Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System
Chapter 9 Customize Parental Control
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Enable or Disable Parental Control for a Service
If a subscriber blocks a channel-based service using the General Settings menu, this
service is automatically blocked in the Services Portal. If a subscriber blocks a
channel-based service using the Block: Service screen in the Services Portal, this
service is automatically blocked in the General Settings menu. This keeps the
Services Portal and SARA in sync on blocked channel-based services.
Example: The following pictures show the two different access points for blocking
Example: The following pictures show the two different access points for blocking
channel-based services: General Settings (SARA) and Block: Service (Services Portal).
In addition to channel-based services, you may offer several overlay services in your
Services Portal. An overlay service “lays over” another channel, meaning the service
either displays on top of the current channel or shows the current channel in a
quarter screen or a video window. In fact, the Services Portal itself is an overlay
service.
Because overlay services are not assigned to a specific channel, time, or
Because overlay services are not assigned to a specific channel, time, or
rating, subscribers cannot block overlay services using the General Settings menu.
To provide subscribers the benefit of Parental Control for overlay services, the
Services Portal extends the blocking feature to overlay services.