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Broadcast IT Engineer

Arunkumar K.

Mumbai, Maharashtra  ·  15+ Years Experience

Highly skilled Broadcast & IT Engineer specialising in graphics engines, AR/VR/XR systems, live streaming, and playout automation for major global sports productions.

📞 +91 97883 02350 ✉ mail.karun@yahoo.in 🔗 LinkedIn 📍 Mumbai
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02 — Expertise

Core Skill Areas

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Graphics Solutions
Zero DensityReality Engine Reality HubUnreal Engine VizrtErizos
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AR / VR / XR Tracking
Mo-SysStype ShotokuJoy Mechanix Kite ICVFXLED Stage
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Playout & Automation
EVS XT-3GV ITX GV StratusK2 Summit Avid AirspeediNews Command
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PAM / MAM Systems
Avid InterplayMedia Composer GV StratusAdobe Premiere Avid iNews
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Live Streaming
WirecastVMIX OBSSRT RTMPWebRTCQuicklink
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Media & Encoding
VantageFFMPEG MXF / GXFApple ProRes H264 / H265SDI / NDI
03 — Career

Work Experience

Assistant Manager — Broadcast & IT
Sep 2019 – Present
STAR SPORTS (Disney Star — Star India Pvt Ltd), Mumbai
  • Supporting all major sports events — IPL, ODI & T20 World Cups, Asia Cup, Champions Trophy, ISL, Premier League, PKL and Wimbledon.
  • Install, maintain and troubleshoot Graphics Solutions — Reality Engine (Zero Density), Reality Hub, Unreal Engine, Vizrt and Erizos.
  • Install, maintain and troubleshoot AR/VR/XR tracking — Mo-Sys, Stype, Shotoku and Joy Mechanix Kite Camera.
  • Installed LED stage and ICVFX/XR workflows using Unreal Engine with Mo-sys VP Pro, AOTO LED panels and Brompton Tessera SX40.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot EVS Servers (XS, XT-3, IPDirector, LSM Remote/Touch, XTAccess).
  • Support digital platforms via Wirecast, VMIX and OBS with SRT, RTMP, UDP and WebRTC.
  • Install and maintain Quicklink for remote commentary; GV Stratus for feed ingest.
Assistant Manager — Broadcast & IT
Feb 2019 – Sep 2019
PLANETCAST MEDIA SERVICES LTD (Star Sports Project), Mumbai
  • Install, maintain and troubleshoot Reality Engine (Zero Density), Reality Hub, Unreal Engine, Vizrt and Erizos.
  • Install and troubleshoot AR/VR tracking — Mo-Sys, Stype, Shotoku and Joy Mechanix Kite Camera.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot EVS Servers (XS, XT-3, IPDirector, LSM Remote/Touch, XTAccess).
Senior Executive — T&B Operations
Jul 2016 – Feb 2019
TIMES TELEVISION NETWORK PVT LTD., Mumbai
  • Install and maintain GV Stratus PAM servers with Adobe Premiere; Avid ISIS PAM with Media Composer.
  • Configure GV K2 Summit and Avid Airspeed for ingest, playout and QC.
  • Maintain ITX servers for channel playout and Airspeed with iNews automation.
  • Maintain Vizrt systems (Viz Engine, Viz Artist, Vizdb) and Viz AR studio with Shotoku, Stype and Red Spy.
  • Maintain media transcoders — Carbon Coder, Vantage and ffmpeg-linux.
Broadcast & IT Engineer
Nov 2012 – Jul 2016
THANTHI TV NETWORK, Chennai
  • Maintain K2 servers, MOS Gateway, MDG, sharer, OUI and Columbus.
  • Maintain full Vizrt suite — Viz Engine, Viz Artist, Viz Ticker, Content Pilot and Template Wizard.
  • Install and maintain Avid ISIS, Interplay, Media Indexer, Airspeed Multi-stream and iNEWS.
  • Maintain LiveU kit (LU60/70/500), Kahuna/Kayak mixers, Yamaha M7, Harris Router and Harmonic/Ericsson/Tandberg encoders.
Transmission Engineer
Jun 2010 – Nov 2012
NDTV HINDU, Chennai
  • Controlled final transmission from the MCR (Master Control Room).
  • Operated VTR, Encoder/Decoder for transmitting and receiving video feeds across locations.
  • Operated Router for patching and Icon Master for switching, logo and watermark updates.
  • Used Avid Newscutter and Media Composer for story archiving with Airspeed playout server.
04 — Technology

Full Tech Stack

Zero DensityReality EngineUnreal Engine 5VizrtEVS XT-3Mo-Sys VP ProBrompton Tessera SX40GV K2 SummitAvid InterplayTelestream WirecastVMIXOBS StudioQuicklinkErizos Zero DensityReality EngineUnreal Engine 5VizrtEVS XT-3Mo-Sys VP ProBrompton Tessera SX40GV K2 SummitAvid InterplayTelestream WirecastVMIXOBS StudioQuicklinkErizos
SRT ProtocolRTMPWebRTCSDINDIH264 / H265Apple ProResMXF / GXFFFMPEGVantageAdobe Premiere ProiNEWSShotokuStypeAOTO LEDMog SRT ProtocolRTMPWebRTCSDINDIH264 / H265Apple ProResMXF / GXFFFMPEGVantageAdobe Premiere ProiNEWSShotokuStypeAOTO LEDMog
05 — Academic

Education

BE — Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Annamalai University
CGPA 7.65June 2009
Higher Secondary — Maths & Science
TN State Board
73.25%June 2005
SSLC
TN State Board
86.80%June 2003
Languages
🌐 Tamil — Native 🌐 English — Fluent 🌐 Hindi — Proficient
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