Existing deal, episode not in RL but exist in BV

 

There are four main sections for the Re-up deal creation in BV-

 

  1. Deal and Catalog Information is entered
  2. Required fields to be populated
  3. Program items/season associated is not in RL.

 

Step

Action

Result

  1. Open New PBS deal template page.

Select the Deal Create sign from RL page.

RL Deal page is displayed.

  1. Enter the below required Deal template fields:
  • Deal Name
  • Programming Service
  • PBS Alliant ID

Type the desired values for the fields:

  • Deal Name- Name of the contract
  • Programming Service - Identifies which PBS Distributor
  • PBS Alliant ID- 4 numbers contract ID 

The following fields are displayed on the deal template –

  • Deal Name
  • Programming Service
  • PBS Alliant ID
  1. User will create an episode which is in BV not in Rightsline. 

Select Catalog and create Episode in RL. 

Catalog template is displayed.

  1. Enter the required fields in RL episode/OTO template.

Type the values in episode /OTO required fields:

  • Sort-Friendly Title- The series title with article at the end
  • Display Title- The full series title with article at the beginning
  • Title Language - defaults to English
  • PBS Reporting Category (Primary)- PBS's primary genre
  • PBS Synopsis Short-

240-character official episode synopsis

  • Country of Origin-

Default The country

  • Approx. Length-

Approximation of the episode's total run time

  • PBS NOLA Root-

Alpha Characters that make up complete NOLA code identifier for broadcast

  • PBS NOLA Code-

Numerical characters that make up complete NOLA code identifier for broadcast.

  • Edit Use- Type of Edit (i.e. US broadcast, UK Version, Theatrical)
  • Edit Class-The purpose of the edit
  • Producer-Producer Name
  • Director – Director Name

Select the ‘Auto Create Child Catalog Items’ on the OTO template.

The following fields are displayed on the episode /OTO template –

  • Sort-Friendly Title
  • Display Title
  • Title Language
  • PBS Reporting Category (Primary)
  • PBS Synopsis Short
  • Country of Origin
  • Approx. Length
  • PBS NOLA Root
  • PBS NOLA Code
  • Edit Use
  • Edit Class
  • Producer
  • Director

 

  1. Go to Episode/OTO, to add pbs_traffic_id value.

On the episode/OTO template, enter the value on the pbs_traffic_id field like cid:org:pbs.org:Broadview-xxxxxxxx

Pbs_traffic_id value is added on the episode/OTO template.

  1. Go to deal associations tab, go to catalogs + sign and associate the new episode.

Select the episode and associate on the deal association page.

The new catalog(episode) is added to the deal/season template.

  1. Go to deal template summary page and change the deal status from ‘pending’ to ‘Ready for Re-up Rights’

Change the deal status from ‘pending’ to ‘Ready for Re-up Rights’

RL Deal template status is changed to ‘Ready for Re-up Rights’

  1. Service desk will send you an email once the deal is created in BV.

Email is sent to the user by service desk.

Email is received from service desk to notify the deal is created in BV and please start creating rights in RL.

  1. Before creating Rights in RL, just confirm the Pbs_traffic_id is populated on the deal template.

Confirm the Pbs_traffic_id field is populated on RL deal template.

Pbs_traffic_id field is populated in RL with BV deal id.

  1. On the deal template, create Rights-In records and fill in the required fields.

Type the values in the required fields on Rights-In Records:

  • Select catalog item- Associate the catalog which the rights are setup for
  • Term Start- The date rights start for a catalog/contract.
  • Term End- The date rights end for a catalog/contract.
  • Exclusivity- Default to "Exclusive"
  • Media
  • Territory
  • Language
  • Service – Select PBS for PBS rights record
  • Type of Play Rule 
  • Unlimited Releases?

Number of Airs- It is a conditional Field will be displayed only when unlimited releases field value is "No"

The following fields are displayed on the Rights-In Record-

  • Term Start 
  • Term End
  • Exclusivity
  • Media
  • Territory
  • Language
  • Service
  • Type of Play Rule 
  • Unlimited Releases?

Number of Airs

8. Update the status on the Rights-In Record to “Active”

Click on the Rights status to update from “Pending” to “Active”.

Rights-in record status is set to Active.

9.  Confirm the PBS Traffic        ID is populated on Rights-In Records.

Click in BV and check the rights are created on associated deal /episode.

Rights are created in BV.