diff --git a/components/datatypes/media.example.1.json b/components/datatypes/media.example.1.json
index 4faa54e789..4792db4b0e 100644
--- a/components/datatypes/media.example.1.json
+++ b/components/datatypes/media.example.1.json
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
       "xdm:federated": {
         "xdm:value": 0
       }
-    }
+    },
+    "xdm:playhead": 831
   }
 }
diff --git a/components/datatypes/media.schema.json b/components/datatypes/media.schema.json
index 9fc5e40c1e..af7fb293d9 100644
--- a/components/datatypes/media.schema.json
+++ b/components/datatypes/media.schema.json
@@ -849,9 +849,14 @@
               "title": "Audio content publisher",
               "type": "string",
               "description": "Name of the audio content publisher."
+            },
+            "xdm:playhead": {
+              "title": "Player time playhead",
+              "type": "integer",
+              "description": "If the content is live, the playhead must be the current second of the day, 0 <= playhead < 86400. If the content is recorded, the playhead must be the current second of content, 0 <= playhead < content length."
             }
           },
-          "required": ["xdm:primaryAssetReference"],
+          "required": ["xdm:primaryAssetReference", "xdm:playhead"],
           "meta:titleId": "media##xdm:mediaTimed##title##78891",
           "meta:descriptionId": "media##xdm:mediaTimed##description##36241"
         }
diff --git a/components/fieldgroups/experience-event/experienceevent-media.example.1.json b/components/fieldgroups/experience-event/experienceevent-media.example.1.json
index 2e2b129cb7..4a96d083f6 100644
--- a/components/fieldgroups/experience-event/experienceevent-media.example.1.json
+++ b/components/fieldgroups/experience-event/experienceevent-media.example.1.json
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@
       },
       "xdm:idp": "MyTVOnline",
       "xdm:mediaAuth": "Sample auth",
-      "xdm:dayPart": "daytime"
+      "xdm:dayPart": "daytime",
+      "xdm:playhead": 831
     }
   }
 }