TV Scheduling & VOD Operations Intern Review
at NBCUniversal
Placement (10 Months+)
Television/Film/Media
London
Review Submitted: May 2026
Overall Rating
5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Scheduling – create frame accurate 24-hr playlists (running orders) for 25 international TV channels, including programmes, promotions, interstitials, and commercial content.
Commercial Operations - oversee the scheduling and delivery of all commercial content, including spot advertising, sponsorship, and marketing campaigns.
Media Planning - manage the promotional inventory across our EMEA channels, following Network’s on-air promo strategy to create and schedule effective on-air campaigns for upcoming programming.
VOD Operations - uploading and processing episodes daily for Hayu, ensuring episodic metadata and artwork is correct. Sending avails to partner streaming platforms. Collaborating with project managers to assist in manual operations.
Commercial Operations - oversee the scheduling and delivery of all commercial content, including spot advertising, sponsorship, and marketing campaigns.
Media Planning - manage the promotional inventory across our EMEA channels, following Network’s on-air promo strategy to create and schedule effective on-air campaigns for upcoming programming.
VOD Operations - uploading and processing episodes daily for Hayu, ensuring episodic metadata and artwork is correct. Sending avails to partner streaming platforms. Collaborating with project managers to assist in manual operations.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Quite a lot as I worked on high-stake projects
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
-Understanding of a TV scheduling and Streaming operations workflow
-Understanding how the media business operates
-Quickly adapting to new systems and tools
-Working with teams across the globe and managing deadlines through different timezones
-Becoming more technically literate, as a creative person
-Understanding how the media business operates
-Quickly adapting to new systems and tools
-Working with teams across the globe and managing deadlines through different timezones
-Becoming more technically literate, as a creative person
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I was supported every day in every element, from HR purposes, to making sure my workload was suitable for me
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Friendly, welcoming, inspiring - I would love to come back
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I loved it and I can't wait to apply for a graduate position here
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend NBCUniversal to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to NBCUniversal
Be yourself, and make sure to showcase your best skills whilst being friendly, as both hard work and friendliness to people are valued here
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at NBCUniversal
5/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Waiting to hear
