Metadata Specifications
Below you will find an explanation of the content metadata attributes used in Frequency Studio as well as the schema for each attribute.
Genre
Genre is a two level hierarchy used to categorize content and must be sent through as genre and sub genre through one of the ingestion methods described in this section. A genre is required on either all videos, all integration points (e.g. each MRSS feed can have a different genre), or per Content Producer. Videos that have genres that do not match this schema will be rejected.
Please see Genres and Subgenres for a complete list of available subgenres. Requests for additional genres should be sent to your Frequency Account Manager.
Parental Rating
Parental Rating represents the age appropriate content for the selected country. Within each country is a set of ratings that correspond to ratings board within them, where available, and a generic set where they are not. This will be converted into the proper rating for each country where the content is played.
Please see Parental Rating for a complete list of available ratings.
Content Format
Content Format is a generic field separating out major categories of content such as "show", "interstitial" or "movie". This also determines how content integrates with other features in Frequency Studio, such as Series Metadata or if it can be used to automate Dynamic Interstitials.
Please see Content Format for a complete list of available content formats.
Content Type
Content Type is used to describe the video that could pertain across multiple categories such as "episode", “behind the scenes” or "trailers". This is the pattern, motif, or theme of the video that represents a broad classification of content.
Please see Content Type for a complete list of available content types.
Series Metadata
Individual videos may be related to Series metadata during content ingestion, as well as updated in the Video Details page. Series metadata is considered optional and is not required for ingestion.
Series metadata can be used during scheduling so that users are able to search their content library with ease, and may be used to populate EPG metadata.
For bulk update of your series metadata, please contact your Frequency Account Manager.
Please see Series Metadata for a complete list of available series metadata.