Editing your content in Apple TV Connect

Apple TV Connect allows you to manage your content directly by making temporary edits to your TV shows, episodes, and movie metadata. This is a simple way to make quick corrections and updates. You must have an Admin or Status Manager role to make edits in Apple TV Connect.

These features are designed to give you more immediate control over your content as it appears on the Apple TV app. 

Important: All Apple TV Connect content edits expire after 72 hours. To make an update permanent, you must include the change in your catalog feed. Once an edit expires, it will no longer appear in the View Recent Edits history.

Editing TV show information

Update a TV show’s title and description:

1. From Apple TV Connect, go to the Availability tab.
2. Click Shows in the top navigation bar and select the content you want to edit.
   
3. In the menu on the right, select the locale you want to edit. Note: The dropdown menu will only display locales that are currently included in your content feeds.
   
4. Click Edit to update the show’s title or description.
   
5. Click Save.

Update artwork:

1. From Apple TV Connect, go to the Availability tab.
2. Click Shows in the top navigation bar and select the content you want to edit.
   
3. Scroll to the Artwork section.
   
4. Click the ellipsis (...) next to the artwork you want to replace and upload your new file. If additional locales are available in your feed, there will be an option to apply additional locales to your artwork.
5. Click Save. 
   

Important: All artwork must comply with the Apple TV app artwork requirements.

Editing episode and movie information

For individual episodes and movies, you can edit metadata, offers, and artwork from the content item’s page.

Edit title information:

1. From Apple TV Connect, go to the Availability tab and select the episode or movie you want to edit.
2. Click the Title Information tab.
3. In the menu on the right, select the locale you want to edit. Note: The dropdown menu will only display locales that are currently included in your content
4. Click Edit to update metadata fields, such as; Title, Description, Rating and Advisories.
   
5. Click Save.

Edit offers:

You can set start and end dates for your offers in the Offer Availability section on the Title Information tab.

1. Select the offer type you want to update.
2. Select the "Available" checkbox to reveal the date fields. Note: To expire an offer, deselect the "Available" checkbox.
   
3. Enter a start date and an end date for the offer.
   
4. Click Save.

Edit artwork:

1. From Apple TV Connect, go to the Availability tab and select the episode or movie you want to edit.
2. Click the Artwork tab.
   
3. In the menu on the right, select the locale you want to edit. Note: The dropdown menu will only display locales that are currently included in your content feeds.
   
4. Click the ellipsis (...) next to the artwork you want to update and upload your new file. If additional locales are available in your feed, there will be an option to apply additional locales to your artwork.
5. Click Save. 
   

Reviewing recent edits

You can view a history of all recent changes made to a piece of content. On any content item page, click the View Recent Edits link under the title. This view shows all active edits, who made them, and when they are set to expire. This link will only appear if edits were made in the last 72 hours. 

Enabling email notifications

Stay informed about changes to your catalog by enabling email notifications. This will alert you when any user with access to your content in Apple TV Connect makes an edit.

1. In the top-right corner, click the menu under your username and select Edit Profile.
2. Under the Notifications section, select the checkbox for “Notify me when edits are made to my catalog metadata.”
   
3. Click Save.