ABSolute will have planned maintenance on Monday 23rd June 2025 07:00-12:00 GMT for upgrades on the Graphics module.

There will be up to one hour of downtime where ABSolute will not be accessible between 07:00-8:00 GMT.

Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to a member of the support team.

Thanks!

The ABSolute Team

In the latest update we bring you some optimisations to the Breaks Module. Although nothing can quite replace the keen eye of a scheduler, ABSolute will now take into consideration even more complex schedules to require as little intervention on your end as possible.

Since the logic is now going through a wider variety of scenarios, the Build Breaks button will open a new page, so that you can track the progress of the automation as it happens. Similarly, the Export Break Pattern button will also open a new page.

Additionally, we've made a few small improvements to the Internal CRO within the Hybrid Sales System.

• The single day editor will now remain on the slot you're working on when adding/moving/deleting spots manually.
• Any overbooked slots will now show up in red and available time in green, similar to the weekly view.

As always, if you have any questions regarding this update or anything relating to ABSolute please feel free to browse our support articles or raise a ticket using the Help widget!

All the best,

The ABSolute Team

ABSolute will have planned maintenance on Wednesday 7th May 2025 07:00-10:00 GMT for backend upgrades on the Breaks module.

There will be up to one hour of downtime where ABSolute will not be accessible between 07:00-8:00 GMT.

Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to a member of the support team.

Thanks!

The ABSolute Team

The latest ABSolute release is now live! 🥳 

In this version we bring you...

The Hybrid Sales Module

Have you got internal commercials you would like to schedule alongside the ones provided by an external sales house? Well, now you can do so using our hybrid sales module!

Switching to hybrid sales will give you access to our Internal CRO System. This is where you can input your release orders, plan out the time bands for your spots and automate the scheduling of internal commercials to replace the internal dummy breaks imported directly from the break builder.

The internal CRO system lets you automate and manually fine tune your commercial scheduling according to all your spot rules.

Finally, you can publish your completed internal CRO and automate the commercials into your playlist.

Do reach out to the team if you’d like a demo with more details on functionality, and as always feel free to raise a support ticket should you have any questions!

All the best,

The ABSolute Team

ABSolute will have planned maintenance on Thursday 10th April 07:00-12:00 GMT for upgrades and releases of new features.

There will be up to one hour of downtime where ABSolute will not be accessible between 07:00-8:00 GMT.

The latest release notes will be available in the announcements tab. Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to a member of the support team.

Thanks!

The ABSolute Team

ABSolute has been updated to the latest version 🥳

Channels without the Rights Management module will now be able to check the scheduling availability of their songs directly from the Songs list. Simply select All, Expired or Unexpired from the new Availability dropdown and hit the Search button to filter your list.

As a reminder for channels which do use the Rights Management module, a more extensive way to check for content expiry statuses can be done via Rights Management > Reports. Click here for a quick guide on that.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please raise a support ticket via the Help widget to reach out to a member of our team.

All the best,

The ABSolute Team

Here’s a brief summary of the latest bug fixes:

• The Episodes button will now be disabled in the Programme Master Add form where no episodes have been created yet.
• Filter dropdowns at the top of the Programmes and Songs lists will now have consistent shapes.
• When adding new versions under Timecodes for channels with shared content, the channel selection will default to blank to prevent instances where a channel is selected but not saved.
• The View Schedule tooltip in the Schedule List will now appear no matter which part of the button you hover over.
• The legacy Update Assets checkbox has been removed from the Add Graphics sections under the Programme and Episode Masters.
• The legacy Sort checkbox has been removed from the Programme Master.
• The Duration calculation in Timecodes will no longer allow you to place your cursor into the box, as this is not an input field.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please raise a support ticket via the Help widget to reach out to a member of our team.

All the best,

The ABSolute Team

The latest ABSolute release is now live! 🥳

In this version we bring you...

Channel Categories

• User defined categories can now be used to categorise Fillers as well as Songs.
• All Channel Categories can now be managed in one convenient category list.

     Check out this handy guide if you'd like some more detail.

More MAM access locations

• Your programme media can now be viewed in two additional locations: the FPC & the Playlist Editor.

Search in Playlist Editor

• All interstitials on the left hand side of your Playlist Editor can now be searched for in the search bar at the top of each tab.

We've also squashed some small bugs as a little bonus, to make your ABSolute experience as smooth as possible.

• The Tickers tab in the Playlist Editor will no longer have fully capitalised column titles for Start and End Date.
• The Programme Category (i.e. Film/Series/Live Performance etc.) will now consistently show up as 'Category' rather than 'Sub-Category'.
• The View All dropdown in the Programmes list will now function for Channels with Rights Management (so long as no filters are selected). If filters are selected it will show up with a lower opacity to signify that it cannot be used.
• Any line breaks in the text boxes of secondary elements will now be automatically removed to avoid later errors.
• The Selected Duration counter in the Playlist Editor will now show up with a lower opacity in the tabs where it cannot be used and the total sum will no longer stay visible after switching interstitial tabs.

All the best,

The ABSolute Team

ABSolute will have planned maintenance on Wednesday 27th November 08:00-16:00 GMT for upgrades and releases of new features.

There will be up to two hours of downtime where ABSolute will not be accessible between 08:00-10:00 GMT.

The latest release notes will be available in the announcements tab. Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to a member of the support team.

Thanks!

The ABSolute Team

📈 VOD Ad-Insertion🌟

We can now facilitate the addition of commercials to VOD content for those on the Sky platform.

📺 Platform Integrations🌟

We have completed additional sales house and EPG platform integrations.

📢 Animated Tickers

You now have even more flexibility in how your ticker animates on and off air, including choosing between a fixed or flexible duration.

🔒 Lock/Unlock Multiple Dates

For channels utilising the lock/unlock feature in the schedule list, you can now lock/unlock multiple days at once instead of needing to work on each date individually.

🎵 Link Songs to Programmes

For those with the Jukebox module, you can now link songs to programmes that are outside their rights dates. These will be highlighted in red so that you can easily see which songs aren't currently available.