Before working with the Scheduling module, understanding what elements make up the programming process is important. Therefore, it is highly suggested first to take a look at the following glossary:
• Asset: In broadcasting, assets are the resources (e.g. digital files, tapes, discs, etc) used by a station to support the on-air transmission of a scheduled event.
• Broadcast playlist: A schedule containing all events scheduled to go on-air on a certain "television day"; events are sorted chronologically according to their scheduled times.
• Cluster: A group of scheduled events (e.g. commercials) programmed to be transmitted consecutively together.
• Event: A program destined to go on-air at a specific time; an event is a univocal database item referring to a particular asset scheduled at a specific date and time.
• Rollover time: It is a parameter (set under Etere Configuration | Settings | Basic | System) that permits to dictate the expected start time of the station's television day (e.g., from 06:00:00 to 05:59:59).
• Split: Indicates the division of a cluster of events (especially commercial) during a certain time frame into two or more versions (i.e., networks, regions or markets) to deliver specific content to different audiences simultaneously.
• Television day: It is about 24 hours, expected to start at a given rollover time; it is used to determine the start of the programming schedule and, therefore, the financial day.
The first event of a television day is the one located at the start of the television day's "broadcast playlist"; the first event is not always the first event after the expected rollover time (e.g. 06:00:00) since "broadcast playlists" may last less or more than 24 hours.
More detailed information on terms used throughout Etere can be found in the global Glossary chapter.