GUIDE - CMS/CHANNEL SETTINGS

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4a. GENERAL SETTINGS

CHANNEL INFORMATION

  • Channel name: This is the name, the brand you give to your channel.
  • Description: Describe here your channel and its positioning in a few words.
  • Keywords or tags: List here the keywords or tags that best define your channel and its perimeter.
  • Channel URL: This is the address of your channel on the web. This address is accessible from all browsers: web, mobile, connected TVs, OTT... This address was assigned when you created your channel.

    • CHANNEL DEFAULT PLAYLIST

  • Playlist diffusée par défaut : C'est la playlist qui sera jouée au cas où il y aurait un vide de programmation dans votre grille des programmes. Dans ce cas, le système diffuse les contenus de la playlist par défaut jusqu'à reprise de votre programmation.

    • CHANNEL TIME ZONE

  • Channel time zone: Choose here the time at which you want to broadcast your channel. You can broadcast your channel on time from anywhere in the world.

    • GOOGLE ANALYTICS

  • Track your channel's audience with Google Analytics. Enter here the tracking code provided by Google Analytics.

    • AVAILABLE CHANNEL FUNCTIONS

  • Display VOD: This option displays the VOD icon in the player of your channel and offers the video-on-demand or VOD function.

  • Display EPG (Electronic Program Grid): This function displays the Program Grid icon in the player of your channel and provides the functions for reading the program grid.

  • Display SHARE functions: This function allows you to display the sharing icon in the player of your channel and to propose the functions for sharing content and your channel in social networks: Facebook. The sharing function also offers a boarding code in an iframe to integrate your channel into your website, for example.

  • Display Source Platform Logos: Choose this option to permanently display the logo of the source platform such as YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion while videos are being broadcast in your channel. The logo displayed is clickable and refers to the link from the video to the source platform.

  • Display Content rating mode: This function displays the content rating module of the channel. In this case, your channel's viewers can rate the content they watch on a 5-star scale.

  • Disable links in EPG (Electronic Program Grid): This function allows you to disable links to the proposed content if you have activated the display of the program grid. Disable direct links to the contents presented through the program grid.

    • 4b. DESIGN SETTINGS

    Here is the list of the available design elements for customizing your channel:

    CHANNEL LOGO:
    It is important to take care of the presentation of your digital TV channel with a visible and neat channel logo.
    You can upload your channel logo by clicking on the UPLOAD or DOWNLOAD button.
    Select the file of your channel logo via your file manager and click on OPEN. Your file is uploaded to our CMS.
    Then click on UPDATE. You can refresh the CMS page in your browser and your logo appears.
    To see it immediately in your channel, click on the button at the very top right of your screen WATCH YOUR CHANNEL.

    Your file must be in PNG (with recommended transparent background) or JPEG format, with a recommended size of 200 x 110 px or less.

    Download a sample channel logo here

    BUTTONS COLOR:
    You can customize the color of the player buttons in your string using an HTML color code of your choice (six-character code preceded by #. For example White = #FFFFFFFFFF.

    You can find an HTML color code editor here for example.

    Then click on UPDATE.
    To see it immediately in your channel, click on the button at the very top right WATCH YOUR CHANNEL.

    PLACEMENT OF THE CHANNEL LOGO:
    Your logo can be placed "top-left" or "top-right" on the screen.

    Then click on UPDATE.
    To see it immediately in your channel, click on the button at the very top right WATCH YOUR CHANNEL.

    4c. AUDIO SETTINGS

    CHANNEL AUDIO:
    The channel's general audio track can be replaced with sound from a page or a sound from Soundcloud platform or a webradio stream from Shoutcast platform.

    Warning! We are sorry but these options are not available at the moment. They will be available soon.

    4d. CONNEXION SETTINGS

    FACEBOOK LOGIN CONNEXION SETTINGS:
    Connection settings for sharing publications with Facebook.
    Enter the values for FACEBOOK APP ID and FACEBOOK APP SECRET KEY
    Click on UPDATE to save.

    LIBCAST CONNEXION SETTINGS:
    Connection parameters for controlling the Libcast platform.
    Enter the values for LIBCAST USERNAME and LIBCAST API KEY
    Click on UPDATE to save.