Broadcaster Assets

This document outlines the assets that are needed from a broadcaster for Accelerated Media to create a connected TV application.

'''Please note that these are items needed that pertain to all platforms, however additional content may be needed on a platform to platform basis. See additional links at the bottom for more details.'''

Application Title
Accelerated Media will use the name Call Sign News, i.e. KOMO News, unless otherwise specified.

Application Description
A description that will be displayed with the application in the various distribution environments. Please limit this to 1500 words or less.

Application Short Description
A description that will be displayed with the application in the various distribution environments. Please limit this to 250 words or less.

Keywords
A list of searchable keywords that can be used in the various stores to help discoverability.

Default Story Thumbnail Image
In case a story does not have a thumbnail image, we need to have a default image to use. The default image must meet the following specifications:
 * Requirements:
 * Minimum of 600 x 342 pixels.
 * Recommendations:
 * 16x9 format.
 * PNG format.

Stories RSS Feed
An RSS feed that supplies the stories for the application must be supplied. Each story must have the following properties available: Note: If you would like to control the order other than sorting by pub_date, or have the ability to remove a story, the feed needs to have 16 video stories in it at all times.
 * 1) guid - A unique identifier for the story.
 * 2) title - The headline for the story.
 * 3) description - A more detailed description of the story, but not an entire article.  Anything over approximately 215 characters will be truncated using ellipsis.
 * 4) pub_date - The date and time that the story was published with the following format "2013-04-25T06:08:21Z".
 * 5) image_url - A URL to a still preview image.
 * 6) *Recommendations:
 * 7) **​16x9 format.
 * 8) **Minimum of 640 x 360 pixels.
 * 9) video_url - A URL to the video of the story, preferably in 16x9 format and a minimum of 960 x 540 pixels.
 * 10) *Requirements:
 * 11) **​H.264 encoded video
 * 12) **AAC sound.
 * 13) *Recommendations:
 * 14) **​16x9 format.
 * 15) **Minimum of 960 x 540 pixels.
 * 16) **Closed Captioning in a TTML file.
 * 17) cc_url - A URL to a TTML file containing closed captioning data. This is an FCC requirement!
 * 18) body - The full text of the story.  This has no limit. (Only if displaying text stories is desired).
 * 19) category - If applicable, the category of the story, i.e. Video, News, Sports, Business, Weather, Traffic, etc.  This would generally be the category that a story would be filed under a tab on one's website.

Live Stream (Optional)
An HLS URL to a live stream of the station. There should always be something showing at the URL. It can be a traffic cam, weather cam, camera of a point of interest, etc. when there is not a live broadcast occurring.

Current Weather RSS Feed (Optional)
An RSS feed that supplies the current weather conditions for the application can be supplied. If not supplied Accelerated Media will provide the current weather data. The weather feed must have the following properties available:
 * 1) condition - The current weather condition.
 * 2) temperature_f - The current temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.

7-Day Forecast Weather RSS Feed (Optional)
An RSS feed that supplies the 7-day forecast weather conditions for the application can be supplied. If not supplied Accelerated Media will provide the 7-day forecast weather data. The weather feed must have the following properties available:
 * 1) day - The day of the week the forecast is for.
 * 2) condition - The forecasted weather condition.
 * 3) high_temperature_f - The forecasted high temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
 * 4) low_temperature_f - The forecasted low temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.

Weather Condition Icons (Optional)
If either of the above weather feeds are provided then there are two further pieces of information that may be necessary.
 * 1) Conditions List - A complete list of all of the possible values the condition field can have.  If this is provided Accelerated Media can use its own condition icons and providing condition icons is not necessary.
 * 2) Condition Icons - For each possible condition a condition icon should be supplied if using Accelerated Media's condition icons is not satisfactory.
 * 3) *Requirements:
 * 4) **Minimum of 276 x 276 pixels.
 * 5) **Square.
 * 6) **PNG format.

Radar Image (Optional)
A URL to a radar image for the application can be supplied. If not supplied Accelerated Media will provide the radar image. The radar image must meet the following specifications:
 * Requirements:
 * Minimum of 720 x 720 pixels.
 * Recommendations:
 * Square.
 * PNG format.

Satellite Image (Optional)
A URL to a satellite image for the application can be supplied. If not supplied Accelerated Media will provide the satellite image. The satellite image must meet the following specifications:
 * Requirements:
 * Minimum of 720 x 720 pixels.
 * Recommendations:
 * Square.
 * PNG format.

Platform Specific Assets
Please follow the links below for a description of the additional assets that may be needed for a particular platform.
 * Samsung Smart TV
 * Fire TV
 * Yahoo!
 * Roku