Abstract: A method of establishing enablers of a relationship between a first entity and a second entity, a computer program product and relationship establishment unit operable to perform that method. The method comprises: determining a set of indications of primary relationship characteristics to define a generic relationship between the first entity and the second entity; expressing primary first entity relationship requirements and primary second entity relationship requirements in terms of the indications of primary relationship characteristics; assessing, based on common indications of primary relationship characteristics, whether commonality between the primary first entity relationship requirements and primary second entity relationship requirements passes a preselected threshold; and, if so, establishing enablers of a relationship between the first entity and said second entity based on the common indications of primary relationship characteristics.

Abstract: A configuration tool for a content and distribution management system for assets (111, 112), comprising: a. an editor (101) for editing templates defining metadata (161, 162, 163; 171, 172, 173) of an asset (111; 112) through key/value pairs and lists of values; b. a plurality of agents (121, 122, 123, 12N), each having headend device specific logic for transforming an internal asset format into a headend device specific asset format; c. an extensible representation of metadata, e.g. XML, for uninterpreted transport of device specific assets to the appropriate agent (121; 122; 123; 12N); and d. a configurable workflow (151) for defining the order and dependencies between elements of events handling the assets (111; 112) and/or metadata (161, 162, 163; 171, 172, 173).