NewsOneNET is the Affiliate News Service for ABC NewsOne. All video files delivered by Extreme Reach arrive at your station in the format you specify so that you can import them straight to your Non-Linear Editor (NLE). You can download multiple files at once or download just a single file and if you use our Media Downloader Application (MDA), you can and have the files automatically download to the folder you choose. Alerts will appear automatically on the landing page and can also be seen in News Deliveries and contain urgent information on breaking news coverage. You can access and preview news content at anytime from anywhere by logging into the Extreme Reach platform. It’s accessible on PC or Mac, on just about any browser.
Getting Started
1. Log in at http://www.abcnewsone.com.
2. Once you log in, click on the NewsOneNET button from the ABC NewsOne
landing page to open the News Deliveries page.
If you do not see the ABC NewsOne landing page and NewsOneNET button after
logging in for the first time, click your Profile picture, click on Edit Preferences, then
under Application Preferences set the default application module to News, then set
“My default landing page is” to CMS: abcnewsone. You should also check Notify
me when a new News Alert is published under Notifications. Be sure to save your
preferences.
Breaking News Alerts
Alerts will appear automatically on the landing page and can also be seen in News
Deliveries. Alerts contain urgent information on breaking news coverage, such as
Level 2 cut-ins or live feeds.
News Deliveries
The News Deliveries page allows you to preview, approve and download stories.
Most stories will not automatically download and require user approval prior to
download. Priority deliveries (NewsOne packages and breaking news) will arrive
pre-approved.
There are 2 delivery options:
1. Manual Download
2. Automated Download using the Media Downloader Application (MDA)
New stories will be available on the News Deliveries page in Awaiting Approval
status.
On the News Deliveries page the default settings will display stories that were
delivered over the past three days. You can change your preferences at any time
using the various search parameters at the top of the page.
If you're interested in setting up the MDA, contact our Video Network team at support@extremereach.com.
Search Options
CATEGORY
The Default setting shows All Categories. You may select from a list of available categories to narrow the search results.
SEARCH SLUG
You may enter any text within a slug, or search for a story number.
SEARCH SYNOPSIS OR SCRIPT
You may enter any text within the synopsis and script fields for a match, displaying all stories where a match is found.
AUTO REFRESH
If this option is checked, the page will refresh every 60 seconds. This Auto Refresh option will remain set during the current session. Once a user logs out or goes to a different page inside the same browser window, they will need to reset this option upon next login.
DELIVERY DATE
The default search will display stories delivered in the past three days. You may enter start and end dates to generate more specific search results.
STATUS
The default view will show All Delivery Statuses. You may select and filter from a variety of statuses:
Awaiting Approval – story has been sent to you for review. User may play the preview, view all details including the script, and then decide if they wish to download the video.
Awaiting Media – story has not been approved by ABC NewsOne. When ABC NewsOne approves it, the story will move into Awaiting Approval status. Prior to ABC NewsOne approval, user may play the preview (if the video is available), and view all of the details, including the script, using the icons in the Actions column.
Complete – story has been successfully downloaded manually or using the MDA.
DESTINATION
If multiple destinations exist within one account, user may select their preferred destination to filter the results.
SHOW PER PAGE
The page defaults to 20 stories per page. Users may modify the results setting to 10, 50 or 100 records per page.
Approve/Download Stories
To approve a story and begin the download, the user has two options:
MANUAL DOWNLOAD
1. Click the blue check mark icon in the Actions column. This will change the status to either Preparing For Delivery or Ready For Download, depending on whether the file needs to be trans-coded first.
2. Once the status changes to Ready For Download, click the blue arrow icon in the Actions column to download the file. The download icon will only be visible after the status changes to Ready For Download.
Depending on how your browser is configured, it may prompt you for the download folder or automatically download the file to your default download folder.
3. You can also approve multiple stories at once by checking the boxes in the far left-hand column of the search results and then clicking the Approve Selected News Deliveries button.
AUTOMATED DOWNLOAD USING THE MDA
1. Click the blue check mark icon in the Actions column. This will change the status to either Preparing For Delivery or Queued For Download, depending on whether or not the file needs to be trans-coded first, and then download the file automatically to the download folder setup in the MDA.
You can also approve multiple stories at once by checking the boxes in the far left-hand column of the search results and then clicking the Approve Selected News Deliveries button.
NewsOne packages and breaking news will be downloaded automatically by the MDA (they will not require approval).
Actions
To approve a story and begin the download, the user has two options:
VIEW DETAILS
This action opens the story details page which contains the slug, synopsis, script and categories. This page also provides a video player for previewing the story. You can also access this page by clicking on the Slug. DOWNLOAD LOCAL DELIVERY
This action allows you to download the video file in your preferred format to a directory of your choosing. PREVIEW PROXY
This action launches the preview player allowing you to watch a low-resolution proxy of the video file. APPROVE
This action approves the story, triggers the trans-code of the file (if needed) and makes the file available for download. If you’re using the manual option, once the story status changes to Ready For Download you can manually download the file. If you’re using the automated option the file will automatically download using the MDA. RE-QUEUE MEDIA FOR AUTOMATIC DOWNLOAD VIA MDA
This action initiates another download of the video (if you have installed the MDA).
Breaking News Alerts
Alerts will appear automatically on the landing page and can also be seen in News
Deliveries. Alerts contain urgent information on breaking news coverage. See
example below.
How Do I Add a New User to the XR Platform?
View the Help Center article for more information.
Upload News Stories
1. To add new media, click the Upload Media icon. This brings you to the upload New Media page. You can also click the Upload Video button from the ABC NewsOne Landing page.
You can also click the Upload Video button from the ABC NewsOne Landing page.
2. Enter the metadata for the news file you want to add.
STORY NUMBER
This is a required field. To avoid duplicate story numbers, we recommend following this format:
mmddyy01XXXX
The date (mm = month, dd = day, yy = year) followed by a sequential number (01,02,03…) and XXXX = your station call letters. Example: 03102001WABC
SLUG
This is a required field. A title or short descriptor.
SYNOPSIS
Synopsis of story.
SCRIPT
Script of story uploaded.
HIGH DEFINITION
Check High Definition box for HD uploads. If you will be primarily uploading HD video and want to set that as a default, see the following section, “Update Default Video Setting to High Definition.”
LENGTH
Enter story length.
3. Click Choose File under HTML5 Upload to select your video file, and then click Upload
to complete the upload. Your story will then be available for review by the ABC NewsOne
team.
File Formats for Upload
Recommended Formats
Listed here are the recommended and preferred file formats for upload.
720P .MP4 (MPEG-4) FORMAT
VIDEO
h.264 Codec
Size: 1280 x 720 @ 59.94fps
Bitrate=12 Mbps
Profile=High
Level=3.2
AUDIO
AAC-LC, Codec
2 Channel (not joint stereo)
Bitrate=192 Kbps
1080I .MP4 (MPEG-4) FORMAT
VIDEO
h.264 Codec
Size: 1920 x 1080 @ 59.94fps
Bitrate=12 Mbps
Profile=High
Level=4.0
AUDIO
AAC-LC, Codec
2 Channel (not joint stereo)
Bitrate=384 Kbps
Please contact news@extremereach.com if other options are needed.
Accessing the America This Morning (ATM) Inserts
The Inserts will be available via XR Extreme Reach at 5:00 AM ET (Monday through Friday) with the following file naming conventions: ABCNMMddGMALOOK (ABCN-month-day-GMALOOK) / ABCNMMddTECHBYTES (ABCN-month-day-TECHBYTES). The video will be delivered as an XDCAM50 720p 59.94 mxf file. The audio configuration for all program segments and stereo Network commercials will be available on stereo 1 & 2 and mono mix on 7. Network 5.1 commercials will be available on 5.1 channels 1-6 (L R C LFE Ls Rs) and mono mix on 7. In the unlikely event the Inserts are not delivered by 5:00 AM ET, stations will be notified via the Network Alert System (NAS). XR cannot make modifications to the delivery format on these files. They are passed through as provided by ABC News.
- For stations that receive News stories via AWS S3, Aspera or the Media Downloader Application (MDA), the files will land in the same folder as News stories.
- For stations that download News stories manually from NewsOneNET, users will need to go to the Broadcast Operations module and download the Inserts manually from Spot Deliveries (see Manual Download Instructions below).
- NOTE: All stations will have access to Spot Deliveries.
MANUAL DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS:
From News Deliveries, click on the module icon on the top-right corner (to the right of the user’s name) and then click on Broadcast Operations:
This will take you to the Spots Delivery page where you can download the files:
If you do not have access to “Broadcast Operations” in the module, or if you do not see any deliveries on the Spot Deliveries page – please contact support@extremereach.com to update your user permissions.