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A channel that never goes dark
Loop a playlist of recorded video around the clock, with auto-start and adaptive quality so every viewer gets a picture their connection can hold.
ON AIRLIVE TV CHANNELS
Build a channel from a playlist of recorded video, set it looping, and put it in a line-up your audience browses like cable — with a guide that says what’s on, and live events that take over the channel when they start.
- Loops around the clock
- Playlist edits without a restart
- Guide in 4 day-parts
- LIVE only when it’s on air
02/ 07WITHOUT IT
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A playout server in a rack, a running order in a spreadsheet, and someone watching the output in case the next file doesn’t start.
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Change the running order and the channel restarts, dropping everyone who was watching.
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Between live games the screen goes black, and the badge on the page still says LIVE.
03/ 07HOW IT WORKS
A channel is a playlist, a slot in the line-up and a line in the guide. After that, nobody has to sit at the desk.
- Step 01
Build the playlist
Add recorded video to a playout, drag it into running order, and switch on loop, auto-start and adaptive quality.
- Step 02
Put it on air
Press Start and watch the live preview. Skip ahead or re-sync from the same screen, and edit the playlist while it runs — the change lands without a restart.
- Step 03
Add it to the line-up
Give the channel artwork, a category and its access — free, any subscription, or named plans — and it takes its place in the public channel grid.
- Step 04
Publish the schedule
Enter shows once or weekly in the programme guide. Live events appear there on their own, and when one starts, its companion channel carries it.
04/ 07WHAT IT DOES
Playout, a channel line-up and a programme guide, in the same Studio that runs your events and your catalogue.
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Reorder without dropping anyone
Drag the running order, add or remove items, and the change reaches the channel while it plays. No restart, and nobody watching is thrown off.
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Start, Stop, Skip, Re-sync
Control the output from one screen, with a live preview of exactly what is going out. Every playout also sits on the same monitoring wall as your feeds.
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A cable-style line-up
An artwork grid with category tabs and search, view counts, and free or paid badges that name the plan a viewer needs.
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A LIVE badge that tells the truth
The red pulsing badge appears only when something is really on air, detected automatically. Off air, viewers see your filler instead of a dead player.
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Channels that carry your events
When a scheduled event starts, its companion channel takes the event’s video, artwork and paywall, then returns to the off-air slate when it ends. Every game of the season, hands off.
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A guide people can read
A week at a time, with a day rail showing item counts, split into Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Late Night by each entry’s start time as entered. Up to 4 entries marked live rotate in a banner at the top, with a Watch button on events.
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Type it once, air it all season
Guide entries are one-off or weekly recurring — “Friday Night Football, 7–10pm, September to November” is entered once. Every active event appears on its own and stays in sync.
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Keeps playing while they browse
Channels play in the site’s persistent player, and a homepage slot can autoplay the channel you choose the moment a visitor arrives.
05/ 07BOTH SIDES OF THE GLASS
The viewerPublic site · apps
- A line-up of channel artwork, sorted into categories and searchable
- A LIVE badge only on the channels that are actually on air
- The plan they need, named on the badge before they press play
- A channel that keeps playing while they browse the rest of the site
- A guide with tonight’s matchups, crests and live scores
- A Watch button on the events the guide marks live
Your teamThe Studio
- A playlist dragged into running order, looping on its own
- Start, Stop, Skip and Re-sync beside a live preview
- Playlist edits that land on air without a restart
- Weekly guide entries typed once for the whole season
- A notification naming any live channel that drops off air
- Every playout on the same monitoring wall as the feeds
06/ 07THE SPECS
- Playout options
- Loop · Auto-start · Adaptive quality
- Playout controls
- Start · Stop · Skip · Re-sync · Live preview
- Playlist changes
- Reach the running channel with no restart
- Channel access
- Free · Any subscription · Named plans
- Programme guide
- A week at a time · 4 day-parts · one-off or weekly recurring
- LIVE badge
- Detected automatically, two independent ways
- Event takeover
- Video, artwork and paywall follow the event, then revert
Questions operators ask
No. A playout channel is built in the Studio from recorded video you already have, and it runs on broadcast-grade streaming infrastructure managed for you.
THE TALLY LIGHT IS RED
See a playout channel running on a call, or read how to build your first one.
A 30-minute walkthrough of the live product — no slides.