Schedule Metadata Flow – The Times They are a Changin'

There is no question that we are currently experiencing one of the most dramatic periods of change in the broadcast industry. The move from analog to digital has had impacts far beyond what many would have anticipated. Facilities are changing, systems are evolving, and perhaps most significantly, entire workflows are emerging that have the potential to completely change the way the broadcasting business is run. — The whole area of schedule and as run metadata, or as it is often referred to in aggregate, event-related metadata, is in the process of undergoing the most significant improvement it has undergone since the manual entry of events into automation gave way to batch file transfers. — The evolution currently underway involves improvements on several fronts. Proprietary approaches are giving way to standardization. Batch transfers of data are being complemented by dynamic, interactive integration of systems. Flat files are being replaced by XML files and messages. As a result, new workflows and business models are being enabled that are resulting in a better way of doing business in broadcast facilities.

Published

2005-11

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00382

ISBN

978-1-61482-942-3