Please submit a support ticket and request the change. You will either be given permission to make the edit or PBS will do it for you. 

Yes. Many objects can be recategorized or reordered. Learn how

Using the breadcrumbs at the top of each page is the easiest way to not only keep track of where you are in the console, but to return to previous pages without having to back out to the main console home page. The breadcrumbs especially come in handy when creating Collections and adding episodes to your collection since you are operating within the same show.

There are a few reasons for this:

1. Random characters in the video slug allow for more than one video with the same title. For example, without random characters there could only be one instance of “episode 1.”
2. Random characters can take the place of a show name. This is important for use cases such as the following:
   1. a video asset has the following slug: nova-episode-2-wogskg
   2. you realize that asset actually belongs to the show “nature”
   3. you can move the asset, but the slug/URL would always have the reference to “nova”
3. A very long show and video title can make for a very unfriendly URL. Random characters decrease the length of a URL.

You can add Google Analytics code at the Franchise and Show levels.

Learn more about Franchises

Learn more about Shows

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show to which you want to add Analytics code.
• Click the Additional Data tab.
• Add your Google Analytics code in the textboxes provided in the Analytics section.

Learn more about Shows

• From the left side navigation menu, click Franchises.
• Type the title of the Franchise in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of franchises.
• Click the title of the Franchise to which you want to add Analytics code.
• Click the Additional Data tab.
• Add your Google Analytics code in the textboxes provided in the Analytics section.

Learn more about Franchises

In Media Manager, an asset is a container for a video file. The video file can be a full length, clip, or preview.

Learn more about Assets

You can add a full length asset to Episodes and Specials only.

Learn how to create an asset

If you are adding a closed caption file to an asset in your Episode:

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows and click the title of the show that holds the season and episode to which you want to add the caption file.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season that holds the Episode that contains the video asset.
• Click the Episode title.
• Click the Assets tab.
• Click the title of the Asset to which you want to add the caption file.
• Click the Video tab.
• Type the full URL of your caption file in the Caption File textbox.
• Click Save.

If you are adding a closed caption file to an asset in a Special:

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows and click the title of the show that holds the special that contains the video asset that needs the caption file.
• Click the Specials tab.
• Click the title of the Special that holds the video asset that needs the caption file.
• Click the title of the asset.
• Click the Video tab.
• Type the full URL of your caption file in the Caption File textbox.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Assets

Learn more about Episodes

Learn more about Specials

• You may be trying to add a full length asset to a Franchise, Show, or Season.
• Full length assets can only be added to Specials and Episodes.
• The episode may already contain a full length asset. You can only add one full length asset per Episode or Special.

The following table illustrates the relationship between objects and asset types:   Franchise Show Season Special Episode Full Length Preview Clip

• From an Episode or Special, click the Assets tab.
• Click the title of the Asset to which you want to assign Availability.
• Click the Availability tab.
• Assign Availability in the Passport Availability section.

Learn more about Assets

Learn more about Availability

• From your Asset, click the Edit link in the upper right corner of the page.
• Click the dropdown menus to reassign your asset.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Assets

Availability is a setting assigned at the Show and Asset level that controls user access to PBS videos depending on the user's Passport status (Learn more about Passport). Availability can be set for all users including Standard, Passport, and station Passport members and is offered for all content types including full episodes, clips, and previews. You can assign availability to both published and non-published assets. 

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show to which you want to assign Availability.
• Click the Availability tab.

Learn how to assign Availability

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show that holds the Season or Special to which the Asset belongs.
• Click title of the Season or the title of the Special that holds the Asset to which you want to assign Availability.
• Click the Assets tab.
• Click the title of the Asset.
• Click the Availability tab.

Learn how to assign Availability

Caption files are added in the Video tab of your Assets.

Learn more about Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show that holds the Episode to which you want to add a clip or preview.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season that holds the episode you want.
• Click the Episode title.
• Click the Assets tab.
• In the upper right corner, click the green Create Asset button.
• Click the Object Type dropdown menu and click Preview or Clip.

Learn more about Extras

Learn more about Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show that holds the Episode to which you want to add a clip or preview.
• Click the Extras tab.
• In the upper right corner, click the green Create Extra button.
• Click the Object Type dropdown menu and click Preview or Clip.

Learn more about Extras

Learn more about Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show that holds the Episode to which you want to add a clip or preview.
• Click the Specials tab.
• Click the title of the Special to which you want to add a preview or clip.
• Click the Assets tab.
• In the upper right corner, click the green Create Asset button.
• Click the Object Type dropdown menu and click Preview or Clip.

Learn more about Extras

Learn more about Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Franchises.
• Type the title of the Franchise in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of franchises.
• Click the title of the Franchise to which you want to add a clip or preview.
• Click the Extras tab.
• In the upper right corner, click the green Create Extra button.
• Click the Object Type dropdown menu and click Preview or Clip.

Learn more about Extras

Learn more about Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show that holds the Season to which you want to add a clip or preview.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season to which you want to add a clip or preview.
• Click the Extras tab.
• In the upper right corner, click the green Create Extra button.
• Click the Object Type dropdown menu and click Preview or Clip.

Learn more about Extras

Learn more about Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season that holds the episode you want to edit.
• Click the episode link.
• Use the tabs along the top to make edits to different sections of the episode.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Episodes

• From your Episode, click the Edit link in the upper right corner of the page.
• Click the dropdown menus to reassign your Episode.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Episodes

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season that holds the episode you want to delete.
• Click the Episode title.
• In the lower left side of the Core Data or Additional Data tab, click the red Delete button.
• Click the red "Yes, I'm sure" button on the right side of the page.
• The asset has been deleted and cannot be recovered.

Learn more

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season to which you want to add the episode. Learn how to create a season
• Click the green Create Episode button on the right side of the page.
• Fill out the information under all of the tabs.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Episodes

Learn more about Shows

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season to which you want to add an episode. Learn how to create a season
• Click the green Create Episode button on the far right.
• Create your episode by filling out all of the tabs along the top of the page.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Episodes

Learn more about Seasons

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season that holds the episode you want to add to a Collection.
• Click the Episode title.
• Click the Additional Data tab.
• In the Collections section, click the name of the Collection you want the episode to belong to in the left box so that it moves to the box on the right.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Collections

Extras and Assets are both video objects. The difference is that an Extra can ONLY be a clip or preview, whereas an Asset can be a clip, preview, or full length. The differences are only noticeable on the PBS.org website where they can broken out into sections on a page.

Learn more about Extras

Learn more about Assets

Extras can be added to a Franchise, Show, and Season. The following table illustrates the relationship between objects and asset types:

	Franchise	Show	Season	Special	Episode
Full Length
Preview
Clip

You cannot create a Franchise. Only PBS can create a Franchise so please submit a support ticket to request one.

Learn more about Franchise

• From the left side navigation menu, click Franchises.
• Type the title of the Franchise in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of franchises.
• Click the title of the Franchise to which you want to add a clip or preview.
• Click the Extras tab.
• In the upper right corner, click the green Create Extra button.
• Click the Object Type dropdown menu and click Preview or Clip.

Learn more about Extras

Learn more about Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Franchises.
• Type the title of the Franchise in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of franchises.
• Click the title of the Franchise to which you want to add Analytics code.
• Click the Additional Data tab.
• Add your Google Analytics code in the textboxes provided in the Analytics section.

Learn more about Franchises

Remote Assets are web objects that can surface external content such as webpages or static images on your website and are referred to as Related Content in your video asset. Remote Assets are a great way to provide depth to your content by providing viewers with additional related subject matter.

Remote Assets can render on a video asset page in two ways:

• Episode Link - Title and URL
• Learn More Promo - Title, URL, description, and image.

Creating a remote asset and associating it with a video asset is done in two separate places in the Media Manager console. Remote assets are created in the Remote Assets section which can be accessed from the Remote Assets link in the left side navigation menu. Remote Assets are associated with a video asset from the actual video asset. 

Learn more about Remote Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Remote Assets.
• Click the green Create Remote Asset button on the right side of the page.
• Click either the Franchise or Show dropdown menu and click the franchise or show to which the asset should be associated. You can only select either Franchise or Show, not both.
• In the Title textbox, type a title for your Remote Asset.
• In the URL textbox, type the full URL of the page to which the remote asset link should link.
• In the Short Description textbox, type a short description for your Remote Asset.
• Click the blue Change button or anywhere in the Image textbox to search for an image on your computer.
• In the Tags textbox, type keywords that will help viewers find your remote asset.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Remote Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Remote Assets.
• Use the dropdown menus at the top of the page to narrow your search parameters.
• Type keywords in the textbox located on the right side of the page to narrow your search by keywords.

Learn more about Remote Assets

You must select either a Franchise or a Show. You cannot select both.

Learn more about Remote Assets

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• All Seasons for that show are listed.
• To see all objects associated with each season, click the downward-facing arrow to the left of each Season title.

Learn more about Seasons

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the green Create Episode button on the far right.
• Create your episode by filling out all of the tabs along the top of the page.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Episodes

Learn more about Seasons

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season that holds the episode you want to move.
• Click the Episode title.
• In the upper right corner of the page, click Edit.
• Use the dropdown menus to move your episode.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Episodes

Learn more about Seasons

Seasons can be listed ordinally (1, 2, 3, etc.) or yearly (2014, 2015, 2016, etc.).

Learn more about Seasons

Yes. Empty seasons (a season that contains no associated content) can be deleted by station admins.

Learn how to delete a Season

You cannot create a Show. Only PBS can create a Show so please submit a support ticket to request one.

Learn more about Shows

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of show in the search results.

Learn more about Shows

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Use the tabs along the top to add metadata to your show.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Shows

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Seasons tab.
• Click the Season to which you want to add the episode. Learn how to create a season
• Click the green Create Episode button on the right side of the page.
• Fill out the information under all of the tabs.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Episodes

Learn more about Shows

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of your show.
• Click the Extras tab.
• Click the green Create Extra button on the right side of the page.
• Fill out the information under all of the tabs.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Shows

Learn more about Video Assets

Learn more about Extras

A special is considered a movie or one-time event that is associated with a show but does not fall within a season. An example of a special is the Downton Abbey Christmas Special. Specials can be full length, previews, or clips. 

A special is associated with a show but does not fall within a season while episodes always fall within a season.

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show to which you want to add a Special.
• Click the Specials tab.
• Click the green Create Special button on the right side of the page.
• Fill out the information under all of the tabs.
• Click Save.

Learn more about Specials

• From the left side navigation menu, click Shows.
• Type the title of the show in the search textbox on the right side of the page or browse the list of shows.
• Click the title of the show that holds the Episode to which you want to add a clip or preview.
• Click the Specials tab.
• Click the title of the Special to which you want to add a preview or clip.
• Click the Assets tab.
• In the upper right corner, click the green Create Asset button.
• Click the Object Type dropdown menu and click Preview or Clip.

Learn more about Extras

Learn more about Assets

• From your Special, click the Edit link in the upper right corner of the page.
• Click the dropdown menus to reassign your Special.
• Click Save.

Learn more

You can add Sponsorship information in the Additional Data tab of Franchises and Shows.

Learn more about Franchises

Learn more about Shows

Video files can be added to an Extra and a Video Asset.

Below is the estimated time it takes for video ingestion in Media Manager, as well as the sync time for back migration to COVE API.

* Ingestion time may vary, based on the number of jobs in progress.

Allow between one and three hours for your video to be searchable and appear on PBS.org.

Your video takes a little bit longer to surface in PBS apps. Please allow between an hour and a half to four hours.