Navigating the Schedule    Managing the Data Flow

Navigating the Schedule

Program Data at a Glance The Program Editor window presents program data in an easy-to-understand format. Search tools and intuitive displays make it easy to navigate through complicated program listings. Click to zoom! Search Options The "Find Text" search option makes it easy to navigate through program data. Search for program names or descriptions by keywords. Click to zoom! Last Minute Edits and Overruns When program events change, you can edit the timings manually. The Event Overrun feature changes the end time of a program when it overruns the schedule, and automatically shifts subsequent events. Click to zoom! Multiple Channels and Services GuideBuilder has all the power and capability you need to edit and manage multiple channels and create detailed service descriptions for robust and informative EPGs. Click to zoom!

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Managing the Data Flow

Continuous Playout with Constant Updates GuideBuilder is designed to ensure consistent PSIP data generation and continuous playout of data. The client-server architecture of GuideBuilder supports central casting configurations and provides fault-tolerant features, including the ability to send out data from an internal carousel in a multiplexer. This allows the multiplexer to continue sending data if the GuideBuilder machine is disconnected. Integrated with a Wide Range of Broadcast Equipment GuideBuilder has been developed with an open system approach, providing a high-performance PSIP bit-stream generator that can be integrated with the following vendors: • Harris • Harmonic • Tandberg • Motorola • Tiernan/Radyne Comstream • SkyStream • Thomson Broadcast • Logic Innovations • BigBand Networks • Terayon • Thales   Easily Add Events The Add Event window lets you add events to the program schedule quickly and accurately. Detailed entry options allow you to describe audio, captioning, broadcast flag and rating information for all events in a virtual channel, and to create specific settings for individual events. Click to zoom! Advanced Encoding Controls The output encoding interface allows you to control the playout and encoding parameters to keep them compliant with ATSC DTV standards and recommended practices. Click to zoom! Import Data with One Click Import data from any of these sources with a single click: • Tribune Media Services (TMS) • TV Guide • ATSC PMCP • Generic • OSI • ProTrack • Encoda Systems • Scout • Storer • DecisionMark • VCI • PSIP Ingest Or set up automatic periodic updates for a hands-off approach. Third-party data formats can also be easily translated and then imported to the GuideBuilder system.