The Viz Channel Branding system can be integrated with external systems. Third party systems are often categorized as being a scheduling or an automation system.

In general, the Viz Channel Branding Client has two major working modes: Scheduling mode and Master Control Room (MCR) mode.

A Scheduling System (typically a module within a larger traffic system) is located in the traffic department (or Promotion/Content Department, or Preparation area) and is responsible for building schedules for playout. A schedule will contain all primary events (programs, promotions, commercials, and so on) and may also contain secondary events (Vizrt graphics or other device actions).

The integration with scheduling systems means reading (importing) the schedule that is delivered from them in some way. Reading a schedule can be done in two ways:

1. The scheduling system generates a schedule file in any given format (XML, text, Microsoft Excel, LST and more). The imports of the file parses it to an internal playlist which eventually contains all primary and secondary events (typically Vizrt graphics).

2. When an API is provided by the scheduling system, an Integration Module may exist that can read the schedule directly from it, skipping the file part.
   Optional integration is reporting based on As Run Logs.

3. The automation system can integrate towards the solution using the REST API (v1 or v2) as supplied by Integrations Hub component.

See Also

• Integration with Automation Systems