Further sports functionality, sports personalization, mtribes SDK integration, bug fixes.*
Note: This release supports Responsive web and webTV apps (including Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, and Xbox One).
Overview
This release is in line with AXIS 9.2 and contains the following:
- OOTB functionality for AXIS sports:
- mtribes SDK integration
- General bug fixes
What’s new
New Team and Persona asset types
Introducing two new asset types; Teams (sports-specific) and Personas (supports both Sports and Entertainment purposes). Read on below for more information on how they're supported.
New Team and Persona hero rows
We've added new row types supporting the Follow functionality and surfacing additional metadata for Teams and Persona assets, including the sport, country, and image/logo.
New item detail pages
To support the features below, we've put together a cheat sheet to help you create a sports item detail page.
Team Item detail page
The new Team detail page is designed to support various row types, including the new Team hero SHT1 row that enables users to follow Team assets, and surface related sports metadata such as Competitions, Rounds, and Stages. The page body can support live and upcoming events related to the team.
The Team details page supports OOTB analytics for user behavior tracking and Right-to-Left languages. For more information, read our Team detail page article.
SHT1 (16:9) Team hero row:
Asset key metadata is left-aligned over a wallpaper (16:9), displaying the following:
- Team's name (title)
- Short description (not supported on mobile)
- Badge
- Team logo, either:
| Inset (inside image bounding box) | Outset (outside image bounding box) |
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Note: The Tagline is sent in the API, this requires project customization to display in the UI.
Reference App functionality:
- Follow the team by selecting the Follow icon (signed-in users only)
- View team metadata including the sport and country. If metadata exceeds one line, expand using the ellipsis icon.
For more information, read our pages and supported row types article.
Persona Item detail page
The new Persona detail page is designed for both Sports and Entertainment purposes. For Sports, Personas typically represent Athletes, and for Entertainment, Actors or Directors, etc. The new Persona hero SHP1 row enables users to follow Persona assets and surface related metadata.
For Sports, this page supports the ability to display live and upcoming events related to the persona, surface related sports metadata such as Competitions, Rounds, Stages, and related Teams, with the ability to follow Persona assets. For Entertainment, the ability to display Movies, Shows, Episodes, or Programs relating to the Actor or Director.
The Persona details page supports OOTB analytics for user behavior tracking and Right-to-Left languages. For more information, read our Persona detail page article.
SHP1 (16:9) Persona hero row:
Sports example:
Entertainment example:
Asset key metadata is left-aligned over a wallpaper (16:9), displaying the following:
- Badge
- Persona's name (title)
- Persona metadata including the sport and country. If metadata exceeds one line, expand using the ellipsis icon.
- Short description (not supported on mobile)
- Persona image, either:
- Inset: inside the image bounding box
- Outset: outside the image bounding box
Note: The Tagline is sent in the API, this requires a project customization to display in the UI.
Reference App functionality:
- Follow the Persona by selecting the Follow icon (signed-in users only)
- View Persona metadata including the sport and country. If metadata exceeds one line, expand using the ellipsis icon.
For more information, read our pages and supported rows article.
Sports and Entertainment personalization
Follow assets
Expanding on the two new row types mentioned above, SHT1 for Teams, and SHP1 for Personas, these rows support the ability to follow Team and Persona assets.
Signed-in users can follow assets via the 
icon. Selecting this icon adds the asset to the profile's Following list.
Followed assets display the 
icon. Selecting this icon removes the asset from the profile's Following list. Read on below about managing followed assets.
Note: The default maximum number of follows per profile is set to 50, this limit is configurable by an administrator (see AXIS 9.2 for further information). Users are informed if they reach the maximum number of follows per profile.
Manage followed assets
Signed-in users can manage their Following list of Team and Persona assets.
The Following page groups followed assets by Teams and Athletes (Personas). Assets highlighted in green are actively followed by the profile, although users have the option to deselect assets to unfollow.
Note: The Following page is available OOTB; however, for Entertainment customers, this requires some customizations.
Signed-in users can view and manage their Following list from a link within their profile menu.
Operator notes (see AXIS 9.2):
- Operators can configure list rules based on user following preferences to surface targeted content.
Search
The search functionality now includes the new sport asset types, each with a dedicated row: Confederations, Competition, Events, Stages, Teams. Persona assets are returned within the People group of results.
Search result grouping
With the addition of sports assets, we're supporting a pre-defined set of asset subtypes:
- Highlights
- Interview
- Documentary
- News
- Best moments
- Replay
- Preview
- Reactions
- Throwback
If one of these pre-defined asset subtypes has been applied to an asset, the asset displays in the News and Highlights row on the search results page.
Enhanced Event metadata
We've made several improvements to the information shown for existing Sports rows, surfacing metadata including the Competition, Stage, and Round.
Note: Stage and Competition metadata is provided via asset relations if recorded. The display of Competition, Stage, and Round titles is not supported OOTB on native mobile apps.
| Row | Metadata | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ST1 - Standard (16:9) |
Stage/round |
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| ST3 - Events grid (16:9) |
Competition/stage |
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ST3 row:
The ST3 row now supports a stage selector, situated below the row title. If configured, users can filter events within a specific stage. Read our Sports rows article for further information.
Stage selector functionality on web:
Stage selector functionality on webTVs:
STV2 row:
The existing STV2 row now supports the display of additional metadata including the stage/round or the competition/stage.
SHC1 (Competition) row:
The existing SHC1 row can now support the display of additional metadata including further information on the sport, confederation, and season.
SHCF1 (Confederation) row:
The existing SHCF1 row now supports the display of additional sports information, e.g., Football.
STV3 row:
The existing STV3 row now supports the display of additional metadata including the stage/round, or the competition/stage.
SHE1 row:
The existing SHE1 row now supports the display of additional metadata including the sport, competition, stage, and round.
C1 row:
Formerly known as the SC1 row specifically for sports content, it's now called the C1 row and supports both sports and entertainment asset types.
The C1 row supports the display of a 1:1 square or logo inside a circular bounding box. Images can be configured to display inset/outset (inside/outside the image bounding box) and small/large in size. The following metadata is supported:
- Row title
- Tagline
- Asset title
- Asset text badge
- Asset season/year text
- Pagination (on Responsive web, iOS, and Android)
- View all tile (on TV platforms)
The example below highlights some examples of the available image configurations:
- Competitions (large, inset image)
- Teams (small, inset image)
- People (small, outset image)
Existing rows supported on Sport item detail pages
We've made some changes to the availability of page templates and supported rows. The pre-existing TB4, PB4, T1, T2, P1, and S2 rows, previously used solely for entertainment purposes, are now available on the following sports item detail pages:
- Confederation detail page
- Competition detail page
- Event detail page
- Persona detail page
- Team detail page
Please note, these row types support all sport asset types but were not originally designed for sports content. Only the title and short description (where relevant) displays for end users. Sports-specific metadata is not currently supported on these rows.
Find out more about pages and supported row types.
Broadcast date
The ST1 row now displays the Broadcast Date metadata, if recorded, for individual assets across all Android devices. The broadcast date now also displays for assets shown in the News and Highlights search result group.
Find out more about pages and supported row types.
mtribes SDK integration
We've completed the integration of the mtribes SDK. This development makes it easier, quicker, and more cost-effective for AXIS customers to adopt mtribes into their product set.
Check out mtribes to learn more about the product.
What’s fixed
Responsive web
- Fixed a Voice Over issue that failed to read list item numbers (Safari)
- Fixed an asset left to right scrolling issue on rows (Safari)
- Fixed an issue relating to the display format of time on the Item detail page hero rows
- Fixed an issue with the analytics event trigger after user registration
- Fixed an issue that caused the second row to disappear when the H1 hero row is used.