After you configure your playout, the next step is to configure the delivery parameters for streaming your channel through the platform of your choice.
To configure the channel delivery through one or more required platforms, perform the following steps:
1. Navigate to the All Channels page to view the list of all channels that are currently available in the system.
2. Click anywhere on the required channel in Playout Running state.
The configuration details of the selected channel are displayed. For details, refer to Channel Details page.
3. Click the Deliveries section to configure the delivery for the selected channel
If deliveries are already available for this channel, the details are displayed in a list view as shown.
If no deliveries are created yet for your channel, this page will be empty.
4. To start creating a new delivery for the selected channel in either case, click the CREATE DELIVERY button.
You are now navigated to the Deliveries screen. Here, you can view a gist of all the platforms that are currently integrated with Amagi NOW.
5. Select the required platform and click PROCEED.
The Deliveries page is displayed, where you can provide the following details:
Region to which you want to deliver the channel
Streaming details of the channel
Metadata details of the channel
Monetization details of the channel
If the platform has only one delivery region, it will be displayed under Platform Details. Else, select the required region to which you want to deliver your channel. Example: US, UK, EU, India, etc.
When you select a region, the details preconfigured by the platform for the content partner will get populated automatically automatically under the sections named Streaming Details and Metadata Details.
The following table details the various fields in the Select Region tab and their descriptions.
The following table details the various fields in the Metadata Details section and their descriptions.
6. Provide the monetization details.
You can choose to disable or enable the monetization of your delivery.
If you wish to create your channel delivery with monetizing it, leave the Monetisation section as it is.
If you want to enable the monetization of your delivery, you can do so by moving the toggle switch to the right, as depicted below. Learn more about enabling ad monetisation here.
7. Once the monetization is enabled, click CREATE DELIVERY to deliver your channels to the selected platforms and regions.
The delivery provisioning starts immediately and a pop-up message, which informs you about the status of channel creation is displayed.
While the delivery is being provisioned, the row showing the delivery details is highlighted in blue. The blue color lasts only for a few seconds and then transitions into the original background color.
The recently created delivery appears on the first row of the Deliveries page.
The following table details the various fields on the Deliveries page along with their descriptions.
8. Click Send Request in the Deliveries page to send the channel delivery request to the selected platform and region. For details,
Once done, the Confirm Send Request window is displayed.
Using the Confirm Send Request screen, you can:
Send the channel delivery request to the selected platform and region
View the channel delivery stream
These two sections are explained below.
To proceed with sending the request for channel delivery to the selected platform and region, click the Send Request button. Once done, the request is sent to the Onboarding team, who configures the channel delivery to the platform’s selected region.
The Send Request button now toggles to Revoke Request, and the status of the channel delivery request is updated from Not Sent to Sent.
You can send multiple channel delivery requests following this process. The status of all your channel deliveries is updated in the Deliveries page.
The Delivery Stream shows a preview of how your content is playing out before it is delivered to the platform’s selected region (In this example, Plex in US).
You can stop and start the channel delivery from the Delivery Stream section.
At times, you may want to revoke the request that you have sent for the channel delivery by performing the following steps:
Navigate to the Deliveries page, and click the Revoke Request button.
A toast message about the revoke request status is displayed.
When revoked, the Revoke Request button toggles back to Resend request, and the channel delivery request status is updated from Sent to Revoked.
You can send the channel delivery request again by clicking the Resend request button, which behaves in the same manner as the send request button.
If you want to stop the delivery of your channel to the selected platform and region at any point of time:
1. Navigate to the Deliveries page.
2. Click the STOP DELIVERY button.
Once done, a toast message regarding stopping the channel delivery is displayed on the bottom-right corner of the Delivery Stream section.
The Deliveries page is now updated with the current status of channel delivery.
When the delivery to the channel is stopped, the monetization state changes its state from Monetization Enabled to Not Monetized.