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Broadcast Monitoring with Meltwater
Broadcast Monitoring with Meltwater
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Written by Cheyenne V.
Updated over a week ago

Broadcast Media Integration is an add-on feature that allows you to step forward into working with traditional media through a third type of search.

These searches pull in radio and television clips. When opening the clip, you can view or listen to the original content, read the transcript, see information about the program, and more!

Currently, Broadcast Media is available for those with the Broadcast Media Add-On in Meltwater. Speak to your Sales team representative to find out more about access to Broadcast Media.

Broadcast media is available for specific regions based on your contract.

Building a Broadcast-Specific Search

Building a broadcast search is a lot like building a social or editorial search with a few additional details to keep in mind.

To build a broadcast-specific search, follow the below steps:

  1. Click Explore in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Click Create under Advanced search

  3. Add your search string

  4. Select Source type in the Filter navigation bar

  5. Click Broadcast

  6. Select Search

  7. Click Save

Variations of Keywords

TV and Radio hits pull in using closed captioning. Therefore, we want to be mindful of variations in how keywords can be captured. For instance, say you are a sports team looking to monitor when your team wins - your keyword for “won” can also be pulled in as “one,” so we will want to add both variations in our search string.

Excluding Keywords

After your initial Broadcast search, you may find some clips that need to be more relevant to what you want to monitor. We can exclude specific keywords or phrases by using the NOT operator.

Searching for a Specific Clip

If you have a specific broadcast clip in mind, create a refined search using the details you have for the clip.

Potential Keywords

For example, if the clip is of an interview with a university professor, we'd recommend searching for keywords such as the university's name, professor's name, terms relating to the person's title 'Professor,' terms about the topic being discussed, and terms relating to their area of study.

  1. Click Explore in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Click Create under Advanced search

  3. Add your potential keywords

  4. Select Search

Refine Your Date

  1. Click Explore in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Click Create under Advanced search

  3. Add your potential keywords

  4. Select Last 7 days in the top right-hand corner

  5. Refine to a specific populated date range or click Custom… if you know that exact date.

  6. Select Search

Refine to TV or Radio

  1. Click Explore in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Click Create under Advanced search

  3. Add your potential keywords

  4. Select Last 7 days in the top right-hand corner

  5. Refine to a specific populated date range or click Custom… if you know that exact date.

  6. Select Source type in the Filter navigation bar

  7. Click the arrow next to Broadcast

  8. Select TV or Radio based on where you know the clip ran

  9. Select Search

Viewing Broadcast Content

Once you have found a clip you want to watch or listen to, select the Title of the clip.

You’ll be brought to a new tab that provides the clip to listen to or watch, a transcript of the clip, and audience information or viewership.

Editing and Downloading a Broadcast Clip

  1. In your Explore search, select the Title of the clip you’d like to edit

  2. Select a start/end time by clicking Set Start followed by Set End

    Note: Max clip length is 10 minutes.

  3. Click the Make a Clip icon in the top right of the player.

  4. The Duration of the clip will then be displayed on your page.

  5. Copy a link to your clipboard by clicking the Copy icon or email the custom clip by clicking the envelope.

Note: These links can be shared with your colleagues, providing access to the media player to view the segment.

Staying on Top of Your Broadcast Mentions

There are two different ways you can automatically receive notifications of your broadcast clips. Please note that if you have additional source types selected in your search, you will also receive hits from those sources in the following alerts.

Every Mention Alerts

  1. Select Alerts on the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Ever Mention

  3. Click Create Alert

  4. Click Next

  5. Click Add search

  6. Select the search or searches you want to receive an every-mention alert for

  7. Select Ok

  8. Edit Content Settings as needed

  9. Add up to 10 email addresses for those who want to receive these alerts.

  10. Select Save

Digest Reports

  1. Select Report in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Digest reports

  3. Click Create Report in the top right-hand corner

  4. Give the report a Title

  5. Select Inputs

  6. Add the search or searches you would like to create a digest report for

  7. Add recipients of this report

  8. Select Save

Newsletters

  1. Open an Explore Search or Monitor from the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Hover over any media clip

  3. Click Add to Newsletter

  4. Select from existing Manual Newsletters or start a new draft

  5. Choose the relevant section of the Newsletter, includes sections

Learn more about Newsletters.

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