Set georestricting rules for videos

You can restrict an individual cloud-hosted or registered video to viewers in certain countries.

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Be mindful of the following when setting georestricting rules:

• Georestricting rules apply only to the content played within a player. Player libraries are not impacted by georestricting rules.
• Only Admin user accounts can create and manage georestricting rules. Manager and Content Editor user accounts can only apply and remove georestricting rules from content.

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Create a georestricting rule

Follow these steps to create a georestricting rule for a video:

1. On the Properties page, click the name of a property. The property settings appear.
2. Under Content & ad enhancements, click Content protection. The Content protection tab appears.
3. Under Media georestricting section, click Create media rule. The Create georestricting rule panel appears.
4. Enter a Rule name.
5. Select a Rule type:
   • Allow: Allow a specific list of locations to view this media
   • Deny: Block a specific list of locations from viewing this media
     
     
6. From the Locations dropdown menu, click the name of a country to apply to the rule. The name of the country appears beneath the dropdown menu.

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   If you need to remove a country, click the country name in the list beneath the dropdown menu.

7. (Optional) Repeat step 6 to add another country to the rule.
8. Click Save. The panel closes and the rule appears under Media georestricting.

You can now add the georestricting rule to videos.

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Add a georestricting rule to videos

Single media

Follow these steps to add a georestricting rule:

1. From your Media library, click the name of a media item. The media settings appear.
2. On the Advanced settings tab, under Content protection, select an existing georestricting rule from the dropdown menu.
3. Click Save.

Multiple media

Follow these steps to add a georestricting rule:

1. From your Media library, click the checkbox next to multiple media items.
2. From the Actions dropdown menu, click Content protection. The Manage content protection for media panel appears.
3. From the dropdown menu, choose an existing Georestricting rule.
4. Click Save.

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Edit a video georestricting rule

Follow these steps to edit a georestricting rule:

1. On the Properties page, click the name of a property. The property settings appear.
2. Under Content & ad enhancements, click Content protection. The Content protection tab appears.
3. Under Media georestricting, hover over the row of the user to expose ⋯ (More actions icon) at the end of the row.
4. Click ⋯ > Edit. The Edit georestricting rule panel appears.
5. Edit the Rule name, Rule type, or Locations sections.
6. Click Save.

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Delete a video georestricting rule

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Deleting a georestricting rule is permanent and immediately removes georestricted settings from all associated media.

Follow these steps to delete a georestricting rule:

1. On the Properties page, click the name of a property. The property settings appear.
2. Under Content & ad enhancements, click Content protection. The Content protection tab appears.
3. Under Media georestricting, hover over the row of the user to expose ⋯ (More actions icon) at the end of the row.
4. Click ⋯ > Delete.

The rule will be deleted and removed from all media associated. If enabled, the global property georestricting setting will be applied back to these media.