Playout Producer

The Walt Disney Company; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Hilversum, Netherlands is seeking a playout producer to prepare live and non-live sporting events for our linear TV channels and ensure localization for each market.

You will coordinate transmission lines, work with global MCRs, and deliver content across platforms. Flexibility for evenings and weekends is essential, with strong emphasis on accuracy and timely execution.

Qualifications

• At least 3–5 years of work experience in TV productions.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Meeting tight deadlines without stress.
• Fluent in Dutch and English verbally and written.
• Experience working flexible and irregular hours.
• Knowledge of technical operations for playout, streaming protocols, transmissions and encoding/decoding.
• Video-standard conversion, color space, IP-video, bitrates and metadata considerations.

Responsibilities

• The key point of contact for all distribution activities.
• On Air Graphics (Playout).
• Present during live broadcasts and major projects in our playout.
• Stay up to date with the latest technological developments and innovations in our industry.

Skills

TV production experience

Time management

Communication skills

Dutch and English fluency

Deadline management

Irregular hours flexibility

Playout operations knowledge

Job description

About the Role & Team

As a playout producer you are working from the production office in the Playout (Hilversum).

You are responsible for preparing both live and non-live sporting events for our linear TV channels.

In addition, you ensure that viewers in different countries can watch competitions such as the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) and La Liga on Disney+, with the appropriate language and localization for each market.

To arrange all incoming and outgoing lines, you’re the spider in the distribution network.

You stay in close contact with our different MCR’s worldwide: Gravity Media (EMG), BT-Tower, SES, Bristol.

Together with them you are responsible that every live event is available to broadcast according to the right program guidelines & instructions.

In addition to being the central point of contact for booking and coordinating all transmission lines, you also have a strong understanding of, and overview of, all content traffic.

This ensures that the right content is delivered to the right destination, at the right time, across our various platforms and markets.

Also, part of the channel preparations is creating On Air graphics like channel bugs, banners, crawls etc.

Given the nature of our industry, flexibility is essential.

Working evening and weekend shifts should therefore be an integral and comfortable part of the role.

Values

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values — acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

• The key point of contact for all distribution activities
• On Air Graphics (Playout)
• Present during live broadcasts and major projects in our playout
• Stay up to date with the latest technological developments and innovations in our industry

Areas of Accountability

Who accountable to, what and who accountable for and any budget responsibility

Distrubtion costs

Experience and Professional Qualifications

Required Level of experience, Qualifications and People Management experience

At least 3-5 years of work experience in TV productions

Excellent time management skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Meeting tight deadlines without stress

Fluent in Dutch and English verbally and written

Experience working flexible and irregular hours

Required Qualifications & Skills

Highlighting the key technical, language and job related skills required

For this position you need to have good knowledge of technical operations for our playout, specifically for inbound (and sometimes outbound/crossconnect) transmissions of all our broadcast events, including an eye for quality requirements.

This includes knowledge of key elements of streaming protocols, transmissions and encoding/decoding of audio/video for both common and broadcast-specific video-standards.

Terms as video-standard conversion, color space, IP-video, bitrates, different types of metadata and how they can influence your signal delivery or broadcast, (shouldn't be all new to you.)

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Job Posting Segment

Content Platforms & Operations

Job Posting Primary Business: CPO - EMEA & APAC Tech & Ops

Primary Job Posting Category: Master Control

Employment Type: Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Hilversum, Netherlands

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted: 2026-09-23

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