The team you do not hire
Before a single viewer presses play, a company running its own streaming service has hired about ten people. One monthly fee covers all ten.
The ten roles
Each one is weekly work and a monthly salary.
- 1Operations leadOwns the schedule and answers when it slips.
- 2Ingest operatorTakes in masters and checks every file.
- 3Quality check analystWatches each title before your viewers do.
- 4Metadata editorWrites titles, synopses, cast and genre.
- 5Subtitle checkerReads timing and spelling in every language.
- 6Key art designerCuts posters and banners to each screen.
- 7Live operations engineerRuns the channel and the premiere night.
- 8Master control operatorWatches the output and fixes it live.
- 9Content analystReads the play counts and says what works.
- 10Night coverAnswers the phone at three in the morning.
Your own arithmetic
Fill in your market rates. We print no salary figures, because your numbers are the only ones that count.
| Role | Monthly salary in your market | Twelve months of it |
|---|---|---|
| Operations lead | ||
| Ingest operator | ||
| Quality check analyst | ||
| Metadata editor | ||
| Subtitle checker | ||
| Key art designer | ||
| Live operations engineer | ||
| Master control operator | ||
| Content analyst | ||
| Night cover | ||
| All ten, added up |
One monthly fee covers the platform, those ten roles and 24 hour support.