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Editing Editorial information

Many of the details are added automatically when content is ingested. Different editorial information can be added for a series, season or content item; see also Series and seasons editorial information.

To edit the details, display the content item in Edit mode, update the relevant information and click the SAVE CHANGES button.

Editorial content locale fields

Field

Description

Title

Enter a title for the content item

Synopsis

Enter a summary of the content item

Description

Enter a description for the content item

Episode

Enter the title of the episode where applicable

Genre

Enter the genre(s) for the content item

Editorial content non-locale specific fields

Field

Description

Valid From

Enter or select the date to make the content item available

Valid To

Enter or select the date to withdraw the content item

ID

Identifier for the content item. You cannot edit this field

Name

Enter the name for the content item to be displayed on a node or product

Content Type

Select the type of content

Duration

Enter or select the length of the content in minutes 

Season Number

Enter or select the season number

Episode Number

Enter or select the episode number

Year

Enter or select the year the content item was made

Recommendable

Select whether the channel should be included in recommendations from the recommendation engine

Directors

Add or remove the director(s) of the content item

Cast

Add or remove cast members of the content item

Writer

Add or remove the writer(s) of the content item

Producers

Add or remove the producer(s) of the content item

Series ref

Enter a reference for the series

Season ref

Enter a reference for the season

Content Link Id

This displays the content link ID and is not editable.

In deployments that use the one-to-one event / editorial content model (see Selecting an event-to-editorial-content mapping model ), this is a link to a search for any associated editorial content (i.e., other editorial contents with the same content link ID).

Creation Date

The date when the content was created

Parental Ratings

Select the appropriate parental ratings for the content. 

Geo-Filtering and Geo-Blocking

This also has to be enabled at Platform level, see Content targeting.

Field

Description

Validated By On/Off Network

(Geo-Filtering only) Select whether the location is to be validated by On/Off Network.

ADD LOCATION GROUP

Select groups of locations to be added to enabled or restricted lists, see Assigning locations and location groups.

ADD LOCATIONS MANUALLY

Select individual locations to be added to location groups, see Assigning locations and location groups.

Platform URL Builder

Select one of blackout, advert insertion or combined ruleset if required. See also URL Builder.

Capabilities

Select the Capabilities available for this channel.

In Home

This controls playback outside a subscriber's network/provider issued IP range. Click ON to block playback or OFF to allow playback. See also Creating accounts.

Locale custom fields

These fields are customer-specific. Edit the details as per your organisation's requirements.

Non-locale custom fields

These fields are customer-specific. Edit the details as per your organisation's requirements.

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