Live Channels

A live channel represents a live linear stream that follows a timeline identifying content and when it should play.

REST APIs

Use REST APIs to automate Live Slicer behavior and manage schedule entries.

• Live Slicer API
  The Live Slicer exposes an HTTP-based API for marking ad breaks, blackouts, and content boundaries. A Live Slicer's configuration file identifies a port and IP address where the Live Slicer should listen for these API calls. The API commands sent to the Live Slicer can take effect immediately or within a few seconds. They cannot be used to specify where ad and content boundaries will occur in the future.

• Slicer API
  Use the Slicer API to schedule Live Slicer behavior. This allows you to:

  • Schedule future ad breaks and content boundaries (e.g., blackouts)
  • Specify when new assets should be created
  • Assign metadata to assets

• Live Channel API
  Use the Live Channel API to retrieve and manage a live channel's schedule entries.

  You must decide whether a live channel may leverage schedule entries upon its creation. You cannot enable or disable the scheduling feature on existing live channels.

Certain features are incompatible with live channels that can leverage schedule entries.

Syndication Publishing

Contact your account manager to activate Syndication Publishing.

In addition to streaming content directly to your consumers, you can simultaneously distribute it to multiple social media and content distribution platforms with minimal effort.

Set Up Syndication Publishing

1. Create a publishing target for each desired social media or content distribution platform.
2. Publish to the desired platform(s) by associating the desired publishing target(s) with your live channel.

What's Next

• Set Up a Live Channel
• Live Channel Ad Breaks and Content Replacement
• Schedule Entry Components