Engineer, Live Presentation & Playout, Broadcast Operations
Engineer, Live Presentation & Playout, Broadcast Operations
Astro1-3 Years
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Job Description
WHY JOIN US
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- We practice a vibrant & energetic office culture.
- We provide opportunities for career advancement within the company.
- Good performance is always rewarded accordingly.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintain and operate broadcast automation systems for 24 hours transmission of ASTRO local & regional Playout TV channels and live events, recover systems under failure conditions and returning the station to stable operation
- Accountable for the 99.9% of all Local as well as Regional Playout channels service availability with minimal operational error throughout the 12 hours flexible shift duty.
- Monitor and perform Live/ Playout service recovery and BCP whenever required not limited to system related downtime but also during planned / unplanned maintenance activities which impacts the operation.
- Ensure playlists are received without discrepancy from all Playout channels schedulers / planners for current day as well as future transmission.
- Execution of secondary events (graphic animation, crawler etc) trigerring when required.
- Execute manual program / content changes, epg updates for both Playout & Regional business channel during none office hours .e.g repeat of live events, ad hoc changes made basis when required.
- Provide shift operation related data and information for daily operations as well as periodic data analysis report.
- Assist Senior Engineer to supervise and organize shift operations activities during the absent of Senior Engineer.
- To conceptual, plan and coordinate presentation for smooth live events.
- To ensure incoming live feed AV quality meet ASTRO technical specifications and able to operate presentation/broadcast equipment's.
- To operate presentation equipment such as Vision Mixer, Audio Mixer, graphics and automation system.
- Liaise with Studio Operations, Master Control Room, Quality & Compliance, Content & Presentation and also Outside Broadcast for live events and transmission for ASTRO & Regional channels.
- Ensure smooth live presentation on air and adhere to the guidelines as stipulated by the relevant authorities. i.e. Broadcast Laws, Regulatory Framework & Environment.
- Ensuring all recording / ingest for broadcast requirement executed and delivered
- Managing all transmission aggregation across all relevant units
- To follow up with source provider and escalation on pending feed related issues
- Manage all feed contribution and configuration for all incoming feed
- To produce detail Live transmission, Feed aggregation and Playout report
- Candidate must possess at least a bachelor's degree in electronic / electrical engineering / communication engineering, Computer Science or related fields with minimum 1 to 2 years experience in related fields (Broadcasting/Postproduction/Studio Production, etc).
- Fresh graduates are also encouraged to apply
- PC literate, knowledge in database applications, e.g. Microsoft Access and systems drawings, e.g. Visio, AutoCAD will be an added advantage but not essential
- Terrestrial/Multi-Channel Television Broadcast knowledge is an added advantage
- Able to operate under emergency/high pressure conditions and willing to work in shift hours and prepare to work on off day
- Knowledge and Professional Certification in Cloud Computing (i.e. AWS), Networking i.e. CCNA is an added advantage.
- Able to understand failure mechanisms of complex computer-based systems.
- Effectively apply communication skills to build and maintain internal relationships.
- Must be willing to work on irregular hours or on weekends to complete critical assignments.
- Able to work effectively under pressure.
- Highly Passionate to Make Things Happen
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Key Skills
live playout service recovery
Audio Mixer
Vision Mixer
broadcast automation systems
automation system




