Content targeting groups

You can configure lists of locations for content targeting as Enabled or Restricted.

• Locations added to an Enabled list can access the content; locations not on the list are blocked.

• Locations added to a Restricted list are blocked from accessing the content; locations not on the list would be able to access the content.

• If either an Enabled or Restricted list is empty, no blocking is performed, and content is available in all locations.

• A custom option enables you to create additional criteria for content targeting.

Lists of content targeting locations can be created containing:

• Countries

• Cities

• Designated Market Areas (DMAs)

• Custom details

For example, you may want content to be available in a certain country, but restrict it in certain cities. So you might:

• Add the country to an Enabled list at platform level to give general coverage to the country.

• Add content items to a Restricted list for cities to prohibit access in those cities.

Creating location groups

You cannot edit or delete a location group once it has been created.

To create a location group:

1. On the System Configuration page, select Content Targeting, then click the Content Targeting Groups tab.

2. Click ADD LOCATION GROUP.

3. Enter a name for the new location group and choose whether it is to be a restricted or enabled group.

4. Select the countries, cities, designated market areas, and/or custom locations to be included in the group and click the CREATE LOCATION GROUP button.

You can add individual locations by creating a Custom group, see Assigning locations and location groups.

Custom details

This provides greater flexibility for content targeting. For example, you can allow or restrict access to channels, events, or content:

• Geographically by postcode (zipcode) or neighbourhood.

• Non-geographically for subscribers using account profiles.

Geographic example (restricting)

Instead of restricting content by city as described above, you might want to restrict it to specific areas of a city.  

• Add the country to an Enabled list at platform level to give general coverage to the country.

• Add content items to a Restricted list with a postcode or area etc in the custom field

Non-geographic example (enabling)

You could create a bundle of channels, events and content which would be available to certain subscribers anywhere. To do this, you would need to:

1. Create a content targeting group for an enabled list. On the Custom tab, enter a value for the custom field, e.g., VIP_GOLD_PACK.

2. Create an account profile; in the Content Targeting Filter field, enter VIP_GOLD_PACK.

3. Apply the account profile to the relevant subscribers' accounts.

4. For each channel, event and content item, select the content targeting group.

Applying a content targeting group to a channel/event/content item

Once you have created your content targeting groups, you can apply them to channels, events, or content items, as explained in Assigning locations and location groups.