Creating a TVOD Plan

Introduction

Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) is a monetization package where viewers can pay a one-time fee to either purchase or rent an OTT asset. A TVOD package can be associated with one asset or a bundle of assets, like a series or season. The viewer can be alloted a certain amount of time to view the asset, or it can be unlimited.

Unlike SVOD where viewers pay a subscription to access video content, TVOD viewers pay a fee for each piece of content they want to view.

TVOD packages give the viewers the following options for watching content:

• Rent
• Buy

To learn how to assign TVOD plans to media content, see the Using a TVOD Plan document.

Setup

Before you create an TVOD plan in Beacon Classic, follow these setup steps:

1. To create a new TVOD plan or to change the pricing for a TVOD plan, you must contact your payment processor.

2. Open a Brightcove support ticket, so that the Brightcove OTT Delivery Team team can help you walk through the process, and help with availability options. Allow some time to work through the setup process.

Creating TVOD plans in Beacon Classic

Once you have opened a Brightcove support ticket as mentioned above, the Brightcove OTT Delivery Team will walk you through the following steps in Brightcove Beacon Classic:

1. Login to Beacon Classic.

   1. In the top navigation, select Commerce
   2. In the left navigation, select TVOD Plans
   3. click Add New TVOD Plan

   

2. For the Package tab, enter details for your TVOD Plan.

   

   If your account is set up for Evergent, you will see a payment method as follows:.

   

   
   

   This table contains the fields you will find in the Package tab:

   Field	Required	Description
   Name	Yes	Name of the TVOD package
   TVOD Plan Type	Yes	Select one: Multiple Assets - Associate a bundle of assets with this plan; for example, viewers can purchase/rent a full series or season Individual Assets - Viewers can buy or rent 1 asset
   Purchase Type	Yes	Select one: Buy - Allow viewers to purchase an asset or bundle of assets Rent - Allow viewers to rent an asset or bundle of assets for a period of time
   Rent period	No	Number of days an asset is available for viewing once it has been rented. This field appears when the Purchase Type is set to Rent.
   Status	Yes	Select one of the following types: Published Unpublished
   Allow Downloads	Yes	Set to Yes to allow this series to be downloaded by the user for offline playback. For details, see the Offline Playback with Brightcove Beacon Apps document.
   Payment methods to use	Yes	Select one of the following types: Stripe Evergent Beacon Store

3. If you are using Stripe, select Stripe to see Payment methods details.

   

   This table contains the fields Stripe payment details:

   Field	Required	Description
   Start Time	Yes	Schedule a starting date this package will be available
   End Time	Yes	Schedule an ending date when this package will no longer be available
   Devices to publish	Yes	Add the devices you wish to publish to. Select the Select / Unselect All Devices to see a list of available devices.
   Permitted locations	Yes	Select the locations where you want to stream your content, if no restrictions enter World.
   Denied locations	No	Select the locations where you DO NOT want to stream your content.
   Price	Yes	Specify the price that users must pay to view content associated with this package.
   Currency	Yes	Specify the currency type for the package price.
   Product Description	Yes	Product Description is sent to Stripe so that you can identify the package.

4. If you are using Evergent, select Evergent to see Payment methods details.

   

   This table contains the fields Evergent payment details:

   Field	Required	Description
   Start Time	Yes	Schedule a starting date this package will be available
   End Time	Yes	Schedule an ending date when this package will no longer be available
   Devices to publish	Yes	Add the devices you wish to publish to. Select the Select / Unselect All Devices to see a list of available devices.
   Permitted locations	Yes	Select the locations where you want to stream your content, if no restrictions enter World.
   Denied locations	No	Select the locations where you DO NOT want to stream your content.
   Price	Yes	Specify the price that users must pay to view content associated with this package.
   Currency	Yes	Specify the currency type for the package price.
   Evergent ID	Yes	Evergent will send your Evergent ID to Brightcove to make the connection.

5. If you are using the Beacon store, select Beacon Store to see Payment methods details.

   

   This table contains the fields Beacon Store payment details:

   Field	Required	Description
   Beacon Store ID	Yes	TVOD with the Beacon Store requires setup of the SKU. The Beacon Store ID is the package_name sent to the Beacon Store using the API.

6. For the Textual Data tab, enter details for your plan.

   

   This table contains the fields you will find in the Textual Data tab:

   Field	Required	Description
   Pack Name	Yes	Display name shown to viewers
   Headline	Yes	Description shown to viewers, for example Holiday Special!

7. For the Non-Textual Data tab, enter details for your plan.

   

   This table contains the fields you will find in the Non-Textual Data tab:

   Field	Required	Description
   Package Image	No	Supply an image for use next to the package name

8. Click Create Package.

9. Once the package is created, you can use Brightcove Beacon Classic to update it.