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Content channel

Last update: May 12, 2026

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This page covers the Content channel reporting dimension. See Content channel for how to collect this variable.

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The Content channel dimension reports the distribution station, network, or property where each session played. Use it to break out playback by network or section of a property.

How this dimension is populated

Channel is set by the player at session start and persists for the duration of the session.

Reporting system
Source
Adobe Analytics
Automatically collected from context data a.media.channel when Media Core is enabled.
Customer Journey Analytics
mediaReporting.sessionDetails.channel
Data feeds
videochannel, post_videochannel
IMPORTANT
If channel is not set, the dimension is unpopulated for that session.

Dimension items

Each item is the literal string set at session start. Any string is accepted. Typical values are a network name, a portion of a site path, or an internal property identifier.

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