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Tennis Channel · 11 hours ago

Director, Broadcast Operations Center

Santa Monica, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$140K/yr - $170K/yr

10+ years exp

Tennis Channel is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Director, Broadcast Operations Center to lead their 24/7 broadcast operations center. This role involves overseeing all linear and streaming master control functions, managing transmission workflows, and ensuring seamless service delivery in a fast-paced live sports environment.

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Responsibilities

Lead and manage a team of broadcast operations coordinators to ensure the smooth functioning of the Tennis Channel's master control and transmission

Monitor and oversee the delivery of the Tennis Channel's DTC product across various streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon, Fubo, Samsung TV, and other smart TVs and devices

Manage and coordinate, receive and transmit needs for Tennis Channel, including satellite, IP delivery, and other transmission methods

Assist in researching and negotiating contracts with vendors to provide comprehensive transmission services

Provide first-line technical support for a variety of ingest and delivery platforms, encoders, and decoders, SRT, UDP, RTMP, JPEG, 2110, SDI, IP delivery systems

Maintain a high level of familiarity with a variety of transmission and distribution platforms, Content Management Systems, Amagi, AWS, and other relevant technologies

Demonstrate a strong understanding of the technical aspects of sports broadcasting and streaming

Qualification

Broadcast operations managementStreaming systems expertiseTechnical support for encodersTransmission standards knowledgeContent Management SystemsLeadershipMentoringProblem-solving skillsCommunication skills

Required

10 years of experience supervising and managing broadcast operations and transmission departments in the broadcast and streaming industry

Strong technical knowledge of a variety of broadcast and digital equipment and platforms, including encoders and decoders, network processors, and video delivery systems

Expert level experience with Versio on air, Aviator, Broadway, white Orbit, Amagi Cloud port

Understanding of broadcast industry transmission standards, codecs, policies, and procedures

Good network and strong relationships with global transmission providers

Familiarity with satellite feed transmission, IP delivery, and other transmission methods

Experience booking feeds, satellites, and Internet bandwidth

Experience overseeing, large sporting event transmission and distribution

Remi style production experience

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field is preferred but not required

Familiarity with Content Management Systems, online distribution platforms, and cloud-based services is highly desirable

Benefits

Participation in a retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Health, dental and vision plans

Flexible spending accounts

Sick leave

Vacation time

Personal time

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Company

Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel (www.tennischannel.com), which is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, is the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle.

Founded in 2001

Santa Monica, California, USA

51-200 employees