Overview

LTN Connect is a fully managed linear metadata service that enables broadcasters, cable, and streaming TV providers to insert, translate, and normalize ad-break markers and metadata with frame-accuracy. With 24/7 support and a dedicated technical operations center (TOC), it helps content providers automate and scale advanced advertising workflows—without significant infrastructure changes.

Features and Capabilities

• **Linear Metadata Management: **Connect ingests timing and playlist data from multiple sources (playout automation, traffic systems, MAM) and produces a uniform metadata stream.
• **SCTE Signaling Support: **Supports insertion, reinsertion, translation, and transformation of SCTE‑104 and SCTE‑35 metadata profiles.
• **Custom API & Interoperability: **Provides custom API support for signal control and can integrate with ESAM, playout APIs, and legacy systems.
• **Multiple Ingest Methods: **
  • Playout automation systems via auxiliary/secondary events.
  • Traffic systems (CSV, XML, BXF).
  • Legacy SCTE 104 / 35 markers can be read, rewritten, or enhanced.
• **24/7 Operations & Monitoring: **Always-on technical operations center monitors metadata workflows, ensures SLAs, and provides reporting.
• **Scalability & Customization: **Enables scalable distribution for international / rights-constrained versions of channels, regionalized feeds, and different ad-break profiles per distributor.
• **Revenue Optimization: **By improving marker precision and metadata integrity, it helps maximize ad monetization across different platforms (cable, OTT, streaming).
• **Low Infrastructure Disruption: **No need for major hardware upgrades — Connect works with existing playout and automation systems.