2.1 Tab Start

Saves the current program plan. Please make sure to save your broadcasting plan regularly.

For opening a new or further broadcast plan please click this button. Define the service and the broadcast day. The selected broadcast day will open after pressing the button .

You can open several different broadcast schedules for editing. To switch from one broadcast plan to the next please select the respective plan in Planning > Windows. You can reduce these windows by clicking on the button (top right-hand) and arrange them according to your needs per drag-and-drop. The bar for selecting the channel and the broadcast day applies to the active plan; you can activate a plan by clicking on it.

The scheduling of a variation can be copied to the live plan of a channel. Please note that the wizard only works if both plans are open and show the same period of time. A click on Activate/copy variation opens the wizard; please enter the following data:

• Planning period (date and time)
• From variation/schedule (copy from which schedule)
• To schedule/variation (copy to which schedule)
• Backup variation (specify the variation for the backup of the schedule that will be overwritten)

To close the program plan after saving it please use the cross button in the title bar or press this button.

The dialog Attributes gives you the following information:

• General: Name, Type, Broadcast day start and end
• Statistics: Number of events, number of program events, promotion Events and commercials
• Time remaining: Total time remaining and number of remaining times, Information on minimum and maximum time remaining

A click on this button opens the window Changelog that lists all changes that have been made.

Opens the dialog Edit event.

For each scheduled event you may view or edit the program data of the program or series episode in the dialog Edit program. Select the scheduled event and click Show program in the context menu of the right mouse or click this button. Here you will find detailed information in the various tabs, e. g. on the program version, texts, materials, on the parental rating data, on the length of the program or video and audio settings.

In case the scheduled event is a series, you may also show and edit the series data. Click Show series in the context menu of the right mouse or click this button while selecting the event. The dialog Edit series opens. Here, you may edit the episode lengths, titel types and you may add further episodes.

In case the scheduled event is a sequence, you may also show and edit the sequence data. Click Show sequence in the context menu of the right mouse or click this button while selecting the event. The dialog Edit sequence opens.

The dialog Edit asset also is a ContentExplorer dialog. Usually the material data is collected in the ContentExplorer in the various tags of this dialog. However, you may also view and edit these data within the Programmer and Planner. For further information, please see the ContentExplorer User Guide.

This function allows you to insert ad breaks individually for scheduled events provided that you haven‘t inserted the ad breaks already via a loaded slot template. You can position them before, within or behind scheduled events in the program schedule. With this function you can insert the ad breaks either

• before the event
• within the event or
• after the event.

1. Please select the event (or several events by multi-selection by pressing the key [SHIFT]) and choose the option Insert ad break in the context menu of the right mouse or click this button.
2. Please select the position of the ad break (before, within or after the event).
3. The dialog Indicate duration of ad break opens.
4. Enter the duration of the ad break and click OK. The ad break will be inserted according to your specifications.

To enter the settings for printing the program plan, open the dialog Settings for Print List with this button. The preview will open after affirming the setting with OK.