When it comes to planning, a distinction is made between program planning, in which only the main content (movies and series episodes) is scheduled for weeks in advance, and broadcast planning/daily planning, in which all content – including trailers and commercials – is planned frame-precise for each day.
With the Planner App, broadcast plans can be created with ease. It allows to add trailers, secondary events and commercials (aka advertisments/ads) to the plan that has been filled with main content in the Programmer App at this stage. These features can either be performed manually or automatically by using wizards.
Content and assets (video files) are created and managed in the corresponding Web Apps (Content and Assets respectively).
NOTE
Usually, versions of a program (movie), episode, trailer or commercial are scheduled, e. g. original or synchronized versions.
However, there are exceptions to this where planning without versions is also possible.
In the Plan tab, frame-accurate broadcast schedules for each day can be created. Users can add trailers, secondary events and commercials to the program plan previously created in the Programmer App. These features can either be performed manually or automatically by using wizards.
The following chapters cover all topics directly related to scheduling content.
- Main article: Planning
- How to perform general plan features (Setting channel and date, shortcuts etc.)
- How to schedule content manually (Managing slots, blocks and events, applying asset lenghts and ad cuts etc.)
- How to import content (Importing plans via customized jobs in the Connect tab)
- How to perform actions (Performing extensive planning actions with only a few clicks)
- How to use scheduling assistants (Performing large-scale scheduling operations by configuring rules and groups of rules)
- How to copy events between channels (Copying events from one channel to another by using the copy assistant)
Furthermore, the following features are available in the Programmer App:
- Stock: The stock allows to manage trailer versions, commercial versions, design elements and secondary elements (edit, archive, add to folders etc.), resembling the stock in the Content App (see Manage program versions and series).
- Connect: In the Connect tab, all kinds of jobs (imports and exports) are executed (see Manage imports and exports). The selection of imports and exports can be customized.