Cover Material for ESPN Programming
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ESPN
affiliate stations have the ability to cover long period blackouts with
different, stream friendly content.
If
the station is an official ESPN streaming affiliate they can cover long periods
of time on their streams with alternative ESPN programming, which is typically
used when there is an event not allowed to play through to the stream.
The
ESPN suggested method is to make sure you are feeding audio to the stream
through the ESPN mandated streaming port (“C”) on their XDS receiver and the
cover programming will automatically switch from the unauthorized games.
If
for some technical reason you are unable to use the Streaming Port “C” on their
XDS receiver, you can manually schedule a Blackout within Injector Manager
(link to PDF with instructions below).
Data based Blackout Instructions
In
the “Delivery” field of the Blackout trigger you will want to enter the
following link (instead of a -1):
http://a.espnradio.com/asx/espn_recorded_cover.asx
In the Ad Families option, "Select Items in Enabled..."
If you have any questions, please contact our Support Team.