SCTE 97 2004

This Recommendation describes requirements in a cable operator's headend for Video-on-Demand (VoD)metadata. It enables a consistent level of features and offerings for VoD services that require metadata. Asillustrated in Fig. 1, this Recommendation, along with other Metadata Recommendations to be developed,will facilitate the distribution of content assets from multiple content providers over diverse networks tocable operators to support VoD and other applications at the headend.

The scope of this Recommendation is limited to specific metadata tags and the interfaces that facilitatetransfer of metadata and its content assets. This transfer occurs on a network from an independent providerto the cable operator via the Asset Distribution System (ADS) to whatever Asset Management System(AMS) there is residing at the cable operator's headend. This recommendation provides a common set ofmetadata used to enable distribution of the content assets to an AMS, as illustrated in Fig. 2. At the AMS,application-specific metadata is unwrapped to provide placement and business-rule information of thecontent assets. Some of the metadata may be reused in customer services, but should provide a filteringmechanism that is at the discretion of the cable operator and application server as indicated inRecommendation J.metadata.

It is important to note that metadata is not a service but enables a service like VoD to be implemented.These requirements define the creation of metadata and how it is handled in the scope of a VoDapplication.

Details

Published:

01/01/2004

ANSI:

ANSI Approved

Number of Pages:

11