technicalChannel (editorial-based)

Mandatory for ingest, optional or not used for ION

Mandatory for ION, optional for ingest

Mandatory for both ingest and ION

Optional for ingest and optional or not used for ION

cmsData

technicalChannel

TechnicalChannelType

Optional

This element defines a technical channel

Not used

providerId

string

Mandatory

GLOBAL

Provider

Mandatory

companyId

providerResourceId

string

Mandatory

STCUEnabled_TechnicalLevel_New

Technical channel ID

Mandatory

name

string

Mandatory

STCUEnabled_New_LiveTechnicalChannel

Technical channel name

Mandatory

longName

deliveryUri

string

Optional

http://delivery.uri/dash/live/BBC_v1/28107e25-309c-a557-2f4e-ea2000868a6e/manifest.mpd

The location of the A/V stream of the channel on the network. Holds the URL for adaptive streaming.

Mandatory

NetworkLocation

profileIds

string

Optional

Profile_STCU_CIM_9089

The IDs of the profile applied to the technical channel (semicolon-separated)

Not used

profileRef

isFreeToAir

boolean

Optional

true

Whether the channel is free-to-air or not.

This is used by client applications to determine how and when to apply parental controls to the channel's events (only applicable for certain parental control bodies).

isMandatoryContentProtection

boolean

Optional

true

Whether client apps are required to enforce parental control for playback for the channel (typically for non-free-to-air channels).

This is used by client applications to determine how and when to apply parental controls to the channel's events (only applicable for certain parental control bodies).

dynamicRange

string

Optional

HDR10

The dynamic range of the content. Required for QuickMark watermarking.

Allowed values include but are not limited to: SDR, HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, and DV.

Multiple values are allowed. The default is SDR.

cmsData

technicalChannel

metadataSet(locale)

MetadataSetType

Optional

Language/country code in which the metadata set is written. It must conform to ISO-639 and ISO 3166-1. If the MetadataSet is not localised, the locale must be set to "none".

Not used

EpgDescription

locale

Mandatory

Mandatory

metadata

MetadataType

Optional

Not used

EpgElement

key="Title"

string

Optional

STCUEnabled_EditorialLevel_New_LiveTechnicalChannel

Technical channel title

Mandatory

key="ChannelNumber"

string

Optional

25

Rating for the technical channel

Mandatory

key="ShortName"

string

Optional

ESPN

Short name for technical channel

Mandatory

shortName

cmsData

technicalChannel

editorialChannelRef

EditorialChannelType

Mandatory

Reference to the editorial channel containing this technical channel

Not used

mainChannelId

providerId

string

Mandatory

GLOBAL

Provider

Mandatory

companyId

providerResourceId

string

Mandatory

STCUEnabled_EditorialLevel_New

Editorial channel ID

Mandatory

cmsData

technicalChannel

securityInfo

SecurityInfoType

Optional

Element describing a set of data related to a specific security device (CAS, DRM)

Not used

securityInfo

id

string

Mandatory

drmid01

DRM or CAS ID of the element for the specified security device (DRM or CAS). This DRM/CAS ID is only valid in the context of the specified DRM/CAS device.

Mandatory

drmId

securityDeviceId

string

Mandatory

drmInstanceName01

ID of the security device (CAS or DRM) assigned

Not used

drmInstanceName

sessionGroupId

string

Optional

ID of the session group assigned to the channel (used for channel group session limits)

usageRule

string

Optional

Usage rule

qmWaterMark

string

Optional

Quickmark watermark details

cdnTokenDetails

CdnTokenType

Optional

cdnType

string

Optional

The CDN type (e.g., Broadpeak)

cdnId

string

Optional

The CDN ID (e.g., brdpk_cdn_id1)

metadataSet(locale)

MetadataSetType

Optional

Language/country code in which the metadata set is written. It must conform to ISO-639 and ISO 3166-1. If the MetadataSet is not localised, the locale must be set to "none".

Not used

EpgDescription

locale

Mandatory

Not used

metadata

MetadataType

Optional

Not used

EpgElement

key="CMS4MigratedData"

string

Optional

TRUE

Migrated from CMS4 in boolean

Not used

key="RetentionDuration"

string

Optional

12400

Duration to retain

Not used

key="Evt_id"

string

Optional

4536

Not used

cmsData

technicalChannel

timeShifting

Optional

Not used

shortTermCatchUpSupport

boolean

Optional

FALSE

Indicates if the short-term catch-up feature is activated for this event.

Not used

catchUpSupport

longTermCatchUpSupport

boolean

Optional

TRUE

Indicates if the long-term catch-up feature is activated for this event.

Not used

catchUpSupport

startOverSupport

boolean

Optional

TRUE

Indicates if the start over feature is activated for this event.

Not used

startOverSupport

networkPvrSupport

boolean

Optional

TRUE

Indicates if the NPVR feature is activated for this technical channel

Not used

networkPvrSupport

shortTermCatchUpParameters

Optional

Indicates if the short-term catch-up feature is activated for this technical channel.

Not used

sourceId

string

Optional

http://nagra.com/Content/HLS/CatchUp/channel(name=CNN,startTime={startTime},endTime={endTime})/index.m3u8

Identifier of the rolling-buffer stream providing short-term catch-up access. This identifier should be unique across technical channels delivered from the same encoder platform. Value syntax is specific to the encoder platform.

Optional

validityStartOffset

duration

Optional

P3Y6M4DT12H30M5S

Offset from any short-term catch-up event end, allowing to define the start validity of the corresponding short-term catch-up contents (compliant to ISO 8601 standard)

Optional

validityDuration

duration

Optional

P3Y6M4DT12H30M5S

Validity duration from any short-term catch-up contents start, allowing to define the end validity of the corresponding short-term catch-up contents (compliant to ISO 8601 standard)

Optional

longTermCatchUpParameters

Optional

Indicates if the long-term catch-up feature is activated for this technical channel.

Not used

sourceId

string

Optional

http://nagra.com/Content/HLS/CatchUp/channel(name=CNN,startTime={startTime},endTime={endTime})/index.m3u8

Identifier of the rolling-buffer stream providing short-term catch-up access. This identifier should be unique across technical channels delivered from the same encoder platform. Value syntax is specific to the encoder platform.

Optional

validityStartOffset

duration

Optional

P3Y6M4DT12H30M5S

Offset from any short-term catch-up event end, allowing to define the start validity of the corresponding short-term catch-up contents (compliant to ISO 8601 standard)

Optional

validityDuration

duration

Optional

P3Y6M4DT12H30M5S

Validity duration from any short-term catch-up contents start, allowing to define the end validity of the corresponding short-term catch-up contents (compliant to ISO 8601 standard)

Optional

purgeGracePeriod

duration

Optional

P3Y6M4DT12H30M5S

Offset from the technical content end date used to set the minimum purge date of the record. Positive value (compliant to ISO 8601 standard).

Not used

startOverParameters

Optional

Definition of the configuration parameters relative to the start over feature

Not used

startOverDeliveryUri

string

Optional

http://nagra.com/Content/HLS/StartOver/channel(name={serviceId},startTime={startTime})/index.m3u8

Specifies the template used to build the start over playout delivery URL.

Optional

StartOverLocation

networkPvrParameters

sourceId

string

Optional

Identifier of the rolling-buffer stream providing NPVR access. This identifier should be unique across technical channels delivered from the same encoder platform. Value syntax is specific to the encoder platform.

Optional

validityDuration

string

Optional

P3Y6M4DT12H30M5S

Validity duration from any NPVR contents start, allowing to define the end validity of the corresponding NPVR contents (compliant to ISO 8601 standard, for example, "P3Y6M4DT12H30M5S").

Optional