New features realized in version 7.29
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| Material | As broadcast material is available in different formats and no longer exclusively as „tapes”, this term has been changed to „assets” in the documentation. | |
| General information | The archiving function has been extended: It is now also possible to archive folders. | 1.8 Archive |
| Contracts/Licenses | The additional column „More numbers” has now been added to the dialog „Edit contract” - tab „Licenses”. These numbers correspond to the additional reference numbers that are created/edited in the dialog „Edit program” („General” tab). | |
| Trailers/ Design elements/Commercials |
An additional column has been added to the trailer version results list in the tree „Trailer” (CE search): This list now also shows the channel affiliation of the trailer versions. | |
| Material | In the dialog „Edit asset” - tab „Asset position”, an „i” button has been added which enables you to open the dialog „Edit program” of the highlighted asset position. | |
| Material | In the dialog „Edit asset” - tab „Asset position”, the field „Insert” now contains 4 text columns (text 1 to text 4) which can be filled with texts. |
New features realized in version 7.28
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| General information | The parameters for logos now also include the time of day, so you can now specify during which time of day a logo will be broadcasted. | 1.5 Edit Parameters |
| General information | The function „Reset view” enables you to reset the view to the settings that were active when you last started the application. | |
| Programs/Series | In the dialogs „Edit programs” and „Edit series”, the tab „Persons/Firms” now also includes an „i” button which enables you to open the dialog „Edit person”. | |
| Contracts/Licenses | The copy wizard license information now also copies the cost unit when „due dates” is activated. Furthermore, it is now also possible to copy the material rights. | |
| Contracts/Licenses | Existing licenses can be copied. So far, it was only possible to search for a title or number; the search function has now been extended: You can also view the content of a file. | |
| Contracts/Licenses | In the dialog „Edit license” - „rights”, asterisks are now shown when superordinate fields are closed and different rights are set for the various subordinate fields. This shows that the rights set for this superordinate fields differ. | |
| Contracts/Licenses | The list „Due date” in the dialog „Edit license” - „Price” now highlights the amount in red when the flag „MGPrice” (minimum guarantee) is activated and the various amounts in the lines add up to more than 100%. | |
| Trailers/ Design elements/Commercials |
You can now allocate attributes and value attributes to trailer and commercial versions. These are entered via the dialog „Tools” - „Parameters”. They are then shown in the dialog „Edit commercial version” - „General”; you can activate them via the checkboxes. | |
| Material | When you copy assets, the following information is now copied with the asset: soundtrack, audio system, video system, image format, production date, language. | |
| Material | This version now also contains a description of ingest,outgest, transcode and package orders. |
New features realized in version 7.27
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| General information | Any content (programs, series, persons, firms, contracts, etc.) that is listed in the mainframe or data object bar can now be archived. Archived content can be hidden in order to avoid having unnecessary information in the mainframe or data object bar. | 1.8 Archive |
| General information | The data object bar „Window” now includes four new buttons which enable users to hide certain information according to certain criteria. | Datenobjektleiste: Anzeige „Window” |
| Programs/Series | The new field „Series reference” (in the dialog „Edit series”, tab „General”) enables users to link a series to another series. | |
| Programs/Series | A new button in the tab „Materials” of the dialog „Edit program” enables users to copy the highlighted material set to the other versions of the program. | |
| Contracts/Licenses | It is now possible to allocate several language attributes (via parameters) and to flag one language attribute as national language. | |
| VoD Scheduling | If a new episode for a series is created via the series episode wizard, the wizard now creates two versions by default: one version as original title (flag OT), one version as title (flag T). | |
| Folders | Until now, it was not possible to delete an element that was still linked to a folder. Such elements can now be deleted; in this case, the link to the folder is also deleted. Whenever an element in a folder is deleted, the folder‘s owner is notified via a message on the start page. | |
| Workflows | The tab „My Page” has been renamed „Start”. | |
| Rights query |
The rights query now offers an additional view: „Staffelzusammenfassung” (pool seasons). This view pools all seasons if all season episodes fulfil the selected criteria. Besides, you can narrow your search down to one or several season groups in the tab „editorial”. In this case, only the relevant seasons andsubseasonsof these groups are displayed. |
New features realized in version 7.26
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| General information | Every user can customize the layout of the software according to his individual requirements. These settings are allocated to the user‘s account and are available on every computer. They can be saved to a file or loaded from a file via the menu Admin > Settings load/save. | 1.6 Options and Program Options |
| General information | The user handbook now includes a list of shortcuts available for use in the software. | 1.4 Shortcuts |
| Programs/Series | The tree „Docu” now also enables you to not only view programs of a certain program type, but all programs (independent of the program type). | |
| Programs/Series | Each tape has to be enabled for one or several channels before it can be used for scheduling. These channels are displayed as comma-separated entries in the list view. | |
| Contracts/Licenses | If a number has been assigned to a partner, it is now also displayed in the dialog „Edit contract” - tab „partner” (in brackets after the company name). | |
| Contracts/Licenses | The copy wizard license information enables users to copy data from an existing master license. | |
| Contracts/Licenses | Users for whom CreateCtrl has installed an assistant for the automatic creation of license windows can assign rights categories and countries/regions to certain channels by using the parameters. | |
| User administration | The user handbook now also includes a description of rights that can be allocated via the user administration. | |
| QueryGenerator | The user handbook now also includes a description of the QueryGenerator that enables users to evaluate saved data via a graphic interface according to the users‘ own criteria and result lists. | |
| Rights retrieval | The user handbook now also includes a description of the rights query that enables users to query rights with regard to licenses. |
New features realized in version 7.24
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| Programs/Series | The „Season” tab enables the allocation of series episodes to a certain season.Forseasonsthatrelate to a certain topic, you can now indicate a parent season. |
| Programs/Series | As seasons sometimes require other texts than the texts that have been allocated to the whole series, the „Edit series” dialog now enables you to allocate a text which has been entered in this dialog to a certain season. |
| Contracts/Licenses | The tab „Licenses” in the dialog „Edit contract” now also shows the language attribute. This language attribute can be entered and edited in the „Rights” tab of the dialog „Edit license”. |
New features realized in version 7.23
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| Contracts/Licenses | Language attributes can now be set in hierarchical order within a tree structure; you can view the tree structure in the dialog „Edit license”. |
| Contracts/Licenses | Allocating a cost unit to a license is now simpler (included in the list „Due date”). |
| Tapes/Material | The dialog „Edit tape” contains two new fields for „Soundtracks”: „Edit type” (parameters can be created according to customer‘s requirements) and „R128” (flag shows that this tape complies with the German regulation concerning sound volume). |
| Tapes/Material | The Content Explorer now also enables the administration of merchandising items via the newly-created tab „Article” (analogous to the tab „Material”). Licenses can also be created for articles; the software uses a specific matrix of rights for this which means that the dialog „License” adapts the matrix of rights according to the respective type of content. |
| Tapes/Material | Ad cuts that are no longer in use can be blocked in the Content Explorer via the flag „Previous” (dialog „Edit tape”, tab „Adcuts”). Ad cuts flagged as „Previous” still exist in the system, but are no longer visible for the normal users and cannot be scheduled. |
| Programs/Series | The search function in the Content Explorer has been enhanced: The slider „Docu” now also provides an additional filter option according to rating category. |
New features realized in version 7.22
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You can store comments withtheadcutsofa tape. These comments are displayed on scheduling the event in the „Ad cuts” field of the program event in the Programmer. |
| Tapes/Material | On scanning tapes it is now possible to activate an acoustic signal in the CE. |
| Tapes/Material | After scanning a tape the new tape is displayed in the search result window of the CE. All results are set with a fix flag so that they do not disappear from the list with the next scan result. |
| Persons/Companies | It is now possible to store a number and further numbers for a company (e. g. accounts payable number / account receivable number). |