02 — Capability · BC-1460.30
Media Asset Preparation
Receive 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.
- Content Supply Chain
- Media Processing
- Ingest & Encoding
In scope
- Content receipt and technical quality checks
- Encoding, transcoding and packaging for devices
- Content protection and encryption
- Descriptive metadata and artwork
Out of scope
- General storage and backup infrastructure (see BC-730)
- Enterprise master data governance (see BC-750)
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-1460.30.10Content Ingest & Quality CheckAccept files and feeds from content owners and check them for technical defects before anything reaches a viewer.
- BC-1460.30.20Encoding & TranscodingConvert content into the bitrates, resolutions and formats each device and network path requires, at acceptable quality and cost.
- BC-1460.30.30Stream Packaging & EncryptionPackage encoded content for streaming and on-demand playback and apply the protection that rights holders require.
- BC-1460.30.40Content Metadata & ArtworkDescribe each title with consistent descriptive, technical and rights metadata and the images that make it appealing in the interface.