OpenTV Video Platform Internal Release Notes (ION 14.3 Draft)

Release summary

New product features

This section provides a high-level overview of new features coming with the 2020-Q2 STD0 product release out of the 2020-Q2 R&D development cycle.

20. Support to manage the recording of series entities on client devices

[Product, Jackson, Shurz]

The feature enables series entities ingested into the system to be recorded as bulk episodes. A user would be able to initiate/schedule past and currently live episodes. Cancellation is also possible in bulk via the manage recordings options in the media card. A series media card can present a mix of recordings, live (future, present) and VOD assets in a single view.

User activity is recorded against a series in the form of bookmarks. 

21. NPVR core series recording work (inc. feature parity items)

[Product, Jackson, HOT]

This feature establishes parity for NPVR with previous versions of the OPF platform in relation to series recording. For this feature, we have created a series-based API that will allow a client to: 

• When a series is set to record, the correct series linking takes place to allow all future episodes of the series to be recorded automatically. 

• When a series recording is cancelled. all future scheduled recordings are cancelled.

• When series recordings are deleted, assets are flagged for deletion and processed by the purge jobs. 

In addition, when an account's status is changed to deleted or cancelled, any existing scheduled recordings will be automatically cancelled. 

Finally, the APIs for client interactions to allow sorting and filtering of the response when requesting recordings have been extended. See the portal for full details. 

22. Support Emergency Alert System (EAS) notification and client action

[Product, Jackson, Shurz]

This feature integrates NAGRA OPF services with the Emergency Alert System (EAS), a federally-mandated distributor of warning messages to client end-users in the United States. The messages contained detailx about the nature of the alert and how clients should respond to it. EAS can advise at the local or national level, for example, if a national emergency has occurred. Typically a client end-user's device is directed to a specific channel where a broadcast can be made for national or local messages of interest.

Devices are aligned to locations governed by FIPS geographical areas codes, and this determines the range of messages delivered to a client. Supported devices include Android STB and mobile devices, all operating with an ION application layer.

When in receipt of an EAS notification, the ION application switches to a designated channel ready for the EAS alert message playout. NAGRA integrates with Harmonic and other partners to receive, prepare, and redistribute notifications and message content to devices.

23. In-home detection

[Product, Jackson]

OPF is now able to detect if the current user of the platform is "at home" or not, and to enforce the blocking of content and channel playback if the user is not currently deemed to be at home.

Detection of whether the user is "at home" or not uses the network operator's checking service to identify if the user is currently on an IP address assigned to their billing address or by the validation of an account-level IP address against the current IP address via which the client is accessing the system. 

Backward compatibility consideration

Compatibility matrix

Not applicable

List of known issues

The following issues are still open (not resolved) in this OPF_20.37_STD0 release.

New issues

The following are new issues found in this OPF_20.37_STD0 release.

Resolved issues

The following issues are fixed and these bug fixes are part of this OPF_20.37_STD0 release.