• Schedule (On-Air). An On-Air schedule is a playlist containing all events scheduled to be transmitted by an automation system. The schedule tells the automation system what to play and when. With Etere, users can define, import, and export on-air schedules, including the secondary events contained within them.
• Schedule (Commercial). A Commercial schedule is a playlist that originates from the on-air schedule. It distributes events that are grouped in segments and blocks. Etere offers a reliable solution for commercial scheduling and sales and invoicing operations.
• Scheduled Broadcast. A scheduled broadcast is the expected presence of an event within the broadcast schedule.
• Scheduler. A scheduler is a graphical user interface to support advanced planning of On-Air and Commercial schedules. Etere offers two robust schedulers for planning the station programming: Executive Editor and Strategic Editor.
• Scheduling. Scheduling is the minute planning of the content of a broadcast channel before its transmission. Etere provides a versatile solution where users can create customizable schedules that cover critical aspects of broadcast programming, such as content rights, commercial rules, audience analysis, alternative playlists, and import capabilities.
• Standard-Definition. Standard-Definition (SD) Television refers to television systems with a resolution that meets standards but is not considered either enhanced or high definition.
• Serial Digital Interface. Serial Digital Interface (SDI) is a standard-definition video based on a 270mbps transfer rate. SDIs include ancillary data such as audio or other metadata.
• Secam. Secam, or Séquentiel couleur à mémoire (Sequential Color with Memory), is first used in France's analog color television system. See Video formats.
• Secondary Event. A secondary event is an event associated with the main event intended to be featured along with it. With Etere, users can associate secondary events to a scheduled event to, for example, show the station logo, perform channel branding, send hexadecimal commands, and perform other processes.
• Segment. A segment is a broadcast time interval that can be either a fragment of a block or a part of a program. In Etere, segments include vital properties such as start time, end time, duration, program type, and automatic programming.
• Sequence. A video sequence that commences with a video segment and is followed by one or more different video segments.
• Server (video). A video server is a primarily digital storage system that provides audio and video storage for a network of clients. Compared to general-purpose file servers, video servers can handle more data, and files with larger file sizes are continuously delivered. With Etere, users can utilize video servers across the three areas of television operation: transmission, post-production, and news broadcast. All the while supporting different storage capacities, number of channels, compression ratios, and degree of access to store material.
• Signature Tune. To know more about a signature tune, see Themes.
• Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is a professional organization that sets standards for American television. Etere uses SMPTE metadata as a dictionary for naming and labeling the elements of other metadata schemes.
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is used for electronic mail transmission across Internet Protocol networks. With Etere, users can send emails through an SMPTE email server.
• Simple Network Management Protocol. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used to monitor information about a host's status on a TCP/IP network. With Etere's Monitoring Console, users can watch all of the Etere and non-Etere components in the system. Then collect their sent information and store received data according to fully user-defined policies.
• Split Network. A slit network indicates the division of a program during a specific time frame into two or more versions to deliver specific content to different audiences. With Etere, users can split commercial programs to provide different versions in other relative networks.
• Split Commercial. A Split Commercial is a commercial from the same advertiser, devoting part of its time to one product and one piece to another. Each element can stand alone and is often called a Piggyback commercial.
• Spot. A spot is a purchased broadcast time for advertising. It is also known as Spot TV. To learn more about a Spot, see Commercial.
• Structured Query Language. Structured Query Language (SQL) server is the standardized query language for requesting information from a database. Etere is based on an SQL database to ensure data integrity and allow automatic backups. To know more about SQL databases, see Database.
• Subtitles. A subtitle is a text version of a program's dialogue, overlayed on the screen either at broadcast or at reception for the hearing impaired or when a speaker is unclear or speaking in a foreign language. Subtitles can be imprinted on video, overlaid via Teletext or Closed Captioning. Etere supports overlaying multilingual subtitles using software capabilities or dedicated subtitling devices.
• Station. A Station is a network for the distribution of television content. With Etere, broadcasters can manage as many stations as required. Users can work stations independently while still being integrated with the rest of the system, from programming to playout.
• Story. A story is a container used by the NCRS for the grouping of several objects.
• Streaming Media. Streaming media refers to data, typically video or audio, that is transferred in real-time instead of waiting for it to download before you can play it. With Etere's streaming capabilities, users can view video content even while captured.
• Subscription. A subscription is a term that refers to the messages, called subscriptions, sent by an Etere application to another application, called a subscriber, through the Etere Notification Console. This is to notify a particular event.
Subscription can also is a term used to refer to feeds, such as Ansa and Reuters, subscribed by Etere Nunzio to gather news.