#5: Streaming a Virtual Channel

Once the different programs, whether they are VOD or Live events, have been scheduled on a Virtual Channel, the schedule should be reflected and personalization should be implemented when it applies. To do so, the Virtual Channel and the different Sources used as program, must be configured to be delivered through a CDN. More information about CDN configuration can be found in the Using broadpeak.io with a CDN section.

As an outcome of the CDN configuration, a streaming link which points to the CDN FQDN is provided. It should be used in the Service Plan and provided to players when they request to stream your Virtual Channel. It should look like the following:

https://myCDNFQDN/**d3d9446802a**/myStream/myOutput/index.mpd

Identification of the Audience when streaming

When using some level of personalization on a Virtual Channel service, the player or the service platform needs to specify some information about the Audience in the streaming request. broadpeak.io expects to receive query parameters which identify the category or the zip code in the streaming request. This way, it can identify which Audience the viewer belongs to and personalize the content accordingly.

The segment is identified with a subscriber Id

Example:

Audience sub1 : 0000001
Audience sub2 : 0000002

Streaming links per Audience:

The segment is identified with a device id

Example:

Audience device 1: ABCDEFG1
Audience device 2: ABCDEFG2

Streaming links per Audience:

The segment is identified with a subscriber profile type

Examples:

Adults
Kids
Men
Women
Etc…

Streaming links per Audience:

The segment is a group of zip codes

Ex:

Audience NYC :

zip code: 10001
zip code: 10002
……………….,
zip code: 10100

Streaming links per Audience: