Manager Control

James I. Govoni

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Hackensack, NJ 07601

Cell 201-***-****

Home 201-***-****

Experience

*/** – present – CBS College Sports, Chelsea Pier, NY

Master Control / Transmission Operator

Coordinate Satellite and Fiber feeds for various CBS College Sports events. Check in video and audio, trouble shoot and

resolve any problems that may occur during remote check in. Standard control room responsibilities.

2/08 to present– Associated Press (APTN), New York, NY

Master Control Operator – Freelance

Coordinate uplinks and downlinks for day of air.

Heavy router switching.

Coordinate feeds between APTN Washington DC and APTN London

5/07 to 11/07 – ABC, Inc., New York, NY

New York Traffic Operations – (per diem / daily hire)

Work ABC satellite desk, ABC absat (caters to ABC affiliates) and ABC traffic.

Order and coordinate voice and data equipment, terrestrial and satellite facilities, mobile and fixed satellite uplinks, and downlinks for

ABC’s day-to-day operations.

Act as a liaison between remote locations and ABC master control.

9/04 to 10/05 – National Basketball Association Secaucus, NJ

Master Control/Multi Media Manager

Coordinate with on-site engineers at various arenas to take in games via satellite or fiber to be aired on NBA TV with usage of Standard

and High Definition for five to seven audio channels.

Set up software for games to be simulated live over the Internet for streaming purposes.

Work with all team multi media managers and provide them with requested highlights, MOV, Flash, Real Player, Windows Media and

various other media encoding requests.

11/02 to 9/04 – CBS, New York, NY

Associate News Producer in Live News Center

Produce live shots for affiliates.

Hire trucks to perform uplinks. Ku/ c-band, analog and digital.

Monitor uplinks and downlinks. Check in feed signals.

Sell in-house satellite space to affiliates and outside vendors.

11/01 to 11/02 – CBS, New York, NY

Network Distribution

Coordinate network on-air feeds for East net and Pac net.

Coordinate distribution of network programming to the appropriate affiliates.

Daily coordination of satellite (analog/digital) and fiber feeds under strict deadlines.

6/01 to 8-04 – Associated Press (APTN), New York, NY

Master Control Operator – Freelance

Coordinate uplinks and downlinks for day of air.

Heavy router switching.

Coordinate feeds between APTN Washington DC and APTN London.

9/00 to 8/01 – Waterfront Communications, New York, NY

Fiber Coordinator

Daily coordination of uplinks/downlinks for clients.

Coordinate feeds for clients thru teleports and fiber hubs.

2/99 to 9/00 – Williams Communications, Carteret, NJ

Broadcast Technician

Run and peak satellite antennas, perform analog/digital c-band/k.u. uplinks, downlinks domestic and international for everyday

operations.

Book point-to-point fibers for various

5/96 to 10/98 – ABC, Inc., New York, NY

New York Traffic Operations – Telecommunications Coordinator

Plan and coordinate incoming and outgoing satellite feeds for ABC Television Network (ABC News, Sports, owned and operated Stations,

ESPN and affiliate stations).

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