Choose the right content type
Decide whether something should be an event, a channel, an on-demand title, a show, an article or a page before you build it.
Every piece of content in MediaCore2 has a type, and each type behaves differently: when it goes public, how it’s sold, what happens when it ends. Pick the right one before you build your first season, series or channel.
The content types at a glance
| Type | Use it for | Where you create it | How it behaves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | One broadcast with a start and an end: a game, a service, a concert, a graduation | Studio → Content → Events | Shows a countdown, plays during its broadcast window, then retires and becomes an on-demand replay |
| Live channel | A stream that is always there, like a venue camera or a linear channel | Studio → Feed Console → Manage Channels | Shows LIVE only while something is actually on air |
| Playout channel | A channel built from recorded videos that plays on its own | Studio → Playout → Playouts | Runs a playlist around the clock with nobody at the desk |
| On-demand title | A single recorded video or audio title, or one title made of several parts | Studio → Content → On-Demand | Always available to whoever the title’s access allows |
| Show | A series with seasons and episodes | Studio → Content → Shows | Episodes inherit the show’s access unless you override one |
| Article | News, match reports, announcements, photo and video galleries | Studio → Content → Blog & Articles | Draft, publish now or schedule for later |
| Radio station | A live audio stream with now-playing information | Studio → Radio → Stations | Plays in the player that stays open while visitors browse |
| Schedule entry | A programme guide listing that isn’t a broadcast page of its own | Studio → Content → Schedule | Appears in the public programme guide, one-off or weekly |
| Page | About, Terms, Privacy, a contact form | Studio → Library → Pages | A standing page, optionally linked in the footer |
| Product | Merchandise | Studio → Shop → Products | Sold in the store, separately from anything a viewer can watch |
Decide in three questions
- 1Does it happen at a set time?
If it starts and ends at a time you can put in a calendar, make it an event, even when the camera is unattended. Events carry the countdown, the ticket and the replay.
- 2Is it always on?
A camera or signal that runs all day is a live channel. A channel you want to fill from recordings is a playout channel.
- 3Is it already recorded?
A one-off recording is an on-demand title. Recordings that belong to a numbered series are episodes of a show. Anything read rather than watched is an article.
Common situations
| You want to… | Use |
|---|---|
| Sell Friday night’s game | An event with Pay-per-event or Subscription OR PPE access |
| Publish the replay of that game | Nothing: the platform turns the event into an on-demand title for you |
| Put out a weekly magazine programme | A show, with a season per year and an episode per week |
| Keep a doubleheader together | One on-demand title with two parts |
| Run a 24/7 campus or venue camera | A live channel |
| Stitch several clips into one highlights video | Studio → Library → Video Joiner, then publish the result as an on-demand title |
| Write a match report that leads to the replay | An article, with the replay in its related content |
| Carry the radio call over a game | A radio station, attached to the event as its companion station |