Legal position

Question 1

what manage?

Answer 1

legal and business affairs for content services distribution in Aus and NZ

Question 2

what do aus NBCUniversal include?

Answer 2

E! Entertainment, Universal TV, Oxygen, Bravo (NZ), Hayu and Syfy

Question 3

according to Damian, what skills required??

Answer 3

set of general business and management skills

Question 4

According to Damian, how does day start?

Answer 4

1. triage - prioritising work after receiving new overnight developments and instructions, and ensuring we attend to most urgent business needs first
2. working with commercial teams to address high priority matters and help steer new business iniatives in right direction
3. attend to legal review, negotiating, and drafting work

Question 5

International networks so work is like?

Answer 5

as support multiple territories (Aus, NZ, India, and parts of SouthEast Asia), early mornings begin with calls to US colleagues, late mornings for local Sydney and Auckland matters, and afternoons for Singapore and Mumbai, and evenings for London

Question 6

who do you work closely with?

Answer 6

various content and distribution partners in local markets, and working with their legal teams to support their own business requirements, ambitions, and challenges is always rewarding

Question 7

what kind of legal issues?

Answer 7

issues of media law, regulatory compliance and editorial ethics. Advice on content-related legal and compliance issues in making and broadcast of programmes and other content across multitude of platforms, before and after broadcast.

Question 8

legal support requirments?

Answer 8

It’s a busy role, and legal support requirements
are extremely varied – including complex deal
negotiations and contracting, regulatory compliance,
corporate governance and risk management,
and general legal support and advice across
financial, advertising, marketing, creative, program
acquisitions and productions, IT and technical,
HR, property and business strategy divisions.