Getting started

Find your way around the Studio

Take a tour of the Studio’s sidebar, header, Dashboard and Settings so you know where every part of your platform is run from.

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The Studio is where your staff run everything. Read this on your first day in it — and share it with anyone who joins your team — so the rest of these guides make sense when they say “Studio → Content → Events”.

What you see depends on your role

The sidebar is built for each person. A section appears only when your role allows at least one page inside it, and a module’s pages disappear while that module is switched off. After signing in, each staff member lands on the first page they’re allowed to open. If a guide mentions a page you can’t find, ask an administrator whether the module is off or the page is outside your role.

  • Search — press Ctrl+K (Cmd+K on a Mac) on any page to find events, videos, shows, articles, users, channels and plans.
  • Notifications — the bell collects alerts meant for you, such as new orders, contact messages or a live channel going offline.
  • Light and dark — switches the Studio’s own appearance for you. It doesn’t change your public site.
  • Collapse — hides the sidebar when you need the whole screen, such as when watching every stream at once.

The Dashboard

Studio → Dashboard is your morning view: revenue across several time windows, visitor totals, counts of everything in your catalogue, a plan-adoption chart, your top content and a recent-activity feed. The needs attention strip lists pending orders, unread contact messages and draft articles waiting for someone.

The Studio
Studio → Dashboard, with the needs-attention strip and revenue tiles in view

Sections open and close like drawers, and the Studio remembers which ones you keep open.

SectionItemsWhat you do there
HomeHome Dashboard, Sliders, Sections, Carousel, PopupArrange your public homepage: hero slides, content rows, partner logos and popups.
ContentEvents, Events Calendar, Shows, On-Demand, Blog & Articles, ScheduleCreate and schedule what your audience watches and reads.
Feed ConsoleFeed Hub, Manage Channels, Feeds, Pipelines, Event HubBring live sources in, send them out, and watch every stream on one wall.
PlayoutPlayoutsRun 24/7 channels from playlists of recordings.
TaxonomyGenres, Conferences, Groups, Cast & Crew, Athletes, Roster Positions, TeamsMaintain the labels everything is tagged with.
LibraryMedia Library, Video Joiner, Pages, Contact Inbox, CommentsStore files, join recordings, write site pages, answer messages and moderate comments.
ShopProducts, Categories, Variants, OrdersSell merchandise and fulfil orders.
RadioStationsAdd and edit radio stations.
TickerTicker Dashboard, Settings, Alerts, Content, RSS Feeds, Events Feeds, Score TickerRun the broadcast-style bar across the top or bottom of your site.
ManagementUsers, Staff Members, Roles & Permissions, Subscription Plans, Coupons, Payments, AnalyticsLook after viewers, staff, plans, discount codes, payments and reports.
MarketingWeb Ads, Mobile AdsPlace banners on your site and in your apps.
SystemNotifications, Compose Notification, Notification Templates, Settings, PluginsRead and send notifications, edit their wording, change settings and install add-ons.
HelpTools, Tutorials, What’s NewFind helper apps and files, watch how-to videos and read what changed in each release.

Inside Settings

Studio → System → Settings groups its screens along the top, and each group has its own row of sub-tabs:

GroupSub-tabs
AppearanceTheme, Branding, Footer, SEO
LocaleLanguage, Region, Translations
ContentFeatures, Viewer Access, Video Ads, Home Player, AI Provider — plus Streaming and Recordings while the broadcast console is unlocked
IntegrationsOrganization (sports platforms), Platform, Roku TV, Weather, Analytics, Custom Code, Support Line
SecurityAccess, SMTP
SystemMaintenance
The Studio
Studio → System → Settings, with the Appearance group selected and its four sub-tabs visible

Help inside the Studio

Everything under Help is open to every staff member. Tools collects apps, files, links and articles you can use alongside the platform. Tutorials holds how-to videos. What’s New lists the changes in each release, newest first.

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