Glossary
Plain-English definitions of the words you will see around Metal TV.
- Channel / the stream
- The single, continuous 24/7 broadcast everyone watches at the same time, like a TV channel rather than on-demand video.
- Rotation
- The pool of videos the channels pick from on their own, and the act of cycling through them. Any approved video can still be requested on the Requests channel.
- Genre family
- A normalised genre grouping (Black, Death, Doom, Thrash, and so on). Each band carries up to four, chosen on its own page; they decide which channels it plays on and power the band search.
- Channels
- The seven around-the-clock streams: the main Metal TV channel plus Black, Death, Doom, Thrash, Core and Progressive. Switch with the bar under the player. See Channels.
- Now playing
- The band, song and album details for the clip currently on air, shown in the side panels (or overlaid in fullscreen).
- Upcoming / schedule
- The list of clips coming up next and the recent history, under the now-playing panel.
- Promotion (song)
- A paid boost that guarantees a song airs at least once every 24 hours for its run. See Promote a song.
- Advertisement
- A paid banner or side tile for a brand, release or event. See Advertise on Metal TV.
- Call to action (CTA)
- The optional button on a promoted song (icon, text and link), for example "Listen now", shown while the song plays.
- Song request
- Pressing the play button on a song to add it to the Requests channel's queue, free. It plays for everyone watching, shown as "requested by" you. See The Requests channel.
- Library (yours)
- The bands you follow and tracks you save with a free account. See Following & saving.
- Manager
- A member with edit and upload rights on a band: the creator plus anyone they add by email (bandmates, label people). Managers upload videos and see the band's Artist Fund balance.
- Upload
- How videos get on Metal TV: a band manager uploads the file, it is converted for broadcast and reviewed by a human before it airs. See Add bands & videos.
- Artist Fund
- Money a band earns from the channel: a share of Metal TV's ad revenue. Managers see the balance on the band editor and withdraw it from My Account. See the artist fund.
- Underground
- Lesser-known, independent or extreme metal. Metal TV deliberately leans this way.
- Filler
- A short holding clip the channel shows in the rare moment a scheduled video is not ready, so it never goes dark.