Transmission Specialist

Job Description

In 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired The Woodlands Broadcast Center, former home of the Fox Broadcast Company and home of the regional sports networks. With this acquisition, Disney's Entertainment & ESPN's Distribution division is undergoing an unprecedented technological change, rebuilding legacy infrastructures and consolidating technology into two major datacenters.

Datacenter 3, The Woodlands Texas Broadcast Center, is the home for the Disney Kids and Family Cable Networks, (Disney Channel, Freeform, Disney XD, Disney Junior) along with National Geographic and Disney FX family of networks. As part of the cable and satellite distribution portfolio of services, this datacenter will house the disaster recovery systems for ESPN, ESPN 2, SEC and ACC networks.

We are also responsible for the ABC Television Network to our 200+ over the air affiliates stations, as the primary uplink site and in addition, we are responsible for ABC over-the-tope distribution for DMVPD partners including Hulu Live.

As a member of our 24/7, highly skilled Transmission Team, you can expect to work with cutting-edge technology, and be responsible for high profile content supporting our linear and digital networks. In 2022 our transmission teams acquired over 275K contributions feeds in support of studio shows and live sports for ESPN, ABC and our digital offerings on ESPN Plus and ESPN 3.

If you are looking for an operational tempo in which you will be challenged every day to work at a high-level, on high profile events, TWDC Entertainment & ESPN Technology and the Transmission Team is the right place to bring your talents, experience, and expertise!

Department/Group Overview:
The Woodlands transmission team supports 24X7 engineering and operational sustainment for the Disney Cable Networks, FX/NatGeo and ESPN satellite distribution to 3000 commercial cable headends in North America. With the addition of the ABC Television Network as the primary uplink site, transmission will support 200+ over the air affiliate stations and over the top operations for ABC OTTO viewers using devices, PC's, internet technologies and apps.

Responsibilities:
• As there are several disciplines and areas of expertise required in transmission, such as Video, RF, IP transport stream analysis, affiliate reception issues, FCC compliance, familiarity with all tools and signal flows will be required
• Basic knowledge and understanding of conceptual and engineering drawing sets
• Provides general suggestions on modifying procedures and processes for more streamline workflow
• Takes diagnostic and corrective actions to correct transmission problems associated with contribution or distribution signals
• Monitors Network signals and initiates corrective actions either with Transmission support or outside departments
• Learns technology and workflow to support assignments
• Complies fully with company and/or departmental SOPs and any other stated policies
• Contributes to analysis or problem-solving measures needed to support the operation
• Must be adept at understanding routine information and demonstrate comprehension through operational accuracy
• Stay up to date on industry trends and ''next gen'' Technology

Basic Qualifications:
• Typically has 1+ years of experience in television broadcast, military or related field.
• Has awareness of digital distribution equipment used in audio and video satellite up linked and down linked television broadcast transmission.
• Has awareness of ASI & J2K fiber transport
• Has awareness of MPEG-2, MPEG4 or HEVC digital compression systems.
• Has awareness of encryption systems used for front-haul and back-haul transmission applications.
• Has basic knowledge of IP based transport (HLS, RTMP, unicast, multicast, etc.).
• Has basic knowledge Bonded-Cellular technology.
• Has basic knowledge of RF and use of test equipment, spectrum analyzers
• Is a modestly experienced technical individual contributor with good skills in working in a 24 X 7 technical operation
• Must have basic computer skills in Microsoft office applications.

Required Education:

High School degree or equivalent

Preferred Education:

College degree, Trade School, or Military experience or equivalent practical experience preferred.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rj7bo1-3-144-115-20-42 in your application.