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ABSolute has been updated to the latest version 🥳

The recent releases have focused more on backend stability as we near our festive lockdown period, but here's a quick round-up of the optimisations we've put into place this past month.

Opt-Out Promos for Content Based Breaks

This year we've focused a lot on optimising our Sales module and we've continued to do so by now providing the option of SCTE triggers and opt-out promos for those using the Content Based Break Builder. This means that after building your Break Pattern, you'd just need to create some opt-out promos, run the playlist automation, and the SCTE triggers will be automatically placed into your playlist - to be replaced by platform specific commercials.

Click here for a quick refresher of the types of Break Builders that we offer.

Gracenote 2 EPG Format Update

To maintain our integrations at their latest level of service, we've updated the Gracenote 2 EPG export to include a "Live" column which will automatically populate a Yes against any content you have marked as live in your Programmes database and scheduled as original in your FPC.

Small Fixes and Optimisations

And finally; here's a brief summary of some of the updates we've been implementing to keep ABSolute running smoothly behind the scenes.

  • Allowed option for Asrun on channels without the sales module.
  • Added compatibility for different timechange hour in break patterns with a non-UK based playout.
  • Allowed adding new tickers with the same name as existing expired ones.
  • Backend optimisations for automated timechange during playlist export.
  • Fixed issue where timecode updates were not showing up in the playlist editor for shared channels assigned to the version after original timecodes are created.
  • Fixed issue where version remark was not displaying in the FPC on channels without the MAM module.
  • Optimised playlist export for live events handled by in-house playout.
  • Improved indexing in FPC to enhance query speeds.

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