4C-TV™ System

List of Functions

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Acquisition

Programming

Logging

Media Library

Traffic

Quality Control

Workflow Functions

On Air Promotion

Production

Ad Sales

System Maintenance

Acquisition

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Type
Function
Description
List

Address Book

List Address Book records (Distributors, Suppliers, Clients,...).
List

Contracts

List Program Acquisition Contract records.
Form

Contract Record

Maintenance of Contract information (rights, costs, products, payments, etc.).
List Programs for Acquisitions Program list for Contract maintenance.
Form

Program Contract

Maintenance of program's complete contract, technical and traffic information.
List

Series

List Series records (Acquisition).
Form

Program Payment

Maintenance screen for individual Program payment information.
List Archive List List Archived Programs records.
Function

Import Avail List

Import AvailList from text file exported from Excel.
Function

Import Payment List

Import Payment List from text file exported from Excel.

Programming

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Type
Function
Description
List Programs for Scheduling Program list for scheduling information.
Form

Program - Programming Form

Maintenance of program technical information used by Scheduling, with technical, planning and scheduling information
Form

Program Technical (guide)

Maintenance of Program technical data (titles, cast, synopsis, production, category, origin, etc.).
Function

Monthly Calendar

Monthly Schedule Calendar.
Function

Multi Day Calendar

Multi Day Schedule Calendar.
List Programs for Planning Program list for burst planning.
List Schedule Parameters List of Schedule parameters and planning template records.
Function

Burst Plannning

Burst Plannning spreadsheet.
Function

Calculate Pre-Schedule

Pre-Schedule Robot screen, used to calculate and generate the automatic monthly pre-schedule based on the available program's burst plans.
Function

Monthly Scheduling

Use pre-scheduled items to prepare the Monthly Schedule.
Function

Scheduling Control

Month end and Controlling functions for the Monthly Schedule.
List Avail List List of existing Avail List records
Function Avail List Preparation Multipane Avail List preparation screen
List Series (programming) List Series records (Programming).
Function

Series Scheduling

Monthly Scheduling of repeating Series; used mostly for invited channels
Function

Episode Scheduling

Individual Series Episode scheduling.
List

People List

List of Personalities records.
List Program Keywords Special list of Program records for "keyword" maintinance.
Special Import program synopsis Import individual program synopsis from text file.
Function

Action Pack Calendar

Action Pack maintenance calendar.
Function

Import Schedule

Import Schedule from text file. Accepts two formats for Sony & Warner channels.

Logging

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Type
Function
Description
Function

Daily Schedule

Daily Schedule preparation, validation and programming function.
List

Promos

List Promo records.
List

Interstitial List

List of Interstitial and production records.
Function

Break Template Maintenance

This function is used for Break Template maintenance.
Function

Automation Interf. Templates

Automation Interface Template Maintenance Screen.

Media Library

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Type
Function
Description
Function

Media Library Operation

Media Library Operation screen.
List

Media Library Maintenance

Media Library list, with record edting capabilities, should be used by Media Libary users only.
Form

Media Record

Maintenance screen for media Library records.
List

Media Disposition List

Media disposition list, used to execute Media disposition functions, and print corresponding Certificates.
List

Program Copies

List Program Copy records (versions).
List

Other Material

List Other Material records (non-classified material, image database, etc.).
Form

Program Copy Display

Form view of individual Program Copy technical information (display only).
List Program Parts List individual Program parts records.
Function

Label Queue

Media Label printing queue.
Function

Media Acquisition

Record new media acquisition, add blank media to the inventory.
Function

Recycle Media

Media recycle functional screen.
Function

Dispose Copies

Program Copy Disposition function.
Function

Media Library Configuration

Media Library Configuration, including Layout definition.
Function

Media Library Label Config

Media Library Label & Reports configuration maintenance.
Function

Media Library Parameters

Media Library Operation parameters maintenance.

Traffic

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Type
Function
Description
List

Programs for Traffic

Program list for Traffic management and information.
Form

Job Management

Management screen for Program's Work Order & Versions maintenance.
List

Programs for Traffic

Program list for Traffic shipping & receiving.
Form

Program Materials

Maintenance of program material receiving and recording of new program versions.
List

Shipments

List of Shipment records.
Form

Program Copy Record

Maintenance of Program Copies technical, traffic and quality information.
Function

Traffic Parameters

Traffic parameters maintenance.

Quality Control

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Type
Function
Description
List Programs for Technical Program list for technical information maintenance.
List

Media Library

List Media records.

On Air Promotion

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Type
Function
Description
List

Promos for Production

List Promos for Production management & control.
Form

Promo Record

Maintenance screen for Promo records.
Function

Promo Template Maintenance

This function is used for Promo Template maintenance.

Production

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Type
Function
Description
List

Interstitials for Production

List Intertitials for Production management & control.
List

Event List

List Event Parts.
Form

Interstitial Record

Maintenance screen for interstitial and other production records.

Workflow Management

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Type
Function
Description
List

Jobs List

List Job records.
List

Job Payment List

List Job records with special payment functions.
Function

Job Control

Function for controlling Job assignment, status and completion.
Function

Jobs Parameters Configuration

Parameter definitions for Work Order attributes & calculations.
Function

Job Templates

Templates for automatic Job Generation.

Ad Sales

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Type
Function
Description
List

Ad Sales Contracts

List Ad Sales Contracts.
List Advertisers List Advertiser records.
List Ad Agencies List Ad Agency records.
List

Commercials

List Commercial records.
List

Ad Insert Orders (maintenance)

List Ad Insert Order records (OI's).
List Ad Insert Orders (view) List Ad Insert Order (display only).
List

Ad Insert Plans

List Ad Insertion Plan records.
Function

Break Schedule Grid

Commercial break grid maintenance screen.
Function

Commercial Inserts Schedule

Screen for Ad Commercial scheduling.
Function

Ad Sales Schedule Control

Month end and Controlling function for the Commercial Booking module.
List Programs for Ad Sales List Programs for Ad Sales follow-up.
List Agency Sales List Agency for sales summary and follow-up.
List Advertiser Sales List Advertisers for sales summary and follow-up.
Function

Ad Sales Summary (seconds)

Ad Sales summary spreadsheet, with time slots sold, and subtotaled by various variables.
Function

Ad Sales Summary (values)

Ad Sales summary spreadsheet, with sales values, and subtotaled by various variables.
Function

Import As Run Log

Import As Run Log from external automation equipment.
Function

As Run Reconciliation

Conciliation of Commercial Schedule against the As Run Log generated by on-air systems.
List Play Log Browse As Run Log records (imported).
List

Program Formats

List Program Format records (break formats).
List Price Table List Commercial placement Price Table records.
List Day Parts Browse Day Part definition records.

Systems Maintenance

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Type
Function
Description
Function

System Global Parameters

System parameters update form.
List Logging List of database audit log records.
Function

4C-TV Configuration

4C-TV Configuration Screen. Provides access to all system configuration parameters.
List

Channels

List Channel records.
List

User Profile

List User Profile definition records.
List

User Data Access Profile

List User Database Access Profile definition records.
Function

User Defined Lists Maintenance

Maintenance screen for user defined popup lists.
Function

Standard Materials

Maintenance screen for the Standard Contract deliverables (film facilities accessories).
List

System Functions

List System Function records.
List Registry List database registry.
Function

Advanced System

System Administrator Screen used for Debugging or executing special functions.
Function

Bar Code Server

Bar Code Server Monitoring Screen.
List Exchange Rates List Exchange rate records.
Function

Database Cleanup

Database Cleanup, with the selection of expired record for deletion
Function

Generic Import Function

Generic text import function.
Special

Quick Report Formulas

special internal functions that can be used in Quick or Super reports formulas.
Function

Import/Export

Programming Import/Export functions.


4C-TV Home | 4C-TV Functions | Release Notes

updated release 2.3.008
Thu, Nov 15, 2001