
Broadcasting Manager H3G
Milan Area, Italy

Broadcasting Manager H3G
Milan Area, Italy
(Broadcast Media industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
October 1997 — February 2007 (9 years 5 months)
*Involved in pre and post launch decisions concerning the operation and function of Presentation, Scheduling and the Library for the world’s first DTH digital satellite television station.
*Involved in many system developments, CMS system upgrades, implementation of Hard Disc playout system, integration of the Airtime Sales system, design and installation of 36 channel playout system, migration to semi-tapeless workflow.
*Management of 80 staff and budgets across 3 departments
*Negotiated vendor contract for external playout contracts.
*Evaluate staffing impact on addition of new services and/or systems.
*Liaison with internal departments to ascertain systems requirements and integration with current infrastructure.
*Specify and negotiate procurement of new equipment in association with Engineering
*Manage 3rd party vendors.
(Broadcast Media industry)
March 2006 — March 2006 (1 month)
Pre-Launch consultant at Channel 6. Brought in to analyse workflow and procedures prior to launch, working on both CMS and interactive playlists. Analysis and trouble shooting of all problems prior to launch.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
March 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 7 months)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
October 1995 — February 1996 (5 months)
Manager of Presentation and Presentation Unit reporting directly to SVP.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
January 1995 — September 1995 (9 months)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
March 1994 — December 1994 (10 months)
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 1993 — February 1994 (9 months)
Setting up systems and procedures prior to the inheritance of business by The Time Exchange, including the changeover from the Enterprise airtime sales systems to Adage. Assisted on specifications for the enhancement of ADage and subsequent training.
Involved in a project to interface with the ITC BACC Copy Clearance system for automatic updating of copy details.
(Broadcast Media industry)
September 1992 — May 1993 (9 months)
Involved in the set-up, both hardware and software, of most of the systems run within the Sales & Marketing Department, particularly the Enterprise Airtime Sales System, prior to GMTV’s launch.
Assisted on the specification of the GMTV presentation system, which linked the sales system to the transmission system operated by LNN, which was common to GMTV, Carlton and LWT.
Tested GMTV's presentation system interface to the LNN transmission area.
Trained the full complement of staff on the use of this system.
Responsible for the scheduling of promotions, both to fulfil cross promotion agreements with ITV and Channel 4 and to promote strands within GMTV taking into account target audience, ratings and visual treatment.
(Broadcast Media industry)
December 1986 — October 1987 (11 months)
(Broadcast Media industry)
March 1982 — November 1986 (4 years 9 months)
My first job in television..
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