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The Organization
The MultiChoice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa, Dubai and the Netherlands with principal operations in pay television, video entertainment, advertising and content security. Brands within the Group include DStv, GOtv, SuperSport, M-Net, DStv Media Sales, Showmax and European-based content security leader Irdeto. We’re proud to say we serve 20 million subscribers across more than 50 African markets, with a successful history of identifying and adapting to industry trends, allowing us to continuously deliver the best in entertainment.
By joining our passionate and creative team, you can help us achieve our objectives of expanding our pay-TV and SVOD (Subscription Video On demand) subscriber bases, improving advertising sales, spearheading cutting-edge technology, supporting local content and providing an exceptional customer experience.
Join Africa’s most loved storyteller!
Reports to: Senior Manager: Planning & Scheduling
Division: General Entertainment
Department: Local Entertainment Channels
Key Customers
M-Net Channel departments, Marketing & PR, Media Operations, DStv Media Sales
Location: Randburg
Purpose of the Position:
- To create competitive day to day schedules, in line with the channels scheduling strategy.
- To construct and deliver an accurate on-air transmission log.
Key Performance Objectives
Planning and Scheduling
- Analyse and utilize research to create innovative and competitive schedules that meet set channel targets.
- Monitor and analyse the performance of schedules and make changes where improvements are required.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of competitor schedules, competing programme launches and major competitive initiatives.
- Keep abreast of content trends and scheduling trends in the industry.
On-Air transmission
- Construct and download a meticulously accurate transmission log for transmission to Playout within the required daily deadline.
- Accurately capture the Programming and content from the Macro schedule (Synergy) to the Micro schedule across required channels
- Query and resolve anomalies to ensure accurate running order logs
- Generate running order schedule and maintain on-air elements in the current operating system, Synergy’s Micro Scheduling System
Compliance
- Ensure schedule is compliant with regulatory and guidelines.
- Ensure adherence to set company policies and procedures.
- Liaise with Internal departments EPG, Marketing, DStv Media Sales, Media Operations and Traffic on the status of the logs as per agreed standard operating procedure.
Qualifications
Essential
- A Degree in Media Studies/Video Technology or similar
Experience
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience of technical broadcasting experience
- On-Air transmission experience
- Understanding of broadcast value chain
Technical Competencies
- Relationship building
- Communication skills
MultiChoice has a COVID-19 mandatory vaccination policy to ensure a productive and healthy workplace. By submitting your application for employment, you warrant to MultiChoice that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and accept that you will be required to submit your vaccination certificate during the recruitment process. In processing your information we will comply with the requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act.
