Creation of channel to support legacy video-on-demand systems
View Patent ↗A television playout system provided in a broadcast provider system receives a playout schedule, which corresponds to a live video feed of a channel broadcasted to one or more multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs), from a playout schedule source, and generates a new channel comprising one or more video on demand (VOD) content assets, based on one or more scheduling rules of the playout schedule, to be transmitted to a plurality of MVPDs at a time specified in the received playout schedule. The received live video feed of the channel is sanitized by removal of a lower third graphical content overlay from the live video feed for the generation of the new channel. A discontinuity is inserted between program segments to allow dynamic ad insertion (DAI) within the program segments of the live video feed for the new channel.
1. A system, comprising:
one or more processors in a broadcast provider system, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
receive a playout schedule from a playout schedule source,
wherein the playout schedule corresponds to a live video feed of a first channel, wherein the live video feed is broadcasted to at least one multichannel video program distributor (MVPD),
wherein the playout schedule specifies:
a first time of transmission of a second channel, and
at least one scheduling rule, and
wherein the at least one scheduling rule specifies a modification of content in the live video feed of the first channel;
generate the second channel comprising at least a first video on demand (VOD) content asset based on a version of a second VOD content asset,
wherein the second channel is generated based on a sanitization of the live video feed of the first channel,
wherein the live video feed of the first channel is sanitized by removal of a lower third graphical content overlay from the live video feed, and
wherein the second VOD content asset is transmitted to a plurality of MVPDs before transmission of the first VOD content asset to the plurality of MVPDs; and
transmit the second channel to the plurality of MVPDs at the first time specified in the received playout schedule.
2. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate the second channel based on insertion of a discontinuity between program segments, and
wherein the discontinuity comprises dynamic ad insertion (DAI) within the program segments of the live video feed.
3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate the second channel based on insertion of at least one of a unique source identifier or a second time associated with the content in the live video feed.
4. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are further configured to insert promotional content items in the live video feed, and
wherein the promotional content items are specific to a content provider associated with the broadcast provider system of the live video feed.
5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to encode the generated second channel with channel metadata.
6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the channel metadata includes at least one of digital rights associated with the live video feed, timing information associated with at least one commercial break, a program schedule to play at least one advertisement within at least one program segment of the live video feed, or signaling content of the live video feed.
7. The system according to claim 5 ,
wherein the one or more processors are further configured to deliver the encoded second channel to the plurality of MVPDs at the first time specified in the received playout schedule, and
wherein the encoded second channel is delivered via a communication medium of a network.
8. A method, comprising:
in a broadcast provider system:
receiving a playout schedule from a playout schedule source,
wherein the playout schedule corresponds to a live video feed of a first channel, wherein the live video feed is broadcasted to at least one multichannel video program distributor (MVPD),
wherein the playout schedule specifies at least one of a first time of transmission of a second channel or at least one scheduling rule, and
wherein the at least one scheduling rule specifies a modification of content in the live video feed of the first channel;
generating the second channel comprising at least a first video on demand (VOD) content asset based on a version of a second VOD content asset,
wherein the second channel is generated based on a sanitization of the live video feed of the first channel,
wherein the live video feed of the first channel is sanitized by removal of a lower third graphical content overlay from the live video feed, and
wherein the second VOD content asset is transmitted to a plurality of MVPDs before transmission of the first VOD content asset to the plurality of MVPDs;
transmitting the second channel to the plurality of MVPDs at the first time specified in the received playout schedule.
9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising generating the second channel based on insertion of a discontinuity between program segments,
wherein the discontinuity comprises dynamic ad insertion (DAI) within the program segments of the live video feed.
10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising generating the second channel based on insertion of at least one of a unique source identifier or a second time associated with the content in the live video feed.
11. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising generating the second channel based on insertion of promotional content items and the at least one VOD content asset in the live video feed,
wherein the promotional content items are specific to a content provider associated with the broadcast provider system of the live video feed.
12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising encoding the generated second channel with channel metadata.
13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the channel metadata includes at least one of digital rights associated with the live video feed, timing information associated with at least one commercial break, a program schedule for playing at least one advertisement within at least one program segment of the live video feed, or signaling content of the live video feed.
14. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising delivering the encoded second channel to the plurality of MVPDs at the first time specified in the received playout schedule,
wherein the encoded second channel is delivered via a communication medium of a network.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor in a computer, cause the computer to execute instructions, the instructions comprising:
in a television playout system provided in a broadcast provider system:
receiving a playout schedule from a playout schedule source,
wherein the playout schedule corresponds to a live video feed of a first channel, wherein the live video feed is broadcasted to at least one multichannel video program distributor (MVPD),
wherein the playout schedule specifies at least one of a first time of transmission of a second channel or at least one scheduling rule, and
wherein the at least one scheduling rule specifies a modification of content in the live video feed of the first channel;
generating the second channel comprising at least a first video on demand (VOD) content asset based on a version of a second VOD content asset,
wherein the second channel is generated based on a sanitization of the live video feed of the first channel,
wherein the live video feed of the first channel is sanitized by removal of a lower third graphical content overlay from the live video feed, and
wherein the second VOD content asset is transmitted to a plurality of MVPDs before transmission of the first VOD content asset to the plurality of MVPDs; and
transmitting the second channel to the plurality of MVPDs at first time specified in the received playout schedule.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , the instructions further comprising generating the second channel based on insertion of a discontinuity between program segments,
wherein the discontinuity comprises dynamic ad insertion (DAI) within the program segments of the live video feed.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , the instructions further comprising generating the second channel based on insertion of at least one of a unique source identifier or a second time associated with the content in the live video feed.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , further comprising generating the second channel based on insertion of promotional content items and the at least one VOD content asset in the live video feed,
wherein the promotional content items are specific to a content provider associated with the broadcast provider system of the live video feed.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , further comprising encoding the generated second channel with channel metadata.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein the channel metadata includes at least one of digital rights associated with the live video feed, timing information associated with at least one commercial break, a program schedule for playing at least one advertisement within at least one program segment of the live video feed, or signaling content of the live video feed.
21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 , further comprising delivering the encoded second channel to the plurality of MVPDs at the first time specified in the received playout schedule,
wherein the encoded second channel is delivered via a communication medium of a network.