ByteArk AirTime
Turn the videos you already have into a 24/7 TV channel that earns from ads
AirTime schedules your studio's YouTube channels and video library, puts ad breaks in the stream, and airs it on your website. We also bring your channel to leading OTT platforms.
- Auto schedules every day
- Ad breaks built into the stream
- Cut to live events
What AirTime does
A TV channel from the library you already have
A full day, scheduled for you
New and evergreen clips from your library go on air on their own. Adjust any time.
Earns from ads
Ad breaks are built into the stream, using your channel's own ad tag.
Watch anywhere
A Watch page and an embed for your website. We also bring your channel to leading OTT platforms.
Cut to live events
Live takeover cuts the channel to a live event, then back to the schedule.
How it works
From your video library to a channel on air
- 01
Bring clips into the Library
Connect a YouTube channel or a ByteArk Stream project. AirTime finds new clips on its own and imports them when a schedule picks them.
- 02
Plan the day in Blocks
A Layout splits the day into Blocks. Each Block is Manual, Auto or Rerun, and a weekly map sets which Schedule each day follows.
- 03
Lock before broadcast
The schedule locks ahead of broadcast. Clips are never cut mid-play, and Gap fill covers what is left at the end of a Block, so the screen never goes black.
- 04
On air, with ads
The channel plays 24/7 on a Watch page, an embed and leading OTT platforms, with ad breaks from your ad tag.
A closer look
Tools for the people who run the channel
Auto · Manual · Rerun
Set the rules once, the channel schedules itself
An Auto Block picks clips by rule, one slot at a time, then fills the rest from the playlists you choose. Check a sample before you save.
- Fresh: a new clip uploaded within a window you set, with a fallback when there is none
- Latest: the newest clip that matches, however old
- Evergreen: clips from several playlists, least recently aired first, or shuffled
- Manual lets your team place clips by hand; Rerun repeats another Block's locked list
Ad revenue
Ad breaks built into the stream
Set your channel's ad tag once, for example from Google Ad Manager. Every ad break is one Ad Slate; at playback an ad plays over it. When there is no ad, viewers see your channel's Ad Slate video.
- Auto Blocks place an Ad Slate after every clip
- Manual Blocks let your team place Ad Slates where the programme needs them
- One ad break is one Ad Slate and one ad request, so two Ad Slates never touch
Live takeover
Cut to live, then back to the schedule
Set the channel's live event link ahead of time. When it starts, press Take over and the channel goes live. When it ends, the channel returns to its schedule.
- Pick a Bumper in and a Bumper out from the Library
- The Takeover log records who started and ended each takeover, and for how long
- Turn Live takeover on per channel
Where it airs
One channel, watched in many places
Every channel has a Watch page and an embed code, ready to copy from the channel's Overview. We also bring your channel to leading OTT platforms.
- Watch page: a public page with a player and ads, what's on now, and today's schedule
- Embed: the player alone, for an iframe on your website
- OTT platforms: the ByteArk team brings your channel to leading OTT platforms, with ad breaks carried in the stream as SCTE-35 cues
Studio
Library, channels and team in one place
One studio runs several channels, all from the same Library.
- Library: add YouTube channels or ByteArk Stream projects as sources; each playlist is a Series
- Categories and content shelf life, with AI suggestions
- Layouts: reusable 24-hour schedules for every channel, with presets to start from
- Give each person on your team access by role
Who it's for
Studios that already have a video library
Newsrooms, content producers and media companies with a YouTube channel or a video library who want an online TV channel from the content they have.
Channel staff
Fill Manual Blocks day by day. The Overview shows what still needs filling before each lock.
Set it once with Auto
Set an Auto Block's rules once, then come back only when Needs action lists something to fix.
Several channels, one studio
Split channels by audience or content type, share one library, and see every channel on the Studio Overview.
In development
Coming next
- Coming soon
Channel Stats
Hours on air, ad breaks and content freshness, from the locked schedule.
- Coming soon
Standby card
Gap fill with ad breaks between fillers, ending on a Standby card that never requests ads.
- Coming soon
Override one day
Replace one day's Block by hand, for example for breaking news, without touching the Schedule.
- Coming soon
Export EPG
Export a monthly programme guide as Excel or XMLTV for set-top boxes.
FAQ
Before you open a channel
Put your first channel on air with AirTime
Contact the ByteArk sales team to get started. We'll help you get your first channel on air.