Planning & scheduling

Build playlists that stay ready for broadcast.

Build channel playlists from imported schedules, manual planning, reusable templates, or metadata-based rules.

The planning module supports continuous 24/7 timelines with primary and secondary items, fixed start times, floating durations, dynamic blocks, and media availability checks.

Key capabilities

  • Schedule templates — reusable structures for recurring programming.
  • Static and dynamic blocks — group content and expand blocks manually or automatically.
  • Fixed start times — keep key events locked to exact broadcast times.
  • Floating durations — allow parts of the schedule to adjust around fixed events.
  • File availability check — verify that required media exists before playout.
  • AMOS — metadata-based scheduling for automated playlist generation.

Schedules & blocks

Schedules form the channel timeline. They can be imported from traffic systems or created in Stream Circle.

Blocks group related items such as commercial breaks, interstitials, or recurring programme structures. They can be inserted into schedules and expanded manually, dynamically, or just before airtime, when final content is available.

Content-based planning

Stream Circle wraps media into playlist items with processing rules.

Primary items typically include video files, live feeds, and full-screen graphics. Secondary items include logos, lower thirds, tickers, rating graphics, audio overlays, or picture-in-picture elements attached to primary content.

Secondary items

Secondary items define what appears with or over the main content: channel logos, lower thirds, tickers, PG indicators, subtitles, picture-in-picture, audio supplements, or full-page HTML graphics.

They can be planned in advance or controlled from the running playlist.

AMOS — Autonomous Metadata Oriented Scheduling

AMOS builds playlists from metadata and scheduling rules.

Instead of planning every item manually, broadcasters define selection, prioritisation, and rotation rules — for example by genre, freshness, play count, rights window, or content type.

AMOS can be used for automated news, music, thematic channels, or commercial spot rotation, where routine playlist assembly follows repeatable rules.