Reports to:

Playout Shift Leader

Direct Reports:

None

Purpose:

Working within the Chalfont Media Centre, Transmission Controllers ensure quality and continuity of service across multiple television channels.

Key Objectives:

• Monitoring of the automated transmission system, manually intervening as required
• Editorial decision making where ‘Live' inserts to transmission affect schedule timings
• Monitoring of channel outputs for quality and continuity of service
• Execution of transmission schedules to ensure exact content is transmitted at the correct time
• Direct liaison with third-party MCR and control rooms to ensure ancillary feeds are available
• First-line fault diagnosis and liaison with the Engineering team as required
• Ensuring adherence to Ofcom specifications and guidelines
• Managing scheduled caching of programme material
• Responsible for the deployment of redundant systems under failure conditions
• Responsible for limited editorial control within set client guidelines

Skills/Competencies

• Media training or broadcast operations work experience an advantage
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Good communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Able to work well under pressure and to adhere to strict deadlines
• Very organised and accurate with attention to detail

Technical knowledge, Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience of operation of broadcast or IT equipment
• Knowledge of transmission systems and/or broadcast systems
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of the end to end process of Channel Playout.
• Experience of working with ‘Live' event inserts
• Awareness and general understanding of UNIX/Windows operating systems

Personal Qualities:

Have ability to work unsociable hours

Desire to expand technical knowledge within IT and broadcast systems

Desire to progress career within the company and build on learned skills and abilities

Team player

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