software products & services
ODG owns and develops software tools designed to effectively and efficiently manage on demand television services.
We define, install and maintain management tools and market research systems to support the successful operation of on demand platforms.
Features of our systems include:
- Contract rights and royalties management
- Product and metadata management
- Asset management and production workflow
- Barker scheduling
- Reporting and analysis tools
The software is fully integrated with the SeaChange iTV VOD system. It is user-friendly and provides intranet and extranet access.
VoDzilla and On Demand Reporter
ODG’s content management system - is available to operators as a fully managed service or on a license basis. This allows operators the choice of running the software themselves or drawing on ODG’s considerable experience of running content management platforms.
The software has been designed solely with VoD content management in mind. It offers the following key benefits to any VoD service operator:
- Scalable end to end solution, managing the complete VoD media lifecycle
- Flexible, with standard XML interfaces providing quick integration into third party systems
- Proven technical and operational experience gained over three years managing Virgin Media VoD content
The system comprises the following core modules, all accessed through a user friendly graphical user interface:
- Content Management – for the entry or ingest of metadata related to VoD assets
- Digital Asset Management – for the ingest of digital media assets
- Product Management – for the entry and management of editorial and marketing metadata related to products
- Management Information – for the automated delivery of management information to remote operator systems
- Regulatory Reporting and Compliance – for the automated delivery of reports to regulatory bodies, clients or partners
- Barker Scheduler – for the automated delivery of Barker Schedules to remote barker ‘playout’ systems
In addition to the standard VoDzilla package, On Demand can also provide the On Demand Reporter. This is a full business intelligence reporting solution for the management of VOD services. This product aggregates raw buy data from VOD platforms and provides a fully customisable suite of management reports to suit the operator’s requirements.
The On Demand Reporter has been designed to be quick to configure and easy to manage. This enables to get operators up and running within a matter of days without the need for bespoke data warehouse development and expensive on-going maintenance. Furthermore it comes with the preconfigured reports and graphs that On Demand use day-to-day in their management of the VOD services reaching over 3 million subscribers in the UK.
