Latest updates

This page details the major updates made to Media Actions documentation. To see changes that only apply to the feature that you work on, use the filter to select a feature.

July 2020

  • July 27: Made the commonTier property required in the JSON Schemas when the category is subscription and allowing actor to be represented with the PerformanceRole object in the JSON Schema.
  • July 14: Fixed the music JSON Schema, to allow multiple creators to be set in the MusicPlaylist entities.
  • July 13: Updated steps for monitoring the status of a feed on the create an actions project page.
  • July 10: Fixed the validations in the JSON Schema. The category property in the Offer object was not set properly and was ignored in the Music Schema.
    • Allow http://schema.googleapis.com/ in the @context property.
    • Add availabilityStarts and availabilityEnds in the Offer object in the Music Schema.
    • Add eligibleRegion to be a requirement in the Offer in the Music Schema.
    • Updated the Rating object to authorize a string for author.
  • July 9: Allow intent:// pattern in addition to android-app:// for android deeplinks in the JSON Schemas.
  • July 7: Clarified correct use of TMS_ROOT_ID vs TMS_ID for LiveTV partners on the identifier page.
  • July 6: Added the sport property to SportsEvent.
  • July 6: Updated startDate and endDate types for SportsEvent from Date to Date or DateTime.
  • July 6: Made the following SportsEvent properties highly recommended: homeTeam, homeTeam.sameAs, awayTeam, competitor, identifier.

June 2020

  • June 30: Updated the JSON Schemas to add the commonTier property in the MediaSubscription object, and modified the identifier property to only check the value before the : to leave more freedom on the package string.
  • June 25: Updated requirements on SportsTeam and clarified startDate in Events.
  • June 24: Made requiresSubscription required for providers with single tiered packages.
  • June 22: Added details about the common tier to the Access requirements page. Updated Watch actions common specification with common tier details.
  • June 1: Consolidated entitlements content from several pages into one Access requirements page.

May 2020

April 2020

  • April 30: Recategorized sameAs as highly recommended to improve reconcilitaion quality.
  • April 28: Fixed the JSON Schemas by updating minIntems to minItems for the region property.
  • April 26: Fixed the Live TV JSON schema by updating the reference of the identifier property for CableOrSatelliteService entity type. Allow the validation of this entity type when it contains the identifier property.
  • April 23: Recategorized BroadcastService.logo as highly recommended to improve reconcilitaion quality.
  • April 16: Updated the Watch Action playback behavior policy to include new requirements.

March 2020