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  • How to Update a Video Title plus icon minus icon
    • Titles will appear after the artist's name on YouTube. All Vevo video titles will be formatted as ARTIST NAME - VIDEO TITLE Titles have a limit of 100 characters, but after 70 characters, the Artis... See more
  • How to Update a Video's Artist plus icon minus icon
    • The artist's name will appear before the title on Youtube. All Vevo videos titles will be formatted as ARTIST NAME - VIDEO TITLE Adding or changing the Primary Artist on a video is very easy in Bac... See more
  • How to update a Thumbnail plus icon minus icon
    • Thumbnails are mandatory for video delivery but if you wish to up please either follow the steps below or use our thumbnail optimization tool to choose a new thumbnail for your video.   ​ # Go to... See more
  • How to use the Thumbnail Optimization Tool plus icon minus icon
    • We all know that thumbnails have an effect on click-through rates on YouTube You can use the Vevos thumbnail tool to make sure you are delivering the best quality thumbnail available. Follow the st... See more
  • How to Update Available Countries plus icon minus icon
    •   When a video is created in Backstage, it needs to have at least one country set up for distribution in order to be playable. You can adjust the available and blocked countries at any time during ... See more
  • How to Update the Start Time & End Time plus icon minus icon
    •   If you need to update the start time of a video release (either before or after the video has gone live) or set an end time to set the video private on YouTube please follow the steps below.   G... See more
  • How to reconcile a video plus icon minus icon
    •   Sometimes Vevo's and YouTube's systems can get out of sync, to resolve this we suggest reconciling the video.  Reconciling the video sends a blank update of a video's metadata to YouTube, you can... See more
  • How to lock fields plus icon minus icon
    • How to lock Metadata fields   1. Go to videos 2. Search for the video you wish to update 3. Click on video 4. Check metadata in the field is as desired 5. Click on padlock next to the fiel... See more
  • How to Update a Video's Description plus icon minus icon
    • Vevo automatically provides a brief description for each video, but you can make changes to it easily in Backstage. Note: Some special characters like < and > are not accepted. Go to the Video se... See more
  • How to Update Audio ISRC plus icon minus icon
    • Audio ISRC is not a mandatory field for Vevo but if you would like to track this in Backstage please follow the steps below to add/update this field.  Go to the Video search page. Search for the v... See more
  • How to Update the Video Version plus icon minus icon
    • Setting the video version does not  affect the way the title is displayed on Youtube.  Go to the Video search page. Search for the video you'd like to update. Click into the video you wish to edit... See more
  • How to Update the UPC plus icon minus icon
    • UPC is not a mandatory field for Vevo but if you use this internally and would like to add/update this field in Backstage please follow the steps below.  Go to the Video search page. Search for th... See more
  • How to Update a Video's Credits plus icon minus icon
    •   Note: These fields are not displayed to viewers on YouTube.  Go to the Video search page. Search for the video you'd like to update. Click into the video you wish to edit. Switch to the "Additi... See more
  • How to Update the Channel Name plus icon minus icon
    • You are not able to update channels via Vevo Backstage  If you are trying to changing the channel a video is on, you will see that the field is not editable in Backstage.   Instead, you will likel... See more
  • How to Update a Video's Explicit Rating plus icon minus icon
    • Important: If your video contains explicit content, it is important to mark it as such in Backstage. This change does mean that no ads will be played on the video. Go to the Video search page. Sea... See more
  • How to Update the Label plus icon minus icon
    • After a rights transfer, you may need to update the label details. You can make this very easy change in Backstage! Follow the steps below. Go to the Video search page. Search for the video you'd ... See more
  • How to Update a Video's Featured Artist plus icon minus icon
    • Featured Artist names will appear after the title on Youtube. All Vevo videos titles will be formatted as PRIMARY ARTIST NAME - VIDEO TITLE ft. FEATURED ARTIST NAME. You can make multiple updates t... See more
  • How to Update a Video's Genre plus icon minus icon
    • Genre helps users find more songs and playlists within their favorite genres' videos and drive discoverability for a video on both our OTT platforms and on YouTube. A video can have multiple genres... See more
  • How to Update a Video with a Note plus icon minus icon
    • If you wish to add a note to appear in the change log when updating a video please follow the below steps.  Notes are not mandatory  1. Go to Videos    2. Search for the ISRC you wish to update ... See more
  • How to update Keywords plus icon minus icon
    • Keywords or tags are a great way to help users find a video on YouTube.  Please follow the below steps to update the Keywords on a Video.    ​ ​ # Go to the video details page in Backstage 1. ... See more
  • How to add YouTube Chapters plus icon minus icon
    • Chapters allows a viewer to skip to a precise moment in the video, specified by the content owner. The user can hover-over the progress bar to see the name of the chapter, as well as the timestamp.... See more