Pay Per View (PPV)
Introduction/Summary
The following actions have to be done to use Pay Per View for TVOD
Create generic PPV Rule
Enable PPV in Movie
Define API Provision to communicate with Customer’s billing system
Integrate with Customer’s Billing system
This will result in the following
In the User Interface, the Subscriber can select Pay Per View for the defined movies
After confirmation, the subscriber gets access for the defined period to start watching the movie.
In Operators billing system the Movie is charged
In Customer details, the movie will be visible in the overview
In the following paragraphs, the activities are described in more detail.
Create generic PPV Rule
In CMS / Movies select PPV (Pay per View) rules in the left column.
Create a PPV rule with a commercial name as it will be visible in the User Interface of the App.
Important note: the defined time in a rule indicates the number of hours after the movie had been bought the subscriber could start watching the movie.
Enable PPV in each individual Movie and select the PPV Rule you would like to use for the Movie.
Important Note: a Movie can be only be used for one payment method. E.g. subscription or PPV. If you want to use it in both methods, the Movie have to added twice in the CMS.
Enable PPV in Movie
Go to CRM, Products and select API Provisions.
Define API Provision to communicate with Customer’s billing system
Add Provision:
Add Name
Select API Type, Movies
Add Key values. The Right column will get the Key values of the Operator’s System
Define the success and no Success response.
Save API provision
Run a Cloud Sync for Movie Content (for both categories of devices) and Products
Integrate with Customer’s Billing system
Operators development team integrates the API with their billing system
In the Zip file ‘Mware.demo.tvod.zip’ sample code is available as a reference.
Visibility in CRM
In customer details, the movies that are bought by a customer of the operator are listed in the Content Tab
How it looks in the User app
End user selects a movie, then a payment method shows as an invoice
When you click on the button Play Movie, the following screen pops up.
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