We're excited to unveil our new, streamlined CMS--with still more UX changes coming in the next several months. These changes do not impact the functions and features available in the CMS, and are intended to make it easier to navigate amid all assets and tools in the CMS. To that end, we've laid out an outline of the changes below!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brand-New Dashboard
When logging in, clients will land on the brand-new Dashboard page. wherein they will find easy access to all major functionalities and sections of the CMS.
Featured Changes:
OVERVIEW
In the Overview table, clients will find a quick summary view ofthe key metrics associated with their CMS and their work with OTTera. These include the number of brands and services supported by OTTera; the number of FAST channels supported; VOD syndications; and your timezone.
LINKS
These are intended to be a quick and easy pathway to the most frequently accessed functions in the CMS, including Bulk Uploading/Updating Operations; the content library; the Analytics Dashboard; and the VOD Deliveries.
Terminology Changes Across The CMS
BRANDS
We are separating the concept of client Channels from FAST channels by introducing the term "Brand." We recognized that the saturation of the term "channel" has caused confusion for clients and partners in the past.
From hereonout, all distinct apps and services will be delineated as brands in the CMS. From this menu, you will be able to access the top-level information associated with each Brand, including ad settings, deliveries, and associated syndications.
FAST CHANNELS
We've historically been using the terminology "Linear Channels" -- to keep the terminology clear and in keeping with the standards of the industry, we are transitioning to use the term "FAST" and deprecating "linear channels" from our lexicon. Thus, clients can now find all FAST channel information (including scheduling options and top-level information and metadata for each individual FAST stream) in the tab "FAST."
LIBRARY
We have consolidated the "Content" library in each CMS under the new tab Library. Within the Library, you will find all assets uploaded in the CMS, easily linked, and associated with each respective Brand. In this tab, you can also access options to export content for your use.
TOOLS
We've consolidated the different tools within OTTera's toolkit under this tab, available for all CMS users. Within the Tools dashboard, users will find functions to import and export content; OTTera's StreamInsights analytics suite; the theming tool supporting application development; orders; and People, wherein users will find both internal users (e.g. admins, CMS users, etc.) and customers.
STREAMINSIGHTS™
The Analytics Dashboard can now be found under the top-level menu item StreamInsights: this is the proprietary name of the system developed by and for OTTera to track all viewership data available to our team--the features available in the StreamInsights tab are differentiated by tier of paid service and support, and inquiries can be directed to our business development team at any time via the support portal to inquire about expanded functionality.
We are separating the concept of client Channels from FAST channels by introducing the term "Brand." We recognized that the saturation of the term "channel" has caused confusion for clients and partners in the past.From hereonout, all distinct apps and services will be delineated as brands in the CMS. From this menu, you will be able to access the top-level information associated with each Brand, including ad settings, deliveries, and associated syndications.
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