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Add a channel to a channel collection New
The following instructions depend on having the Theming module enabled. Channel Collections are a great way to group together related content. You can create a collection of anything you want - Marketing videos, product videos, or even jus...
Understanding channels New
What's a channel? A Kaltura MediaSpace channel is a user-generated collection of content organized around a specific theme or topic. It serves as a centralized media library where users can upload, store, and share various types of media, ...
Understanding channel roles and permissions
About Channels  in Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) incorporate a roles and permissions system by which channel owners and managers can invite users and assign them specific roles. These roles define the actions they can perform in the channel, su...
My Channels
My Channels is a personalized library within Kaltura's Video Portal (also known as 'MediaSpace') designed to store, view, and share channels . Your My Channels library can contain the following: Channels you're a member&n...
Create a channel New
Who can create a channel? Organizational group managers or anyone authorized by the organization to create channels in MediaSpace can create a channel on the MediaSpace site and manually select the channel’s settings and member permi...
Edit a channel Updated
About Enhance your channel's layout, appearance, and functionality with Kaltura's versatile editing features. Craft a professional and engaging channel page effortlessly, showcasing your desired content in your preferred style. Custo...
Add media to a channel New
Add media (publish) to a channel(s) that you are entitled to add content to.  The KMS theming demonstrated in this guide is lacking the "Add to Channel" button. While we work on adding this feature, please follow the steps below...
Remove media from a channel New
Removing media from a channel is done by unpublishing the media from the channel. In this guide, we'll demonstrate both V2UI and Theming Feature Set styles. To learn how to upgrade your site to the Theming Feature Set, visit Theming . For...
Updating the channel thumbnail Updated
The following instructions apply to V2UI. For information about changing the thumbnail in the Theming UI, please visit our article Edit a channel - advanced settings . About Channel Managers can choose and set a thumbnail for a channel. B...
Create a channel playlist
Adding playlists to your channel is a great way to organize and display content for different topics within the channel for example, "Lesson Plan", "Campaign Highlights", "Leaderboard" etc. You can select videos...
Access a channel playlist Updated
Select My Channels from the user menu .  The My Channels page displays. Click on a channel's thumbnail to open the page.  The channel playlists tab displays.   The Playlists tab only appears if playl...
Understanding channel collections New
The following accounts depend on having the Theming module enabled. What's a channel collection? Channel collections serve as a way to organize and group related channels within Kaltura Mediaspace. They provide a higher level of categ...
Channel/Media Gallery playlist
The Channel Playlist feature allows Channel/Media Gallery Managers to curate, organize, and improve displayed featured content in their channels.
Channel moderation Updated
Channel managers and moderators approve or reject content when moderation is required before media is displayed. This feature is available only in V2UI and is under development for the new Theming  UI, and will be available very soon. ...
Channel subscriptions
The Channelsubscription module allows you to configure subscriptions to channels. Users can subscribe to individual channels and get an email notification each time media is published to the subscribed channel. The KMS Admin must enable this...
Delete a channel New
You may want to delete a channel from time to time to keep your MediaSpace site updated. Here's how! You must have the required entitlements to delete a channel. Read our article Channel management - deleting channels . From the user ...
Delete a channel playlist
You may want to update your site and remove playlists from a channel so your content stays fresh and relevant. It's very quick and easy to delete a channel playlist! Here's how: From the user menu , access My Channels . On the My Ch...
Import to channel
About In Kaltura, you can import content from one channel to another using the channel import feature. This helps streamline content management and organization by easily transferring media assets between channels. It's a convenient way to conso...
Associate a channel to a gallery New
You can associate or 'publish' a channel to a gallery / sub-gallery  depending on your entitlements. See our article Understanding gallery roles and permissions for more information.  The channelcategories module must b...
Channels terminology, symbols, and status icons
Terminology User ID – A user’s unique identifier in your organization’s information systems. The same ID is used in Kaltura as a unique identifier of the user in a specific partner account. Group ID – A unique identifie...
Shared Repositories in Video Portal
You can create shared media repositories that allow any member to not only browse the media that is published in the shared repository, but also use the media to publish to other channels and/or categories. Members of a shared repository can contrib...
Managing a channel in Kaltura MediaSpace
For information on viewing your channels, see My Channels . In the Add Media to Channel page you can add existing media or upload new content to the channel. Add Media to a Channel or Category Select My Channels from the User drop do...
Specific end-user permissions
When any one of the Category Entitlement Options is set to Private, the respective access level is based on specific end-user permissions.  User permissions to a category and content associated with it are set through 4 permission levels: Membe...
Channels management in bulk
Creating channels in bulk  You may need to create channels in bulk, either at the initial setup or upon major organizational changes that trigger the creation of numerous channels. We recommend creating channels in bulk using Kaltura’...
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