Career & Portfolio

Geronico “Nico” Babierra

Digital Film Mastering Specialist & Content Producer — Avid and Adobe suite, broadcast and OTT post-production.

◈ Metro Manila, Philippines ◈ 15+ years in post-production ◈ Founder, NB Studios

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Geronico Babierra, digital film mastering specialist and founder of NB Studios

15+Years in post-production

5+Years in digital film mastering

4Platforms delivered to — Netflix, Apple TV, iWantTFC, TFC

3Continents served — US, Australia, Europe

What I'm doing now

Two seats, one craft — a mastering bay inside a broadcast network, and a small studio of my own.

Jul 2021 — Present

Digital Film Mastering Specialist

ABS-CBN Corporation · Full-time · Metro Manila (Hybrid)

Final visual mastering and technical engineering for HD, episodic and cinematic titles across ABS-CBN's international distribution.
End-to-end finishing — colour grading, sound-mix finalisation and VFX integration — signed off to spec.
Global OTT and broadcast compliance: multi-format packaging, frame-rate conversion and localised audio for Netflix, Apple TV, iWantTFC and TFC.
AI workflow optimisation — automated QC passes and intelligent colour matching that cut manual checking time.
Cross-functional upskilling: training modules so the wider team can run the same pipeline.

2021 — Present

Digital Content Producer & Founder

NB Studios · Freelance · Remote

Post-production for international B2B and B2C clients across the US, Australia and Canada.
Commercial ads, long-form vlogs and direct-response VSLs — script-to-screen, or edit-only.
Live broadcast engineering and multi-stream production with StreamYard and OBS.
AI-assisted pipelines for real-estate video, micro-drama and repeatable content systems.

Career

From playout ingest at 3am to the last node before a title ships worldwide.

Jul 2021 — Present · 5 yrs

Digital Film Mastering Specialist

ABS-CBN Corporation · Metro Manila, Hybrid

The final technical and creative pass before a title leaves the building. Mastering, compliance and delivery for global streaming and broadcast partners.

Avid Media ComposerInterplayDaVinci ResolveAdobe CCAutomated QC

2021 — Present

Digital Content Producer

NB Studios · Freelance, Remote

My own studio. Ads, vlogs and VSLs for clients in the US, Australia and Canada, plus live broadcast engineering on StreamYard and OBS.

Premiere ProAfter EffectsDirect responseLive streaming

Jan 2020 — Dec 2020 · 1 yr

Senior Video Editor

Chinoy TV · Full-time, On-site

Lifestyle, cultural and corporate broadcast features — full episodes and commercial segments cut in Adobe Creative Cloud, optimised per platform and held to the channel's brand standard.

EpisodicBranded segmentsMulti-platform delivery

Nov 2018 — Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Creative and Production Head

Magsasaka TV · Radio and TV, Manila

Ran the creative desk end to end — produced, shot, edited and directed for news media, businesses and ad agencies, and supervised the design and production staff. Includes Magsasaka TV sa DZMM.

ProducingDirectingTeam leadershipBroadcast design

Oct 2015 — Nov 2018 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Video Editor & Broadcast Engineer

Avid · Manila

Editing on Media Composer, plus the engineering side of it — installations, upgrades, diagnostics, troubleshooting and support across post, workgroup and broadcast environments. Later focused on Media Asset Management with Interplay Production.

Media ComposerInterplay ProductionMAMSystems support

Oct 2010 — Sep 2015 · 5 yrs

Video Editor · Segment Producer · Playout Ingest

ABS-CBN Corporation · Quezon City

Where it started. Ingest and playout in the TOC, then segment producing, then editing — Kris TV, ASAP, the DreamDad AVP and Jeepney TV, where I was master editor and handled offline-to-online for the channel's specials.

Media ComposerInterplayAirSpeedOffline to online

What I work with

Tools are tools. These are the ones I've spent the most hours inside.

Editing & finishing

Avid Media ComposerAdobe Premiere ProDaVinci Resolve After EffectsColour gradingSound-mix finalisationVFX integration

Mastering & delivery

OTT complianceBroadcast QCMulti-format packaging Frame-rate conversionLocalised audioSubtitles & captionsOffline to online

Pipeline & engineering

Avid InterplayMedia Asset ManagementShared storage AirSpeedSystems install & supportStreamYardOBS

AI & automation

Automated QC arraysIntelligent colour matchingGenerative Media Tool AI b-roll & extensionsTranscript-driven editsBatch delivery scripts

See the work

Reels, services and the notes I write about the craft.

Reel

Demo reel A short cut of the commercial, vlog and branded work coming out of NB Studios. Watch →

Vertical

Real estate video Listing films, agent branding and a sample reel built for agents and brokerages. View →

Writing

The blog Honest reviews and workflow notes from inside a working post bay — NLEs, AI tools, rigs. Read →

Video

YouTube Vlogs and tool breakdowns — the long-form version of what's on the blog. Subscribe →

Services

Work with the studio Retainers and per-project rates for editing, real estate, micro-drama and automation. See pricing →

Elsewhere

All links Every channel in one place — socials, portfolio and contact. Open →

Education

University

Adamson University

Manila, Philippines

Have something that needs finishing?

Whether it's one edit or a pipeline that has to run every week, tell me what you're making and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it.

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Based in Metro Manila · Working with clients across the US, Australia and Europe