4C-TV Table of Contents

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