Avails and CTL examples
Examples of title identity, dates, language rights, and availability updates.
Downloadable workbooks
For MovieLabs EMA, use the EMA Avails resources for your approved version.
For the Roku workbook, use these v1.4 downloads:
The sample workbooks demonstrate the full column layout. Their titles, identifiers, windows, cast entries, and synopses are examples, not current rights or verified title metadata. Replace the example information before preparing a submission for your own content.
The tables below show only the fields needed to explain each scenario. They are not complete submission rows. Populate all required fields in the actual workbook, including Rating Source, Rating Value, Main Cast, and Synopsis.
Movie and episode identifiers
The movie examples use Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and the TV examples use Die Hart. The identifiers below are illustrative and match the downloadable sample workbooks.
| Example title | Content Type | Title ID | Series ID | Season Number | Episode Number | Ingest mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | movie | romovieid_12345 | Blank | Blank | Blank | film; asset_id=romovieid_12345 |
| Die Hart: The Recruit | episode | roepisodeid_123 | roseriesid_123 | 1 | 1 | tv; asset_id=roepisodeid_123, series_id=roseriesid_123 |
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - Behind the Scenes | shortForm | roclipid_12345 | Blank | Blank | Blank | clip; asset_id=roclipid_12345 |
For the episode row, enter Die Hart in Series Title and The Recruit in Title. Provide the episode's Season ID in the ingest metadata; the CTL workbook has no Season ID column. Use the same Title ID, romovieid_12345, for every availability window of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
Separate rows for different windows
The following rows describe Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. English and Spanish have different start dates, so they use separate rows.
| Title ID | License Type | Start Date | End Date | Language | LocalizationType | Territory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
romovieid_12345 | AVOD | 2027-01-01 | 2027-06-30 | en-us | dub | US |
romovieid_12345 | AVOD | 2027-04-01 | 2027-06-30 | es-mx | dub | US |
If both languages had the same dates and all other attributes matched, Language could contain en-us:dub, es-mx:dub on one row, with LocalizationType blank. Do not combine rows that grant different dates or conditions.
Single and multiple language forms
| Language | LocalizationType | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
en-us | dub | English (US) audio rights, including original-language audio. |
en-us:dub | Blank | The same single-language information supplied inline, as permitted by the template hint. |
en-us:dub, es-mx:sub | Blank | English (US) audio rights and Spanish (Mexico) subtitle rights under otherwise identical availability conditions. |
es-mx | subdub | Spanish (Mexico) subtitle and audio rights. |
Language rights and delivered tracks are separate. These entries do not create audio or subtitle assets. See localization definitions.
Dates and times
| Start Date | End Date | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
2027-01-01 | 2027-01-31 | Starts at local 00:00:00 on January 1 and ends at local 23:59:59 on January 31. |
2027-01-15T21:00:00 | 2027-01-31T23:59:59 | Applies the specified times in each viewer's local time zone. |
2027-01-16T02:00:00Z | 2027-02-01T04:59:59Z | Both boundaries are fixed UTC instants, simultaneous for all viewers. |
open | 2027-12-31 | No start date is specified; an explicit end date is supplied. |
2027-01-01 | open | An explicit start date is supplied; no end date is specified. |
2027-01-01 | end of term | Availability may continue until the end of the deal terms with Roku. |
Use these values in accordance with the agreed rights. open does not mean that a required cell should be left blank. Preserve date and timestamp values as text when entering them in Excel.
Rights and territories
If all other attributes match, one row can list AVOD, Linear OTT in License Type. Use one Territory value per row: availability in both the US and Canada uses a row for US and a separate row for CA. If a right has a different window or other availability condition, use separate rows.
Excluded Rights, Excluded Languages, and ExcludedTerritories describe exclusions from the offering. For example, Excluded Languages=de records a German-language exclusion. Keep exclusions consistent with the agreement. When a broad territory group or overlapping inclusion makes the result unclear, confirm the intended scope with Content Operations rather than using the example to infer precedence.
Valid and invalid FVOD windows
FVOD provides a free window within an active SVOD window. For this example, the SVOD window is 2027-01-01 through 2027-12-31 for the same title, partner, territory, and language.
| FVOD window | Validity | Why |
|---|---|---|
2027-04-01 through 2027-04-30 | Valid | Fully inside the SVOD window. |
2027-01-01 through 2027-12-31 | Valid | Matches the SVOD boundaries. |
2026-12-15 through 2027-01-31 | Invalid | Begins before SVOD availability. |
2027-12-01 through 2028-01-15 | Invalid | Ends after SVOD availability. |
| Any FVOD window without an active covering SVOD window | Invalid | FVOD-only availability is not supported. |
For SVOD full-extract submission, include both the SVOD window to retain and the FVOD window to add. An FVOD-only row omits the covering SVOD window and does not describe the complete intended set of windows.
Full extract before and after
All rows in this scenario refer to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, with Title ID=romovieid_12345 and Content Partner=Example Studio. Existing rights include US English SVOD for all of 2027 and Canadian English SVOD for all of 2027. You want to add a US English FVOD window in April.
Submit the following US rows together:
| License Type | Start Date | End Date | Language | LocalizationType | Territory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SVOD | 2027-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | en | dub | US |
FVOD | 2027-04-01 | 2027-04-30 | en | dub | US |
The submission replaces the existing windows for that title, partner, US territory, and English language combination. The resulting US windows are the SVOD and FVOD rows shown above. The Canadian combination was not covered by this submission, so its existing window remains unchanged.
To remove every window in a combination, do not assume that omitting it from a file performs the removal. Contact Content Operations for the appropriate instruction. See submitting and updating Avails.
Example correction request
For an AVOD, Linear OTT, or Howdy update, submit a Zendesk request that identifies the affected partner, service, Title IDs, territories, languages, and current and requested windows. Attach the applicable updated CTL and explain what should change.
For example: “Please extend Title ID romovieid_12345, AVOD, US, English audio, from an end date of 2027-06-30 to 2027-12-31. The updated CTL is attached.”
Return to workbook preparation before submitting your file.
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