Live Seasons Page Manual 3.0

Access to this menu in Betools through: Live > Live Channels

This menu allows you to review all the Live TV Channels and the settings associated to them.

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Live Seasons

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Live Seasons basic information

Field	Description	Restrictions
Name	Internal name. Not displayed in end user apps	ReadOnly
Title	Title to be displayed in end user applications	- Mandatory
Call Letter	Channel Call Letter	ReadOnly
Channel Number	Default dial number of the channel. Take into account that if the channel belongs to a channel map, the number of that channel in the channel map will be used instead	-
Reference ID	Internal ID. It is the reference of the channel in the EPG file.	ReadOnly
Description	Description to be displayed to the user	-
Source	Controls the access and visibility of this live channel for other operators. Only operators with rights over this source or its children will be able to see it.	ReadOnly
Instance	Instance where the live channel belongs to.	ReadOnly
Active	Flag that allows to activate / deactivate a channel	-
Requires PIN	Flag that indicates if the Live Channel is Adult content or not.	- Mandatory
Provider Channel	Allows selecting an existing VOD related channel.	-
LXD Channel	Allows selecting an existing channel to L7D related.	-
Transparent Distributor (for reporting)	Allows selecting an existing distributor for reporting.	-
Distributor (for concurrency)	Allows selecting an existing distributor from GVP_MOVIES_TRANSPARENT_PROVIDERS table.	-
Timeshift	Allows to enable/disable Mediaroom Timeshift functionality in this channel.	ReadOnly. Mediaroom Only
PPV	Indicates if it is a Pay Per View channel	-
Pending catchup sync	Read only field used by the catchup agent in the Catchup generation process. If set to true, means that the Live Channel is pending a catchup sync process	Read only
Pending catchup device availability sync	Read only field used by the catchup agent in the Catchup generation process. If set to true, means that the Live Channel is pending a catchup device available sync process, because some Live Channel device availability settings have been modified	Mandatory
Last Catchup Sync Date	Date of the last catchup sync	Read only
Is External	Flag that at allows you to select if the CDN Live is an External or not (indicating the player that it should use a redirect to the URL provided).	- Mandatory
Resource Id	External Resource ID used for External Live OTT, for handling authorization requests.	-
RestartTV Window Duration	Indicates the time in the past (in hours) that the client can perform RestartTV to play again past programs. Default value is 0. If set to 0, means no restart tv window.	- Mandatory
Channel Type	Type of channel. GLF defines an optional attribute for the channels, which is the "t" attribute, to define the channel type. Live: Default value, associated when "t" attribute is not present for a channel, when the channel is assigned (in EPG) values "Live", "Broadcast"... or any unknown/unexpected value. PPV: Assigned to a channel when EPG marks the channel as t="PPV" (case insensitive) App: Assigned to a channel when EPG marks the channel as t="app" (case insensitive)	-
IPTV Quality	Reference quality for QoE/QoS diagnostics.	-
App URL	Allows to configure the URI for launching the application	Warning is shown if the Channel Type = App and App URL is left empty.
Hidden flag	Used to mark channels that must not be shown in the STB (substitution channels in blackout functionality).	Mandatory
Has Subtitle	Checkbox for operators to inform if the live channel has subtitles or not.	Mandatory
FOX Channel Mapping	Allows selecting an existing channel maps for FOX distributor.	ReadOnly. Only enabled when Transparent Distributor is FOX.
DASH supported in VSPP	Enables DASH streams (live and VoD) in VSPP supported services.	Mandatory
Advanced CDN Services	Allows signal to devices whether the pause is available through CDN for this channel or not.	Mandatory

Actions

Create	Edit	Edit in List	Bulk Edit	Copy	Copy with Relateds	Delete

Create

Live Channel creation is not allowed to be done from MIB. Live Channels can only be created through EPG ingestion.

Edit

Live channel modifications are enabled for some operator profiles (EPG Manager, OB Admin). It can be used to perform modifications in some of the Live Channel related data.

Edit in List

Edit in list is disabled for Live Channels for security reasons. You have to go to Edit Page to perform any modification.

Bulk Edit

Bulk Edit is disabled in the Live Channels page.

Copy

Copy is disabled for Live Channels as their creation from MIB is not allowed.

Copy with Relateds

Copy with Relateds is disabled for Live Channels page.

Delete

Delete is disabled for Live Channels page.