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

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The JWX dashboard currently refers to georestricting as geoblocking.

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 geoblocking section, click Create media rule. The Create media 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 geoblocking.

You can now add the georestricting rule to videos.

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Add a georestricting rule to videos

Single Media

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The JWX dashboard currently refers to georestricting as geoblocking.

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 geoblocking rule from the dropdown menu.
3. Click Save.

Multiple Media

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The JWX dashboard currently refers to georestricting as geoblocking.

Follow these steps to add a georestricting rule:

1. From your Media library, click the checkbox next to each media item to include in a geoblocking rule.

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   The checkbox appears when you hover over the row of a media item.

2. Click Add protection rules. The Add content protection popup window appears.
3. From the dropdown menu, Choose an existing geoblocking rule.
4. Click Add.

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Edit a video geoblocking rule

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The JWX dashboard currently refers to georestricting as geoblocking.

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 geoblocking, hover over the row of the user to expose ⋯ (More actions icon) at the end of the row.
4. Click ⋯ > Edit. The Edit geoblocking 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.

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The JWX dashboard currently refers to georestricting as geoblocking.

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 geoblocking section, 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.