Commentary Coordinator

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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe represents WBDs portfolio of sports brands channels and platforms in Europe. It collectively engages 130 million people every month reaching fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time: free-to-air TV pay-TV streaming online and social. WBD Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport and TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland as well sports programming and content on WBDs free-to-air TV networks and streaming on HBO Max.

They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis Grand Slams; cyclings Grand Tours more than 1000 live cycling broadcasts per year the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series; the PGA TOUR year-round in some markets; the FIM Endurance World Championship;
The Ocean Race; the FIM Speedway GP and every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event.

Your New Role...

The Commentary Coordinator is responsible for following agreed procedures meeting client expectations and ensuring that live commentary requirements are adhered to during linear and digital live broadcasts and productions. This role acts as a bridge of communication between 21 regions across Europe coordinating commentary across local Eurosport and TNT channels.

The role is also responsible for Audio Quality Control across all regions and collaborating with Audio teams to support correct delivery. Working closely with editorial scheduling commentary engineering digital and linear teams across technology hubs and offices the Commentary Coordinator helps centralise requests share key information and contribute to delivering the best product to customers.

Apply today to help coordinate high-quality commentary delivery across thousands of live sports broadcasts each year.

Your Role Accountabilities...

Establish and maintain relationships with commentators and planners in territory and in-house.

Coordination and oversight of 20 regions Commentary plans for large-scale WBD sporting events.

Quality Control checks and monitoring of all live delivery of commentary.

Escalate and help resolve any technical issues that might arise during line-up by engaging with the appropriate technical departments.

Execute correct procedure for the live broadcast in cooperation with Live Team Ingest MCR Operators Live TX Operators and Engineering.

Liaise with MCR Operators Live Technical Operators Engineering and Production during a live broadcast/commentated event.

Update resource scheduling systems when required.

Report issues for follow-up and provide any external reports required for events.

Maintain a high level of reliability on live broadcasts and productions and continuously keep skills up to date with business needs.

Qualifications & Experience

Previous experience working in a live broadcast environment preferably with some production experience.

Good IT skills and experience of scheduling systems.

Flexibility and adaptability to different business requirements.

Excellent decision-making skills.

An interest in sports is beneficial.

Metrics

Working across 10000 live broadcasts/feeds per annum.

Working across 20 Eurosport channels and 8 TNT Sport channels.

Reporting into and working within a department of 25 people.

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