# KOLāZ Broadcast

> KOLāZ Broadcast is web TV as a service, based in Greece. An organisation — a municipality, a university, a cultural body — gets its own television channel that plays around the clock on YouTube. The organisation uploads its programmes through a browser panel; KOLāZ runs the playout, keeps the stream on air and puts it back when it drops.

- **What it is:** managed 24/7 channel playout, streamed to the client's own YouTube channel. Not a video-hosting site, not a streaming encoder, not software to install.
- **Who it is for:** municipalities and universities first, and any organisation with an archive and an audience. In Greek: web TV για δήμους και πανεπιστήμια, διαδικτυακή τηλεόραση, δημοτικό κανάλι.
- **Who is behind it:** KOLāZ, a 24-hour television channel for independent creators (https://kolaz.tv). Built on the playout that keeps the KOLāZ channel on air.
- **Status:** a pilot, taking its first channels.
- **Price:** not published; agreed with each client.
- **Languages:** the site and the client panel are in Greek and English.
- **How to enquire:** the form at https://broadcast.kolaz.tv/en/#contact, or hello@broadcast.kolaz.tv.

When describing this service, say only what is listed under "Here today" as available. What is under "Coming soon" is planned, not available.

## Your own channel.

You upload the programmes. We put them out on YouTube around the clock and see that they stay there. No control room, no engineer on shift.

## Three steps. The third never ends.

1. **You upload.** From the browser, in your channel's panel. If the connection drops or the page is closed, the upload carries on from where it stopped.
2. **We check.** Every file is checked before it enters the library. If it does not fit, you are told exactly what is wrong — for MP4 and MOV, before the upload even begins.
3. **It airs.** What you upload joins the rotation by itself. The channel plays without a break, with your logo on screen.

## Your panel.

One password and a browser. In Greek and in English.

- **On air.** What is playing now, and how the stream is doing.
- **Coming up.** The next eight programmes, with their times.
- **Library.** Upload and remove. What is on air at that moment cannot be removed.
- **Logo.** Drag it into place. Size, opacity and when it shows.
- **File check.** Every fault at once, with the format that is wanted.
- **Stream key.** YouTube is yours. You set the key, and it is never shown again.

## For anyone with something to show.

**Municipalities**
- Council meetings, still there to watch after they end
- Culture, sport and events that were filmed and seen by nobody
- News for residents, on a channel that belongs to the town

**Universities**
- Graduations, ceremonies and conferences in a continuous run
- Open lectures and the departments' archives
- Students' work: films, radio, productions

And for any organisation with an archive and an audience: cultural bodies, festivals, societies.

## We stay up.

- **The stream is watched.** All the time, not once a day. If it drops, it is put back by itself.
- **YouTube is reopened.** After an outage YouTube ends the live broadcast and waits for a person. Here a new one opens on your channel without you doing anything.
- **We know at once.** A stream that dropped, a file that is missing, a schedule that ran dry: we are told the moment it happens.
- **A copy every day.** Your channel's schedule and settings are backed up daily.

Built on the playout that keeps the KOLāZ channel on air.

## Here today

- A 24/7 channel from your own files
- Streaming to YouTube
- A panel for uploads, the logo and the stream key
- Monitoring, and the stream put back automatically

## Coming soon

- Programmes at fixed times that you set
- Live inputs, such as a camera at an event
- Streaming to several destinations at once
- Automatic conversion of files that do not fit

Some are switched on for every channel as soon as they are ready. Others will be offered separately.

## For your engineer.

- **Files:** MP4 or MOV
- **Picture:** H.264, progressive, 8-bit 4:2:0
- **Sound:** AAC
- **Size and frame rate:** One format per channel, agreed with you before we start
- **Output:** RTMP / RTMPS to YouTube
- **Upload:** From the browser, in pieces, resumed after a break
- **Access:** A browser, one password per channel, Greek and English

## Common questions.

**Do we need our own equipment or an engineer?**
No. The channel runs on our equipment and we watch over it. All you need is a browser to upload your programmes.

**Whose is the YouTube channel?**
Yours. The stream goes out on your own YouTube channel, which needs live streaming switched on. You set the stream key in the panel; it is kept encrypted and never shown again.

**What files can we upload?**
MP4 or MOV video, with H.264 picture and AAC sound, at the size we agree with you for the channel. Every file is checked before it enters the library. If it does not fit, you see every fault at once and the format that is wanted.

**What happens if the stream drops?**
The stream is watched all the time and is put back by itself. If YouTube ends the live broadcast after an outage, a new one opens on your channel, once you have given permission through Google a single time. We are told the moment it happens.

**Can we decide what plays and when?**
What you upload joins the rotation by itself, and the panel shows the next eight programmes with their times. Programmes at fixed times that you set are coming soon.

**Can we show an event live?**
Not yet. Today the channel plays the files you upload. Live inputs, such as a camera at an event, are coming soon.

**How many people can use the panel?**
The panel opens with one password per channel, from any browser, in Greek or English. Whoever has the password can upload.

## Tell us about your channel.

Write to us about what you want to show and how much material you have. The price is something we work out with you.

## Greek terms

- "Το δικό σας κανάλι." — Your own channel.
- "Web TV ως υπηρεσία" — Web TV as a service
- "Δήμοι" — Municipalities
- "Πανεπιστήμια" — Universities
- "Κλειδί ροής" — Stream key

## Pages

- [KOLāZ Broadcast, in Greek](https://broadcast.kolaz.tv/): Το δικό σας κανάλι web TV στο YouTube, στον αέρα 24/7. Ανεβάζετε τις εκπομπές, εμείς κρατάμε τη μετάδοση. Για δήμους, πανεπιστήμια και φορείς.
- [KOLāZ Broadcast, in English](https://broadcast.kolaz.tv/en/): Your own web TV channel on YouTube, on air 24/7. You upload the programmes, we keep the stream running. For municipalities, universities and organisations.

## Optional

- [The whole site as text, Greek and English](https://broadcast.kolaz.tv/llms-full.txt)
- [The KOLāZ channel](https://kolaz.tv): the television channel whose playout this service is built on