Transcript COVE Admin Tool 2.0

COVE Admin Tool 2.0
An Introduction
Reasons for the new Admin Tool
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We heard from you that this was priority #1
Problems managing your content
Confusing workflow
Legacy issues and workarounds mounting
Need to revamp COVE’s foundation to allow
for new expansion
Where things stand
• Spent last couple months building the
foundation
• COVE API is in production
• Also built in features to support iPhone/iPad
• Next is Ingest and Edit functions
The Basics
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Built on new COVE API
Much faster
Easier sorting of your content
Ability to save your work
Simplified publishing workflow
Links to documentation
Better distribution options
Will use Universal User Authentication
New concepts – Distribution Channels
The Parking
Lot Movie
Asset
Channel
Mobile
Partner
Player
Portals
•Actual Channels TBD
•Default channels assigned to accounts
•Opt-out on individual asset basis
•Metadata very important
•Hi-Res images more and more important
DLL
New concepts – Parallel Admin Tools
2 systems that will exist simultaneously at launch
Legacy COVE
Admin Tool
COVE Admin
Tool 2.0
Ingest/Edit
assets
Ingest/Edit
assets (at
launch)
Manage
station portal
All other
functions to
be added later
Manage
producer
pages
Manage stacks
New concepts - Groups
New ability to create Video Groups
Assets
Group
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Season 1
• Video Groups used to drive editorial features
• Groups called through COVE API
• Video Groups used today by PBS iPhone/iPad apps
What’s next?
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Next Webinar – Sneak Peek
Pilot group probably in December/January
Defining permissions and roles
Ingest/Edit completed in 1st quarter of 2011
On-Boarding of whole system in end 1st
quarter of 2011
• Long-term – Moving in direction of higherresolution video files
Resources
Updates
• Producer Exchange blog
• Stations blog
Product Documentation
• Screencasts
• New user guide
• What would help you?