Fast Planning & Scheduling Exec

Job Description

Is this the role for you?

The newly created FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) Planning & Scheduling Exeutive will require a detail oriented and strategic individual in the role. It is important for leading and optimising the programming schedule for our FAST channels, ensuring a seamless and engaging viewing experience for our audience. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in TV scheduling, digital content distribution, and an understanding of the FAST ecosystem.

What will you be doing?
• Managing the planning schedule for a nominated channel or channels (Opportunity for multiple channel planning), ensuring that all aspects of the schedule are accurate and accounted for.
• Inputting a forward Planning schedule into What's On working with Channel Director.
• Acting as a central point of contact for planning related queries
• Informing internal personnel & listings of all schedule changes made within issued weeks
• Maintaining a strong knowledge of paramount and C5 portfolio of schedules and those of our competitors
• Overseeing all press day responsibilities for nominated channel/s
• Actioning Billings & Pre-Press emails
• Ensuring month-end data is up to date for Finance as well as quarterly schedule insertion into WON for Channel Directors
• Ensuring all programme rights are accurately adhered to
• When required by the Planning Manger, represent Planning at various company meetings and project work
• Creation and maintenance of Standby Lists for nominated Channel/s
• Coordinating between Programming, Sales & Presentation regarding schedule related matters
• Testing & Development of systems for programme planning
• Out of Hours contact for the Channel 5 portfolio
• Deputising for the Channel Manager / Channel Director and providing day-to-day support across all key planning & scheduling functions when necessary
• Viewing future programmes and giving insight to Channel Manager / Channel Director/Acquisitions
• Ensuring nominated schedules are ready to send to Sales on a monthly basis
• Accurate maintenance of all series linking across nominated Channel/s
• Daily & Weekly EPG maintenance for Nominated Channel/s
• Responding to external and internal billings queries
• Ensure all content on nominated channel is compliant to Watershed rules and internal compliance instructions
• In addition to the above, opportunity to support existing Planning Executive, when needed on the below:
• Programme Version Changes as specified from Broadcast Operations
• Maintenance of the Milkshake! schedule input
• Monthly Teleshopping rotations across all channels.

What are we looking for?
• Previous experience of programme planning at a broadcaster is preferred but not essential.
• A genuine interest and passion for TV and TV scheduling
• Must be strong communicator and be confident working with other departments.
• Be able to demonstrate a general understanding of TV schedules.
• Strong I.T Skills including Excel and the ability to quickly pick up new systems.
• Must demonstrate ability in numeracy.

Application Deadline: 3rd January 2025

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Channel 5 is an award-winning public service broadcaster and the UK's third latest commercial TV station, reaching 3 in 4 of the UK viewing public each month. The channel has a diverse schedule of original programmes across genres including issue-led documentaries, popular factual, accessible history, stunning natural history, inclusive entertainment and reality, top level sport, high quality scripted programming, headline-grabbing current affairs and critically acclaimed children's and news programming. Channel 5 is a unit of Paramount Global.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

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