Traffic & presentation
Ads, Commercial Breaks & Station IDs
Keep station branding, paid advertising and HVN house inventory separate so operators know what they are putting on air.
Broadcast asset upload
- Command → Master Control → Broadcast Asset Ingest.
- Choose Station ID, Station Bug, Butterfly Animation, Loop, Promo, Overlay or Safety Graphic.
- Select the correct market.
- Add duration/hold point where required.
- Add approval/usage notes.
- Upload to R2 through Command.
Station ID vs station bug
Station ID
Full ID asset used around program presentation. PREVIEW → CUE → TAKE → CLEAR.
Station ID bug
Small persistent/local mark. Upload separately and launch/clear independently.
Commercial break builder
- Upload approved ad creative into the correct Ad Inventory bucket.
- Verify flight dates, allowed markets, runtime and approval state.
- Create a break and arrange spots in order.
- Confirm total break runtime.
- Preview the complete break.
- Cue the break.
- TAKE only at the correct program break.
- Use Abort / Return to Program if required.
- Check as-run / proof-of-play afterward.
Butterfly behavior
Trigger starts the provided animation from time zero, holds at the configured freeze point, and remains visible. Butterfly Off fades opacity to zero, clears, and rewinds so the next trigger plays from the beginning.