We're excited to introduce the Streaming tab, which replaces OTT Analytics in the dashboard. This new tab provides comprehensive insights and improved visualizations.

New Feature

The Streaming analytics tab helps you monitor and analyze your streaming performance, offering better visibility into audience engagement and device usage:

• Streaming analytics replaces OTT Analytics, providing a more comprehensive view of your data.
• Enhanced device detection, particularly for Smart TVs, delivers more precise reporting.
• Looker-powered analytics improves data visualizations and enables faster publication of new metrics.

To start exploring these improved analytics, go to the Analytics overview page and click the Streaming tab.

The JWP dashboard's List Type feature provides you greater flexibility to display content on your app's landing page.

New Feature

Previously, menu items on the landing page were limited to playlists in a grid view. Now, List Type also allows you to display single media items from the landing page, helping you control your content visualization.

This update enables you to show series, hubs, static pages, and other media as library menu items. 

For more information, learn how to select a list type (step 5) when adding an app library. 

New Features

The following releases simplify your content type management:

• Download content types for distribution to other accounts or properties
• Edit content types using the dashboard's JSON editor 

The JW Platform now enables you to translate content titles, descriptions, and other fields displayed in your app. 

New Feature

Content metadata provides viewers information about a media item, such as the title, description, and genre. From the dashboard, you can add and manage metadata translations in any language. 

Metadata translations offer several benefits:

• Expanding to a global market of viewer groups
• Improving user experience in the native languages of viewers (requires custom implementation)
• Increasing revenue opportunities through language support

The JW Platform now allows you to better manage and promote your media items with alternate images.

This enhancement enables you to upload, label, and manage multiple thumbnails for each media item, tailoring your presentation to meet platform and viewer needs. 

New Feature

Easily manage and promote your media with alternate images:

• Upload up to 20 high-resolution images per video
• Support various formats up to a file size of 50 MB
• Dynamically resize thumbnails upon request to display clear images

For more information, learn how to upload alternate images and add alternate images in Apps.

With JWP's new content types feature, you can easily add and manage content using preset schemas.

Content types offer you a variety of benefits: 

• Simplified workflow: Enter media data using logical forms
• Series & Hubs: Use complex structures like series and content hubs in combination with JWP-certified app partners and our open-source Web App
• Avoid errors: Metadata is type-checked and has a dedicated UI

New feature

Content types allow you to classify media using shared custom parameters. To get started, you can load JWP-created default content types to the dashboard. Default content types include the following:

• Movie
• Series
• Episode
• Live Channel
• Live Event
• Trailer
• Hub
• Static Page

Additionally, you can contact your JWP representative to help you create custom content types that are tailored to your needs.

Showcase has been removed from the JWP dashboard menu

Deprecation

Showcase has been removed from the JWP dashboard menu. This deprecated feature remains accessible through Apps > Showcase (legacy) for entitled customers.

Support for Showcase ends on December 31, 2023. We encourage customers to move to our new and improved Apps feature as a replacement for Showcase.

In this latest release, we've added a new monetization option for the JW Web App.

New Feature

• Enabling account services, configuring TVOD settings, and adding a custom parameter to media items enables pay-per-item or pay for a bundle of media items.

We've released a fix to watchlist playlists.

Bug Fix

• Watchlists are now working in DRM properties.

With our latest release, Apps has been released!

New Feature

 JWP has released Apps. Apps is comprised of two components: a configuration (app config) and a framework (JW Web App).

 The app config is a feature in the JW dashboard that enables content editors to specify what content is exposed in CTV, Mobile, or Web Apps and how it is monetized

The JW Web App exposes and monetizes content according to the app config.The JW Web App is an upgrade from Showcase and comes with several new features, such as the following: 

• New monetization options, such as subscription and pay-per-item
• Easier workflows with alternate thumbnails
• Stronger content protection with URL signing and DRM
• 24X7 live channels with channel guides, DVR, and replays
• Management of multiple apps from a single property

The JW Web App is open source and free of charge. Hosting and customization options are provided through JWP partners.

Deprecation

Showcase is being deprecated. Customers are requested to migrate to Apps before December 31, 2023.