Some best practices so your audience can find your content on Google TV
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Include the release date, name of the movie (including a hashtag so that so more people discover your post), and a call to action: e.g. Buy / rent on Google TV.
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You can troubleshoot why your title isn’t live by following the steps outlined in this article If you’re unable to solve it, please contact your Google support team to find out why your title is not appearing when you search for it.
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If your title is showing in the wrong genre or category, please contact your post house so they change the genre/category for your title via a metadata update.
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If you notice your title live with a wrong artwork thumbnail, please contact your post house to change the artwork. Further information on artworks can be found in this article
How to find your title on Youtube
- Go to Offers (left hand side)
- Search for a title and click into it
- Once you are on the Offer details page, copy the Youtube Video ID
Title Search using the URL
Movie level:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<INSERTYOUTUBESTOREFRONTID>
Episode level:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<INSERTYOUTUBESTOREFRONTID>
Movie URL search
- Next Gen & Legacy
- Youtube URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[Youtube Video ID]
- Replace "[Youtube Video ID]" with the Youtube Video ID
- *The Youtube Video ID has (11 digits)*
- Replace "[Youtube Video ID]" with the Youtube Video ID
TV URL search
- Next Gen & Legacy
- Episode Level
- Youtube URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[Youtube Video ID]
- Replace "[Youtube Video ID]" with the Youtube Video ID
- *The Youtube Video ID has (11 digits)*
- Replace "[Youtube Video ID]" with the Youtube Video ID
- Next Gen
- Season Level
- Youtube URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=[Youtube Video ID]
- Replace "[Youtube Video ID]" with the Youtube Video ID
- *The Youtube Video ID is available on Offers and has 13 or 24 digits (=EL + 11 or 22 digits)*
- Replace "[Youtube Video ID]" with the Youtube Video ID
- Legacy
- Season Level
- Youtube URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=[Video ID]
- Replace "[Video ID]" with Video ID
- *Video ID is available on Store Information and has 13 or 24 digits (=EL + 11 or 22 digits)*
- Replace "[Video ID]" with Video ID
Why doesn't my title show up when I search for it?
You can troubleshoot why your title isn’t live by following the steps outlined in this article If you’re unable to solve it, please contact your Google support team to find out why your title is not appearing when you search for it.
How to find your title on Google TV
To check the title live status on Google TV, you will need a smart TV with built-in GTV and/or a Google ChromeCast and be located in the specific territory.
Searching for content on Google TV can only be done via title search:
- Use the search icon on GTV store or the Google Assistant (voice command)
- If successful, the title’s offer page should show directly showing the Buy or Rent options
If the title search is not working, try searching with a combination of words that could narrow down the results (title+release year, title+”movie”, title+studio, etc.).
You can also try searching by the director’s or actor’s name to navigate through their filmography and find the specific title.
If you are having issues finding your TVOD title, please reach out to playsupport-moviestv@google.com
Click-through links for GTV
We do not have the ability to generate click-through links for Google TV.