Assistant Manager - Technical Operations

                                                             Assistant Manager - Technical Operations – Regional Channels

Location: Chennai| Function:  Technical Operations | Reports to: Senior Manager -Research & Consumer Insights

Purpose

The Technical QC Executive will be responsible for ensuring all content delivered for broadcast meets the required technical and quality standards. The role involves reviewing content for audio, video, subtitle, and format compliance before final transmission or platform delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Perform technical quality checks on all incoming and outgoing video content prior to broadcast / playout.


2. Review files for:

• Video quality


• Audio sync and levels


• Aspect ratio


• Frame rate


• Resolution


• Subtitle / caption accuracy


• Graphic / text errors


• Content completeness

3. Identify and report technical defects such as glitches, black frames, freeze frames, audio dropouts, or file corruption.


4. Coordinate with internal teams such as ingest, promo, graphics, post-production, scheduling, and transmission to resolve QC issues.


5. Ensure content is compliant with channel / platform technical specifications.


6. Maintain QC logs, issue trackers, and quality documentation.


7. Support urgent troubleshooting for time-sensitive broadcast content.


8. Ensure adherence to broadcast delivery timelines and quality benchmarks.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.


• Ability to work under tight timelines and in a high-pressure broadcast environment.


• Flexibility to work in shifts, including weekends/holidays if required.

Technical Competencies:

• Knowledge of codecs, wrappers, and file delivery standards.


• Experience in television, OTT, or media broadcast environment.


• Understanding of regional content workflows is an added advantage.


• Familiarity with QC tools, media asset systems, playout systems, or broadcast workflows.


• Good understanding of broadcast technical standards and video file formats

Why join us?

Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited (SPNI) (formerly known as Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited) is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, Japan. A leading media and entertainment conglomerate, SPNI comprises 29 Premium Channels in both SD and HD formats, including leading Hindi General Entertainment Television Channels - Sony Entertainment Television; Sony SAB and Sony PAL; Marathi General Entertainment Channel - Sony Marathi; Bangla General Entertainment Channel - Sony AATH; Hindi Movie Channels - Sony MAX, Sony MAX 1, Sony MAX 2 and Sony WAH; renowned destination for sports fans - Sony Sports Network comprising Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 2, Sony Sports Ten 3, Sony Sports Ten 4, Sony Sports Ten 5; Kids Entertainment Channel - Sony YAY!; English Movie Channel - Sony PIX; Factual Entertainment Channel - Sony BBC Earth; Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channel in the US and Canada – Sony KAL; Digital entertainment OTT platform - Sony LIV and the independent production venture for original content and IPs for TV and digital media - Studio NEXT. This Network reaches out to over 700 million viewers in India and is available in over 150 countries.

Recognized as an employer of choice within and outside the media industry, SPNI is a recipient of several awards, including India’s Best Companies to Work For 2021 by the Great Place to Work® Institute, India, Exemplars of Inclusion in AVTAR & Seramount’s Most Inclusive Companies Index 2024 and listed as one of the 100 Best Companies for Women in India for eight consecutive years by AVTAR & Seramount. In recognition of the company’s unique workplace culture and exceptional people practices SPNI won the ET Future Skills 2024 for Best Learning Program Supporting Change Transformation Business Strategy, and the TISS LeapVault CLO Awards 2024 for Best Employee Engagement Program and Best Games Based Learning Program.

SPNI is in its 31st year of operations in India. Besides having overseas subsidiaries, it has a subsidiary MSM-Worldwide Factual Media Private Limited, and an affiliate, Bangla Entertainment Private Limited in India.

For more information, log onto www.sonypicturesnetworks.com