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Assigning locations and location groups

Assigning and removing location groups

Use these procedures to assign or remove location groups to live channels, live events or content items.

Assigning location groups

To assign a location group to a channel, event or content item:

  1. Display the channel, event or item in Edit mode.

  2. In the Geo-Filtering or Geo-Blocking section, click ADD LOCATION GROUP .

  3. On the Choose Geo-Filtered Locations page, locate the required group and click USE THIS GROUP .

  4. Click the SAVE CHANGES button on the live event or a content item page.

Removing location groups

To remove a location group from a channel, event or content item:

  1. Display the channel, event or item in Edit mode.

  2. In the Geo-Filtering or Geo-Blocking section, click CLEAR LOCATION GROUP  and click the SAVE CHANGES button.

Manually assigning, editing and removing locations

You can assign locations to a channel, event or content item by creating a Custom group.

Manually assigning individual locations

To assign individual locations to a channel, event or content item:

  1. Display the channel, event or item in Edit mode.

  2. In the Geo-Filtering or Geo-Blocking section, click ADD LOCATIONS MANUALLY .

  3. On the Choose Locations page, select the required countries, cities, DMA or custom details to be added and click the SAVE CHANGES button.

  4. The location will be shown on the live event or a content item page as Custom; click the SAVE CHANGES button.

Manually assigning groups of locations

To create a custom group based on an existing location group:

  1. Display the channel, event or item in Edit mode.

  2. In the Geo-Filtering or Geo-Blocking section:

    • If a location group is not already assigned, follow the  Assigning location groups procedure above.

    • If the location group is present, click EDIT LOCATIONS MANUALLY .

    A confirmation message is displayed; click the CONTINUE button.

  3. On the Choose Locations page, select the required countries, cities, DMA or custom details to be added and click the SAVE CHANGES button.

  4. The location group will now be shown on the live event or a content item page as Custom; click the SAVE CHANGES button.

Editing Custom groups

To edit the locations in a Custom group for a channel, event or content item:

  1. Display the channel, event or item in Edit mode.

  2. In the Geo-Filtering or Geo-Blocking section, click EDIT LOCATIONS MANUALLY .

  3. On the Choose Locations page, select the required countries, cities, DMA or custom details to be added and click the SAVE CHANGES button.

  4. The location will be shown on the live event or a content item page as Custom; click the SAVE CHANGES button.

You cannot use this procedure to edit a location group.

Removing locations from Custom groups

To remove locations from a Custom group for a channel, event or content item:

  1. Display the event or item in Edit mode.

  2. In the Geo-Filtering or Geo-Blocking section, click EDIT LOCATIONS MANUALLY .

  3. On the Choose Locations page, clear the required countries, cities, DMA or custom details and click the SAVE CHANGES button.

  4. Click the SAVE CHANGES button on the channel, event or content item page.