional engineering specification or an installation instruction. Rigging, electrical installation, structural work, studio ventilation and broadcast transmission are each governed by their own statutory requirements, industry codes of practice and site-specific risk assessments. Any real project should be designed, approved and signed off by appropriately qualified professionals working under the relevant competence and insurance arrangements. This website helps you to understand a technical field; it does not replace site surveys, load calculations, electrical testing or a formal design process.

2. Legal form, registration details and tax identifiers

The operator is a private limited company incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Its Company Registration Number is 04141235. Because the entity is a company limited by shares, the personal liability of its members for the debts and liabilities of the company is limited to the extent permitted by the Companies Act 2006. The fact that the operator is a limited company is disclosed on this page and on the company's business letters, order forms and websites, in line with the trading disclosure requirements that apply to United Kingdom companies. In practice this means that the company's registered name appears in full, including the word Limited or the abbreviation Ltd, wherever the company name is used on documents of a formal nature.

The company's VAT Registration Number is GB 770 0150 70. Where value added tax applies to a supply of goods or services, it is charged at the rate in force at the time of supply, is shown separately on the relevant invoice, and is accounted for to HM Revenue and Customs in the ordinary way. The Place of Registration of the company is England and Wales. The Registered Office Address of the company is the address published in the footer of this website, and that is the address at which formal documents may be served. The company keeps its statutory books, accounting records and confirmation statements in accordance with United Kingdom company law and files them with the registrar of companies at Companies House.

The operator does not hold, and does not claim to hold, any authorisation that would permit it to provide regulated financial, insurance, legal or medical services, and nothing on this website is offered as such a service. Where the operator is engaged on broadcast, studio or live-event work, the technical activities involved are carried out under the competence, certification and, where applicable, licensing arrangements that those industries require, such as electrical safety inspection and testing, working-at-height controls, lifting and rigging certification, and radio equipment licensing for wireless audio and camera control links. Any specific licence, permit or accreditation that applies to a particular engagement is confirmed in the written agreement for that engagement rather than on this website, and readers should not assume that a licence held for one project extends to another.

Where the operator processes personal data, it acts as a data controller for the purposes of the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. Where it handles personal data solely on the instructions of a client, for example when managing contributor or crew records for a production, it acts as a processor for that client and sets out its obligations in the relevant written contract. Details of the data protection fee paid to the Information Commissioner's Office and of any appointed representative are maintained in the company's compliance records and can be provided on request to the address in the footer.

3. Registered office and contact details

The registered office of the company is the address shown in the footer of this website. Correspondence that has legal effect, including formal notices, service of documents, complaints and data protection requests, should be sent to that address and marked for the attention of the company secretary or a director.

For everyday enquiries you can use the contact details published on our Contacts page: Email: enquiries@academyoflivetechnology.co.uk; Telephone: 01977 659880; Postal address: Unit 53, Lidgate Crescent, Langthwaite Grange Industrial Estate, South Kirkby, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 3NR. Enquiries submitted through the contact form on our Contacts page are received and reviewed by our team in the same way. We aim to acknowledge enquiries within a reasonable period during normal United Kingdom business hours, although response times may be longer during peak periods, public holidays or planned maintenance.

Please do not send sensitive personal data, payment card details, passwords or confidential commercial material through the general contact form. If you need to share confidential documents, ask us first and we will agree an appropriate method of transfer. Similarly, do not send original documents or physical equipment to the registered office without prior written agreement, because we cannot accept responsibility for items that arrive unannounced.

4. Purpose, scope and intended audience of this website

The purpose of this website is to share practical, well-researched information about audiovisual production. The topics covered include the layout and acoustic treatment of broadcast studios, the selection and operation of robotic and manual camera systems, the design of professional lighting schemes, sound reinforcement, mixing and monitoring, signal routing, timecode and synchronisation, and the production workflows that keep television networks and live event productions running predictably under time pressure.

The website is written for an international English-speaking audience, with a primary focus on readers in the United Kingdom. It is intended for professionals and serious enthusiasts: studio engineers, technical directors, lighting and sound technicians, system integrators, production managers, educators, students and venue operators. It is not directed at children, and it is not a consumer marketplace. Nothing on this website constitutes an offer, an invitation to treat, a quotation or a promise to supply goods or services to any reader. Where the operator does offer products or services, the terms that apply are those set out in our Terms and Conditions and in any written proposal or contract agreed with the client.

What this website is not

This website is not a shop, a price comparison service, a recommendation service or a source of legal, electrical or health and safety advice for a specific site. It does not provide bespoke technical design, and it does not create a duty of care towards any reader in relation to any particular installation. Where a reader uses information from this website to plan or modify real equipment, that reader is responsible for verifying the information against manufacturer documentation, applicable standards and local regulations, and for obtaining competent professional sign-off before anything is rigged, powered, flown or broadcast.

5. Access to the website and acceptable use

We provide this website on an as available basis. You may view, download and print pages for your own personal or internal business use, provided that all proprietary notices, credits and attributions remain intact and are not removed, obscured or altered.

When using this website you must not do any of the following:

introduce viruses, malware, ransomware, spyware or any other harmful code, or do anything that damages, disables, overloads or impairs the operation of the site or the networks connected to it;
attempt to gain unauthorised access to the site, its servers, its administrative areas, its databases or any system connected to it, or probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the site except with our prior written permission;
Use automated tools, including crawlers, scrapers, bots or similar technology, to extract content or data from the site in a manner that imposes an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or that is designed to build a competing database or service;
copy, reproduce, republish, sell, rent, sub-licence or commercially exploit substantial parts of the content, whether the copying is direct or paraphrased, and whether it is done manually or by automated means;
use the site to send unsolicited marketing or spam, to harvest contact details, or to misrepresent your identity, your affiliation or your professional qualifications;
submit material through any form on the site that is unlawful, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing, obscene, misleading or that infringes the rights of any third party;
remove, obscure or circumvent any copyright notice, watermark, technical protection measure, rate limit or access control used on the site;
include content from this site in a dataset used to train, fine-tune, evaluate or operate a machine learning or generative artificial intelligence model, unless you have our prior written permission or the use is permitted by law notwithstanding this restriction.

We may suspend, restrict or withdraw access to all or part of the website, temporarily or permanently, without notice, where we reasonably believe that these rules have been broken, where we need to carry out maintenance, or where continued availability would create a security, legal or operational risk. We may also report suspected criminal activity to the relevant authorities and preserve the associated records where the law requires or permits it.

6. Intellectual property, trademarks and permitted use of content

Unless stated otherwise, all content on this website, including written text, editorial structure, diagrams, photographs, illustrations, audio and video material, page design, source code and the selection and arrangement of the content, is owned by or licensed to the operator and is protected by copyright, database rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights. All such rights are reserved.

You may quote short extracts of our text, for example in a review, a teaching resource, a research paper or a technical discussion, provided that the quotation is fair and proportionate, that it is clearly attributed to this website, and that it is not presented in a way that suggests we have endorsed you, your product or your opinion. Systematic copying, bulk extraction, mirroring of pages, translation and republication of whole articles, or the reuse of our images or diagrams in another publication, require our prior written permission.

The operator's name, trading name, logo and any associated device marks are trademarks or unregistered marks of the operator. Other product names, manufacturer names, standards numbers and company names mentioned on this website are the trademarks of their respective owners and are used for identification and descriptive purposes only. Their appearance on this website does not imply any sponsorship, endorsement, partnership or affiliation between the operator and those owners, and does not grant you any licence to use them. If you believe that content on this website infringes your intellectual property rights, please write to the address in the footer with full details, including the location of the material, the right you say has been infringed and evidence of your ownership, and we will review the matter promptly.

7. Accuracy, availability and proportionate limitations of liability

We prepare the content of this website with care and review it periodically, but technical fields change quickly. Equipment is discontinued, standards are revised, firmware behaviour differs between versions, and practice varies between venues and broadcasters. We therefore cannot promise that every statement is complete, current, error-free or suitable for your particular circumstances, and we do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted, secure, timely or free of defects.

Professional and technical information

Descriptions of studio layouts, camera positioning, lighting ratios, loudspeaker placement, gain structure, cabling, cooling, power distribution and workflow design are provided for general information and illustration. They are not a substitute for a site survey, a load calculation, an electrical design, a fire risk assessment or a formal method statement. Any figure, configuration or recommendation should be verified against the manufacturer's current documentation and the standards applicable to your jurisdiction before it is relied upon, and any installation should be carried out and signed off by a suitably competent person.

Limits of our liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operator excludes liability for loss of profit, loss of business, loss of revenue, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goodwill, business interruption, loss of data or any indirect or consequential loss arising out of or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, this website or reliance on its content, whether the claim is framed in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation or otherwise, and even if we were advised of the possibility of such loss.

Nothing in this notice excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for any liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in respect of defective products, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. If you are a consumer, the statutory rights you have under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and other consumer legislation are not affected by anything on this page.

Where the website is unavailable for a period, we will make reasonable efforts to restore it, but we do not guarantee any particular level of availability, uptime or response time to any reader, and we are not liable for any loss caused by scheduled or unscheduled downtime.

8. External links and third-party content

This website may link to, embed or refer to material that is provided by third parties, including manufacturer documentation, standards bodies, industry associations, video platforms, mapping services and social media. Those links are provided for convenience and context. We do not control that material, we do not review it continuously, and we do not endorse, warrant or take responsibility for its accuracy, legality, availability, accessibility, security or privacy practices. Following an external link takes you away from this website and the terms and privacy notices of the third party will then apply.

Where third-party content is embedded, that provider may set cookies or collect technical information such as your internet protocol address and device details. Our Cookie Policy explains how we manage that situation and how you can control non-essential cookies. If you are a rights holder and you object to the way in which your material is linked to or described on this website, please contact us using the details in the footer and we will consider the request promptly, including removal of the reference where that is appropriate.

9. Related policies: privacy, cookies, terms, payments and refunds

This legal information page is one part of a set of documents that govern your use of the website. The other parts are set out in plain text below and are published on this website:

Privacy Policy: explains what personal data we collect through the site, our contact form and our business relationships, why we collect it, the lawful bases we rely on under the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, how long we keep it, who we share it with, and the rights available to you, including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability, together with your right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
Cookie Policy: explains the cookies and similar technologies used on this website, distinguishes strictly necessary cookies from analytics, preference and marketing cookies, and describes the consent banner through which you can accept or reject non-essential cookies and how you can withdraw or change your choices later. It also reflects the requirements of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
Terms and Conditions: set out the rules that apply when you use the website or engage the operator for work, including the basis on which information is provided, the scope of any project, the handling of changes, intellectual property in deliverables, confidentiality, insurance and the allocation of risk between the parties.
Payment and Refund Policy: explains how fees are quoted and invoiced, accepted payment methods, deposit and milestone arrangements, cancellation and postponement charges for scheduled production dates, and the circumstances in which a refund, credit or replacement is available, including the statutory cancellation rights that apply to distance contracts with consumers.

Where there is a conflict between this page and a signed contract between you and the operator, the signed contract prevails for the matters it covers. Where there is a conflict between this page and the Privacy Policy on a data protection question, the Privacy Policy prevails.

10. Consumer rights, complaints and dispute resolution

If you are a consumer, nothing in this notice reduces the rights you have by law. Goods supplied by the operator must be of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described, and services must be performed with reasonable care and skill, in each case in line with the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Where you buy at a distance, you may also have a statutory right to cancel within the cooling-off period set out in the Consumer Contracts Regulations, subject to the exceptions that apply to bespoke or time-critical production work.

If you are unhappy with anything, please raise it with us first. A complaint should be sent to the address in the footer or by email to enquiries@academyoflivetechnology.co.uk, with a clear description of the issue, the dates involved, any relevant reference numbers and the outcome you are seeking. We will acknowledge your complaint, investigate it, and respond within a reasonable period, normally within a few business days for simple matters and longer where a technical investigation is needed. We will keep you informed of progress.

If a complaint cannot be resolved between us, you may be able to use alternative dispute resolution, and consumers in the United Kingdom may also seek advice from Citizens Advice, Trading Standards or a relevant trade body. Nothing in this section prevents either party from going to court, and nothing prevents a consumer from contacting a statutory regulator about a concern.

11. Applicable law and competent courts

This website, this legal information page and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them are governed by the law of England and Wales. Subject to the paragraph below, the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any such dispute or claim.

If you are a consumer resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you may bring proceedings in the courts of your own part of the United Kingdom, and the applicable consumer protection rules of that jurisdiction continue to apply to you. If you are a consumer resident elsewhere, the mandatory consumer protection rules of your country of residence are unaffected by this clause. Where a dispute concerns a contract with a business client, the parties will first attempt to resolve it through good faith discussion between senior representatives before starting proceedings.

12. Changes to this legal information and how to contact us

We may update this page from time to time to reflect changes in our company details, the services we provide, the technology behind the website, or the law that applies to us. The version published on this website is the current version, and the date at the top of the page shows when it was last revised. Where a change is material, we will take reasonable steps to draw attention to it on the site, and material changes will not be applied retrospectively to a contractual relationship without your agreement. Continued use of the website after an update indicates that you accept the revised version.

If you have a question about this page, the company information it contains, the way we handle personal data, or anything else covered by these policies, please write to us at the registered office shown in the footer, email enquiries@academyoflivetechnology.co.uk, call 01977 659880, or send your enquiry to Unit 53, Lidgate Crescent, Langthwaite Grange Industrial Estate, South Kirkby, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 3NR. Please include enough detail for us to identify you and to understand your question, and tell us how you would prefer to receive our reply. We will respond as promptly as we reasonably can.

Legal information page last reviewed and updated on 3 November 2026.