02 — Capability · BC-1460
Content & Programming
Secure the rights to the content audiences want, arrange it into channels and catalogs, prepare it for every screen and deliver it reliably, then pay content owners what the agreements say. This covers the content itself, not the advertising sold around it.
- Programming
- Content Operations
- Media Supply Chain
- Video Services
In scope
- Content licensing, carriage agreements and rights windows
- Channel lineups, linear schedules and on-demand catalogs
- Content preparation and linear, on-demand and streaming delivery
- Royalty and license fee accounting to content owners
Out of scope
- Selling and inserting advertising around content (see BC-1470)
- Contract drafting and legal review of agreements (see BC-150.20)
- Protecting the company's own trademarks and patents (see BC-150.30)
- Marketing the service to prospective subscribers (see BC-420)
Decomposes into · 5
- BC-1460.10Content Rights & CarriageAcquire the right to carry channels and license titles on terms the business can afford, and know at all times where, when and on which platforms each piece of content may be shown.
- BC-1460.20Programming & Lineup PlanningDecide what goes on which channel and when, what sits in the on-demand catalog, and how it is described in the guide, so audiences find something worth watching.
- BC-1460.30Media Asset PreparationReceive content from owners, check its quality, convert it into every format and resolution the platforms need, protect it, and describe it with metadata that makes it findable.
- BC-1460.40Video DeliveryGet linear channels, on-demand titles and streams to every subscriber device with the picture quality and start times viewers expect, and know when that is not happening.
- BC-1460.50Rights & Royalty AccountingCalculate and pay what is owed to channel owners, studios and other rights holders under each agreement, report the viewing that drives those payments, and spread content costs correctly over time.