Sama Mohseni Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

* Oversee end-to-end distribution of ATK's FAST content across various platforms, ensuring efficient and reliable scheduling and playout operations through Amagi's Cloudport platform.* Collaborate with distribution partners, including major OTT platforms such as Pluto TV, Tubi TV, Xumo, LG, Samsung, Amazon FreeVee, Roku, and others, to ensure timely delivery of streaming TV content. This includes overseeing encoding, transcoding, and packaging processes for compatibility with various streaming platforms and devices.* Develop and implement quality assurance protocols for streaming content, including video and audio quality, closed captioning, and metadata accuracy. Monitor live streams and VOD playback, promptly addressing technical issues to maintain a seamless viewing experience.* Manage playout operations, including scheduling, timing, and monitoring of streaming TV content. Ensure compliance with platform regulations, content restrictions, geotargeting, and licensing agreements. Collaborate with the programming team to maintain an accurate content schedule.* Track and analyze streaming performance metrics, such as video start time, buffering rates, viewer engagement, and quality of service. Generate regular reports on streaming TV distribution performance, identifying trends, areas for improvement, and actionable insights. Collaborate with data analytics teams to optimize content delivery and enhance the overall streaming experience.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

* Content Curation & Acquisition: Identify content based on channel positioning for Docurama, Elvis, and Crime Hunters FAST channels and VOD. Curate crime documentaries, investigative series, and relevant films that align with the channels' strategy, ensuring distribution across major OTT platforms like Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Xumo, and Amazon Freevee. Coordinate with content acquisition teams for effective licensing, term negotiations, and ensure timely receipt of essential metadata, synopses, and marketing materials from content owners.* Strategic Content Scheduling: Employ tools like MediaGenix, Matchpoint, and Amagi to craft detailed content schedules, optimizing timing for diverse audiences. Ensure efficient presentation of top VOD content, including carousel setup. Collaborate with creative teams to guarantee the precision of EPGs, metadata, and thumbnails. Orchestrate monthly event-based stunts, catering to occasions like Christmas, Pride Month, Labour Day, and more.* Promotions & Collaborative Marketing: Partner with the marketing team to design and implement promotional campaigns. Contribute to the creation of trailers, teasers, and engaging social media content to amplify buzz around fresh content launches.* Assured Quality Control: Vigilantly ensure that content meets critical quality standards, encompassing video/audio quality, subtitles, and regional regulatory compliance. Address issues identified by systems like Amagi, MediaGenix, and MatchPoint, guaranteeing smooth operations.* Analytics & Audience Engagement: Diligently employ analytics to observe viewership trends, informing data-driven decisions that improve content acquisition and presentation strategies. Rotate content based on performance metrics to maximize viewer retention and overall engagement.* Reporting & Insights: Regularly report to senior management, providing comprehensive insights on channel performance, KPIs, revenue milestones, and viewership statistics.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

* Global Newsgathering: Spearheaded international newsgathering operations, demonstrating proficiency in pinpointing, developing, and distributing breaking news stories from a plethora of global sources, ensuring well-rounded and comprehensive news coverage.* Agency Coordination: Actively communicated and coordinated with news agencies such as Reuters and AFP. Established and maintained strong professional relationships, streamlining the process of obtaining timely and accurate news.* Government & Ministry Liaison: Orchestrated regular communication and collaboration with media relation offices across various ministries, state departments, and governmental offices globally. This pivotal role involved coordinating news coverage, ensuring accurate representation, and obtaining exclusive insights directly from authoritative sources.* Strategic Story Selection: Worked closely with the news director, taking charge of the prioritization and selection of vital stories. This encompassed broad dissemination across a myriad of channels including digital, social media, and traditional broadcast platforms.* Content Creation & Enrichment: Managed the judicious selection of video footage and sound bites, augmenting the narrative depth, clarity, and overall impact of news stories presented to the global audience. Regularly engaged in news writing and crafting insightful articles, contributing to the channel's editorial content and enhancing its digital presence.* Correspondent Relations: Cultivated and nurtured relationships with international correspondents stationed worldwide. This facilitated swift coordination, enabling comprehensive coverage of significant global events and stories, ensuring the channel remained at the forefront of international news.* Diplomatic Engagements: Liaised with representatives from both governmental and non-governmental organizations, enhancing the channel's access to exclusive news, statements, and press releases.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

* Affiliate Channel Coordination: Served as the primary point of contact for a diverse range of esteemed affiliate channels, including Viacom, Disney, 21st Century Fox, Discovery, Star India, and Starz. Additionally, liaised with major content providers in India, Turkey, and Western countries, ensuring content was promptly delivered in the requisite format, complete with accurate metadata.* Content Delivery Management: Meticulously coordinated the on-time and accurate reception of digital content, guaranteeing seamless availability for users across platforms.* Inventory Auditing: Led comprehensive audits of the Affiliate Channels Inventory, ensuring that the digital library was up-to-date and reflective of the content provided by our partners.* Reporting & Analysis: Generated Monthly Digital Reports, detailing performance metrics, content availability, and key trends, offering valuable insights to stakeholders.* Inter-departmental Collaboration: Maintained a synergistic relationship with teams across Media Operations, Digital NOC, EPG, and ENG. Jointly addressed and resolved media-related challenges, ensuring a smooth digital operation flow.* Digital Content Enhancement: Actively managed and curated the pre-rolls and trailers for the digital service, ensuring optimal viewer engagement. Regularly provided actionable feedback, driving initiatives to bolster user interaction and the overall digital viewing experience.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

* Content Coordination with Affiliates: Spearheaded the process of content acquisition from affiliate channels, ensuring all received content adhered to stringent format and metadata requirements. Played a pivotal role in liaising with movie and series content providers, guaranteeing timely delivery and compliance with quality standards.* Content Delivery Management: Employed the BCM scheduling, inventory, and rights management software for optimizing programming plans, rights management, and channel scheduling. This allowed for streamlined operations and accurate content forecasting.* Inventory Audits and Reporting: Conducted meticulous audits of the Affiliate Channels Inventory utilizing the BCM platform, ensuring accurate and up-to-date content records. Regularly generated comprehensive Monthly Digital Reports, presenting key insights and content trends to stakeholders.* Inter-departmental Coordination: Fostered and maintained synergistic relationships across multiple departments. Collaborated proactively to address and swiftly resolve media-related challenges, bolstering the efficiency of content delivery and broadcast.* Digital Content Curation: Actively coordinated and scheduled pre-rolls and trailers for the OSN Play and On-Demand digital service. Leveraged analytical feedback and audience preferences to make recommendations that significantly enhanced user interaction and viewing experience.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

* Channel Launch and Positioning: Played a pivotal role during LANA TV's launch phase by precisely identifying the target audience and channel positioning. The objective was to ensure the channel's offerings met audience demands while standing out in a competitive landscape.* Content Identification & Acquisition: Spearheaded the identification and acquisition of content that best aligned with the channel's positioning and audience preferences. This involved attending major content markets like MIPCOM and Discop, negotiating favorable deals and licensing terms.* International Collaboration: Built and nurtured strategic relationships with prominent Turkish content providers such as Fox Turkey, ATV, Star, KanalD, TRT, and with Korean TV content providers like MBC, KBS, SBS. These collaborations ensured a consistent flow of high-quality, relevant content for the channel.* Content Localization and Scheduling: Oversaw the localization process of foreign content to resonate with regional audiences, ensuring relevance and cultural appropriateness. Managed content scheduling and coordinated the timely delivery to satellite partners like Eutelsat and Yahsat for broadcast.* Marketing & Audience Analysis: Initiated and monitored media surveys and other market research methods to understand evolving viewer trends and preferences. The insights derived from these were instrumental in fine-tuning content strategy and programming.* Liaison with Sales & Ad Teams: Worked closely with the ad sales team to ensure alignment between programming and advertising strategies. Ensured that the right content packages were offered to advertisers to maximize revenue while providing value to the viewers.* Content Events Representation: Acted as the face of LANA TV at international content conventions, championing the channel's interests, establishing partnerships, and ensuring that content acquisition complied with licensing norms and regulations for diverse geographic markets.

Baghdad, Iraq

* Dubbing Supervision at LANA TV: Played a pivotal role in the localization department of LANA TV in Iraq, overseeing comprehensive dubbing activities. This encompassed content translation, voice synchronization, and ensuring the final output was tailored for Arabic audiences. Furthermore, showcased versatility as a voice-over artist, lending my voice to an array of projects including TV shows, movies, documentaries, and commercials in Arabic.* KANA TV Launch: Was an integral member of the core team that established KANA TV in Ethiopia, leveraging insights and expertise garnered from the LANA TV experience. The process involved extensive groundwork, from setting up operations to finetuning the channel's content strategy.* Dubbing Training in Ethiopia: Spearheaded a rigorous training program for 150 dubbing artists over a span of six months, with a focus on identifying content and mastering the dubbing process in the Amharic language. This initiative significantly amplified the content dubbing output, reaching an impressive 350 hours per month.* Dubbing Supervision at KANA TV: Monitored and guided the team of dubbing producers and voice actors, ensuring they maintained a consistent output without compromising on quality. Orchestrated schedules, assignments, and training sessions to boost productivity and uphold content standards.

Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq