Paveththeeran Yoganathan
Summary
Broadcast & Media Operations Specialist with expertise in media management, broadcast technology troubleshooting, and live programming operations. Skilled in Avid Solutions, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, Blackmagic, and LiveWire. Proven track record in managing workflows from ingest to transmission and ensuring compliance with Ofcom regulations. Experienced in coordinating with production teams and external providers for seamless content delivery.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work history
Ingest Operator
Warner Bros, Discovery Sports
12.2025 - Current
- Monitored and quality-checked live and recorded broadcasts across LHM SCS timelines, ensuring accurate audio, video, timing, and complete event capture.
- Managed scheduled recordings using Media Pulse and SCS (Stratus Cloud System), assigning recording ports, audio presets, GVIOs, and transmission orders.
- Reviewed, approved, and rejected recorded and file-delivered content for London FTA, UK & Nordic Eurosport, and TNT Commercials in line with broadcast standards.
- Archived broadcast content within London Media Asset Management systems, including VPMS Media Center and Framelight X, to support future replays and compliance.
- Coordinated Linear, Digital, and SQ recordings, ensuring all bookings were correctly prepared and scheduled for next-day transmission.
Media Management
ITV Studios
01.2025 - 12.2025
- Perform administration on an Avid PAM system, ensuring efficient storage, organisation, and retrieval of content.
- Managed and maintained Daytimes video archive, Nexis editing workspaces, and gallery playout servers, monitoring capacity and lifecycle of assets.
- Worked with multiple codecs to create and maintain viewing proxies; produced media through encoding, transcoding, and mixdowns.
- Restored, archived, and prepared media files for editorial, production, transmission, and third-party specifications, including special projects and award submissions. As well as, trouble shoot complex archive and restore issues including files located in Azure
- Use of custom metadata to perform advanced media searches within the database
- Conducted media file and metadata deletions in line with departmental policies.
- Maintained live editing areas, managing bins, sequences, and assets through their lifecycle.
- Performed general Interplay database maintenance, clearing deliverable folders, managing watchfolders, and removing orphaned media.
- Provided technical support to internal teams and external users, resolving media-related and Cloud archive issues.
Technology Specialist
ITV Studios
08.2024 - 12.2025
- Support technical operations for 7 1/2 hours of live TV Monday to Friday for ITV Daytimes 4 shows ensuring smooth production output
- Provide support to approx 200 users with broadcast technical and ingest issues
- Maintained and executed defined media workflows, including media ingest, management, and quality assurance.
- Used Active Directory to create users and manage access to network resources via security groups
- Operate, manage & troubleshoot live broadcast equipment including video playout solutions - such as Command, Tria and Mestro, Graphics playout solutions, Autocue and Newsroom system
- Implemented and maintained network infrastructure, including IP addresses (DHCP/Static IPs), patching and switches
- Utilising software such as Content Agent to inspect and ingest large drives. Allowing for efficient ingestion and turnaround for edit
- Liaise with 3rd party support vendors such as Avid, Telestream, Woody and LiveU
- Using Telestream Vantage to create, update and maintain broadcast workflows, which integrates into multiple workflow streams such as ingest tools, media deliverables, watch folders and transcoding
- Technical support for other ITV shows such as Martin Lewis Money Show and Peston
- Conducting overnight technical checks of broadcast equipment and software to ensure all is in place to carry out a live show or pre recorded content
- Carrying out routine technical maintenance such as server restarts, windows updates and technical testing to confirm all equipment and software are performing well to output a production asset
Programme Organiser
ITV Studios
01.2024 - 08.2024
- Delivered logistics support for daily and future programme outputs, ensuring operational readiness.
- Coordinated with studios and external partners, negotiating and facilitating programme requirements.
- Booked and managed satellite trucks to enable live remote broadcasts where fixed cable connections were unavailable.
- Scheduled and coordinated lines with ITV regions and external broadcast providers to ensure seamless material intake.
- Managed and allocated news crews and technical staff (cameramen, sound engineers), tailoring team sizes and resources to programme needs.
- Oversaw logistical arrangements including crew deployment, parking, equipment requirements, and access to facilities such as hospitals when needed.
Systems Operator, Media Management and Acquisitions
ITV Studios
09.2017 - 08.2024
- Scheduled and managed media ingestions via Interplay Capture, ensuring ingested material is spot checked and guaranteed delivery to the PAM system for live edit
- Have the means to tackle large drives from pre recorded shoots containing multiple and various footages such as GoPro and Drones. Ensuring it is all ingested within the correct aspect ratio and frame rate compatible of our systems
- Routed and patched sources to destinations using XY SDI patch panels
- Carried out clean and dirty ingestions of flagship daytime programmes including Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, Loose Women, and This Morning. As well as Britbox recordings and ISO’s that are requested
- Ingested pooled feeds from ITV regions and external providers (Reuters, Getty, LiveU), ensuring broadcast-quality compliance. Utilised software including Adobe Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, LiveWire, VLC, and Avid to ingest, process, and quality check content regarding visuals, audio levels and any other issues that may arise
- Verified material for completeness, technical accuracy, and Ofcom compliance, enabling timely use by editorial and production teams.
- Facilitated internal and external file transfers via Avid, WeTransfer and MyAirBridge.
- Assisted guests by testing remote connections (Skype, FaceTime, Zoom), advising on setup, lighting, and audio quality.
- Key Achievements: Supported major broadcasts including elections coverage, the Queen's obituary, Piers Morgan interview with President Trump, John & Lisa's Weekend Kitchen, and Coronation Street 60th anniversary.
Education
BSc - Biomedical Sciences
Brunel University
Foundation Science Degree -
University of the West of England
A-Levels - Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics
Graveney School
11 GCSEs - Mathematics and Sciences, English
Rutlish High School for Boys
Skills
- Media management
- Technical support
- Workflow optimization
- Broadcast operations
- Network troubleshooting
- Content ingestion
- Problem solving
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Equipment maintenance
- Remote desktop support
- Technical issues analysis
- Multitasking efficiency
- Technical troubleshooting
- Operating systems knowledge
- Computer literacy
Timeline
Ingest Operator
Warner Bros, Discovery Sports
12.2025 - Current
Media Management
ITV Studios
01.2025 - 12.2025
Technology Specialist
ITV Studios
08.2024 - 12.2025
Programme Organiser
ITV Studios
01.2024 - 08.2024
Systems Operator, Media Management and Acquisitions
ITV Studios
09.2017 - 08.2024
Foundation Science Degree -
University of the West of England
A-Levels - Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics
Graveney School
11 GCSEs - Mathematics and Sciences, English
Rutlish High School for Boys
BSc - Biomedical Sciences
Brunel University