Creative Affinities - G2UI System

Users across many departments find it incredibly helpful to access
scheduling information via G²UI's web-browser interface,
where information is amalgamated from
the Traffic system and the Playout Automation system
for a more complete view.

Traffic/Scheduling Systems

G²UI makes a distinction about various scheduling systems that may be in use for any particular broadcaster:

- a consolidated scheduling system includes information about all program and interstitial events
that have financial/reporting implications. This is the traditional concept of a "traffic" system.

- a program-centric scheduling system includes information only about program events.
In facilities where interstitials form a crucial component of a schedule, this type of system
typically provides additional program details, auxiliary to the primary Traffic system.

G²UI can support either/both types of scheduling system, depending on how the data will benefit the users.

Interaction with Data in other Systems

G²UI gathers relevant data from the scheduling system(s) and playout automation system.
No financial data is ever accessed by G²UI, to preserve appropriate confidentiality and to ensure
that G²UI can never be a source for distributing such data.
As well, G²UI only reads data from these other systems, and deliberately does not write/revise
any data within these systems, to protect the integrity of their data and processes.

Updating G²UI Data from other Systems

G²UI provides mechanisms for both automatic and manual updates to data
from the scheduling system(s) and playout automation system.