Senior In-House Legal Counsel - Programming

The VP – Law, Programming will serve as a senior-level in-house legal counsel responsible for video programming and content licensing matters at the nation's largest pay television supplier.

This role provides legal support to the Programming Acquisition business team, which negotiates complex agreements covering carriage, and distribution of content from cable television and broadcast networks, broadcast stations, film studios, sports leagues, SVOD and streaming services, and other content providers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively and consistently supports all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Oversee legal aspects of highly complex and multifaceted programming transactions with major programming providers, including negotiating, drafting and overseeing administration of company rights and obligations with respect to nationally distributed broadcast and cable programming services and television broadcast stations on traditional and new media (e.g., TVE, OTT, streaming) platforms, both linear and on-demand.
• Negotiate, draft, review, revise and approve retransmission consent contracts for carriage of broadcast television stations and advise on