Transmission Supervisor
CBS
New York, NYThis was removed by the employer on 10/21/2021 9:00:00 AM PST
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Full Time Job
The CBS Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS, creates and distributes industry-leading content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. The Company has businesses with origins that date back to the dawn of the broadcasting age as well as new ventures that operate on the leading edge of media. It includes some of the industry's most successful and popular brands and businesses: CBS Television Network, CBS News and Stations, CBS Sports, CBS Studios, CBS Media Ventures and CBS digital properties.
Overview & Responsibilities
-Provide technical operation support within the New York Transmission Center for all business units as well as internal and external clients associated with the CBS Television Network
-Set-up, signal routing, quality control, and problem resolution of remote feeds for live events, interviews, and breaking news
-Provide direction to satellite uplink and terrestrial transmission vendors to optimize signal quality from production remotes
-Monitor, control, and switching of Network distribution programming via fiber and satellite for the CBS affiliate base
-Ensure all inbound and outbound signals meet or exceed CBS Technical Standards; work with Telecom vendors to resolve issues on incoming and outgoing feeds
-Self-managing individual with good interpersonal and communication skills, able to work in a team environment with minimal supervision
-Oversee transmission signal check-ins with remote production staff during live events
-Position requires ability to quickly diagnose and resolve RF, satellite, and fiber technical issues to maintain air operations
-Proficiency with PC-based Microsoft Office products
-Strong communication skills, oral and written, to document and report technical matters
-Must be able to work rotating shifts, weekends, and occasional overtime
-Must be willing to join the IBEW union
Basic Qualifications
-3 to 5 years experience preferred in a technical Broadcast Operations role
-Technical education preferred. Minimum 2-year associates degree or equivalent military experience
Additional Qualifications
-Requires proven experience in live-to-air television and/or remote field operations, with responsibility for audio/video/data quality and continuity
-Hands-on experience setting-up and operating transmission facility hardware such as satellite receivers, antennas, and router control panels
-Basic knowledge of RF modulation, MPEG compression, multiplexing, encryption, and data transport standards, understanding of signal flow and the analog and digital forms of standard and high definition video, audio, and ancillary data
-Proficiency in operating video/audio/RF and data test equipment such as waveform displays, vectorscopes, audio monitors, and spectrum analyzers.