Efficient TV scheduling software
TV scheduling software that enables you to manage your TV channels efficiently.
OnAir TV is our efficient TV scheduling software for TV channels that want to manage their operation in an efficient way.
OnAir TV’s features
All the features that you need to schedule your TV channels
Media Asset Management (MAM)
Assets storage as part of OnAir TV
The library is the central storage for all your media assets like clips, movies, documentaries, series and promo’s, All assets can be searched, filtered and sorted easily. Tools for importing and batch editing are available in order to manage your assets efficiently.
Editor
Preview and edit videos
Items can be previewed and edited in the editor, all frame accurate. The editor is also the place where you assign metadata to your items, where you can soft-part your items and where you can attach other elements to items like promo’s or commercials.
Soft part items, insert commands and markers
Ideal for FAST TV channels
Once you have parted the item into multiple parts it is easy to ingest commercial blocks, SCTE markers, promo’s or other assets.
Multi channel by nature
Manage multiple TV channels with ease
By marking items active per station it is easy to assign items to one or multiple stations or channels.
EPG export is included
No third-party software needed to handle your EPG if you use OnAir TV
EPG templates make it easy to assign correct EPG formats.
A Legal Section to is part of the software
Always be in compliance with your TV channels
In the legal section you can indicate the details of your contract. The scheduler will enforce the rules so you can always be sure to be in compliance.
The Planning Rules
The backbone of OnAir TV
The Planning Rules is the part of the TV Scheduling software that holds all the rules that are used to generate playlists. This part takes the hard work out of the scheduling process with its built-in intelligence. The Planner makes OnAir TV a very powerful tool for TV channels who would like to plan and schedule in an efficient way.
The Long Tem Planning
The replacement of your Excel sheets
The long Term Planning is not only the replacement for Excel Sheets, PDF’s and Word documents, it will also serve as a template for the automatic scheduling proces.
The long term planning is the highest level of the Planning Rules and it consist of 3 layers: Blocks, Reruns and Airings. Each of these layers serve different ways of scheduling. With these layers you can automate the entire scheduling proces.
Blocks
Blocks are reusable containers that holds Scheduling Rules like: Start with a commercial break, then schedule a promo and then schedule the latest world news and end with a commercial break.
You can create a block once and then reuse it multiple times, like every Monday between 10 and 11.
Reruns
Reruns are placeholders for items that have an Premiere and then needs to be repeated multiple times.
An example of a Rerun is: Schedule the Saturday night documentary every Saturday at 9 and repeat it Monday at 4, Wednesday at 8 and Friday at 7.
Series
Easily define series in the library by dragging items to the correct serie and season. Put placeholders for series in the blocks and series will be placed fully automatically.
Airings
Airings are items that need to be planned one or multiple times at a fixed times like: Schedule the concert ate Sunday at 2 and schedule it again Wednesday at 8
Commands
Blocks can be populated with a variety of Commands. Commands are lines in your planning rules that will automate certain actions. OnAir TV contains a big set of commands. Here are a few examples:
The scheduler
Generate and manage your TV playlists
The Scheduler creates the playlists based on your Long Term Planning.
Once the playlist is created it can be changed manually if needed.
The result is a playlist which can be exported to your play-out system of choice. The playlist can also be exported to a variety of EPG formats.
Connect OnAir TV to the play-out system of your choice
Integrates with industry standard TV play-out software
OnAir TV has integrations with playout systems like Cinegy, Playbox, Broadstream, GrassValley, Tools On Air, TV Player, Rohde & Schwarz and BCNEXXT. Besides these exporters OnAir TV is also able to control play-out software with either the VDCP or MOS protocol.
Cinegy
Playbox
Broadstream
Grass Valley
TV Player
Rohde & Schwarz
Tools On Air
BCNEXXT
X-Pert
Automatically generate your EPG’s
EPG export is included in OnAir TV
When the playlists are generated, the EPG’s are automatically created in the desired formats of your provider. Besides provider specific exports, the playlist can also be exported in JSON or XML for general use.
API
Integrate OnAir TV with other TV software
OnAir TV offers you a complete and easy to use RESTful JSON-based Webservices API. The API will make it easy to communicate with the OnAir TV and to retrieve all kind of information which can be used on your website or mobile app. Our Webservice API will also enable an easy, standardized way to develop integrations between OnAir TV and third party products or IT systems.
OnAir TV’s Clients
Clients who put their trust in our TV software
TBV USA
Headquartered in Norwalk, California, TVB USA is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of the largest distributor of Chinese-language television programs in the world, Hong Kong based, TVB Group. TVB USA uses OnAir TV to schedule their 6 USA channels. OnAir Spots is used to schedule the commercials for all the 6 USA channels.
BasMedia
Basmedia is a company from The Netherlands, managing multiple TV channels for their customers. 5 of these channels rely on OnAir TV for their scheduling.
Basmedia offers centralized and decentralized playout. The fully redundant and automated playout center complements Basmedia’s production, supply and distribution services, and offers a ‘One Stop Shop’ for international as well as small local broadcasters that require high quality end-to-end media delivery solutions.
Canis
Canis Television & Media Ltd offers a unique one-stop service to a broad range of clientele around the globe operating at all levels within the independent, national and international broadcast and digital media market.
Portland TV
Portland TV uses OnAir TV to manage its 4 channels.
Get in touch!
Interested in knowing more?
If you would like to find out if OnAir TV could be of value for your organization, we propose the following steps:
1. Let’s make acquaintance
If you are interested in our MAM, Scheduling and EPG software for TV, we would like to make acquaintance with you: What kind of channel or channels do you operate, how does the daily schedule look and what are the current challenges you would like to address?
2. Organize an on-line demo
After we have received the information we can organize an on-line demo. In this demo we will show you how to operate our MAM, Sscheduling and EPG software for TV. We will show you how the Library and Editor works and will show you how to generate playlists. For the online demo we can use tools like Skype, Meets, Zoom or Teams.
3. Setting up a Proof of Concept (PoC)
If you think that based on the on-line demo OnAir TV could be of value for your company, we can prepare a Proof of Concept (PoC). In this PoC we will prepare our software for real use for your channel. Together with you we will make a Long Term Planning with appropriate blocks and reruns and populate the library with an category structure. The software will be installed on your computers and you can test OnAir TV for 14 days.
4. Do business
If you have tested the software and you are satisfied with it we can do business. The contract will be signed and the trial version will be turned into a production version.
5. Configuration and training
Optionally we can provide you with training and assist you with the configuration and implementation.
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