Business Affairs Intern
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Job Description
About the Company:
Disney Entertainment Television is a division of The Walt Disney Company encompassing numerous world-class content brands. It creates original entertainment and news programming for Disney+, Hulu, Star, and Disney’s broadcast and cable networks. Its portfolio includes ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations, Disney Branded Television, Freeform, FX, Hulu Originals, National Geographic Content, and Onyx Collective. It also incorporates Disney Television Studios, which includes 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, ABC Signature, and Walt Disney Television Alternative. The division is responsible for over 4,500 hours of programming annually across more than 300 programs spanning various genres. In 2023, its programming received 163 Emmy® nominations.
Job Description:
This internship is within the Twentieth Television Business Affairs Department. The department handles negotiations and drafts agreements for above-the-line talent (producers, writers, directors, actors, and casting directors) and underlying rights for scripted, live-action television programs produced by Twentieth Television for broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms. The department also supports ongoing series and other studio departments (development, production, finance, legal) and engages in ancillary activities.
Intern Responsibilities:
• Coordinate and maintain the internal database.
• Create and update charts to track the status of agreements.
• Collaborate with talent representatives, responding to their input on deal memos and short-form agreements.
• Participate in a variety of projects to develop skills in entertainment law, negotiation, and the television business.
