COVE Admin Tool 2.0 An Introduction

Reasons for the new Admin Tool We heard from you that this was priority #1 Problems managing your content Confusing workflow Legacy issues and workarounds mounting Need to revamp COVE’s foundation to allow for new expansion

Where things stand Spent last couple months building the foundation COVE API is in production Also built in features to support iPhone/iPad Next is Ingest and Edit functions

The Basics Built on new COVE API Much faster Easier sorting of your content Ability to save your work Simplified publishing workflow Links to documentation Better distribution options Will use Universal User Authentication

New concepts – Distribution Channels The Parking Lot Movie Mobile Partner Player Portals DLL Asset Channel Actual Channels TBD Default channels assigned to accounts Opt-out on individual asset basis Metadata very important Hi-Res images more and more important

New concepts – Parallel Admin Tools 2 systems that will exist simultaneously at launch Legacy COVE Admin Tool Ingest/Edit assets Manage station portal Manage producer pages Manage stacks COVE Admin Tool 2.0 Ingest/Edit assets (at launch) All other functions to be added later

New ability to create Video Groups New concepts - Groups New ability to create Video Groups Assets Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Group Season 1 Video Groups used to drive editorial features Groups called through COVE API Video Groups used today by PBS iPhone/iPad apps

What’s next? Next Webinar – Sneak Peek Pilot group probably in December/January Defining permissions and roles Ingest/Edit completed in 1st quarter of 2011 On-Boarding of whole system in end 1st quarter of 2011 Long-term – Moving in direction of higher-resolution video files

Resources Updates Producer Exchange blog Stations blog Product Documentation Screencasts New user guide What would help you?