Backlot User Guide

Welcome to the Backlot User Guide

• Copyright Notice
  
• Introduction
  Ooyala offers a modular, full-featured video solution used by some of the largest companies in the world.
• Planning
  Before uploading videos to Backlot, it is a good idea to do some planning.
• Account Configuration
  Before uploading content to Backlot, make sure your account is configured.
• Content Upload and Management
  Uploading content to Backlot is easy.
• Channels and Channel Sets
  Channels and channel sets let you group your content for delivery to your customers.
• Monetization
  Ooyala enables you to monetize your content through advertising and paywalls.
• Content Publishing
  Publishing lets you share videos and video metadata with multiple web properties and content networks.
• Basic Player Settings in Backlot API
  You can use the Backlot player branding tools to perform changes to the Ooyala player.
• Analytics
  Ooyala has the basic analytics feature of retrieving data with the Analytics API.
• Ooyala Now
  Ooyala Now is an enhancement of Ooyala Analytics that lets you know what is happening with your content in real time, so you can make decisions and take immediate action.
• Ooyala Discovery
  Ooyala Discovery helps keep your viewers engaged with your content.