FORGE Q2 '26

Overview

The FORGE Q2 ‘26 release delivers fresh capabilities across Content Manager, Page Builder, and Platform plus a new solution to deliver live and on-demand video with rich digital content into one cohesive ecosystem, NEXUS.

NEXUS integrates Deltatre FORGE and Deltatre VESPER to provide fans with a unified journey across editorial and OTT content.

Further improvements focus on editorial efficiency, multilingual content creation, and deeper monetization options for video experiences.

Editors can now work faster with navigation rules, compare story revisions at a glance, and translate content via AI.

The FORGE platform provides optional Digital Asset Management (DAM) integration and updated infrastructure to keep systems secure and support future growth.

NEXUS

Upgrade impact
Integrating VESPER for video content and subscriptions is optional and does not affect existing workflows even when enabled.

Introducing NEXUS

Unify editorial storytelling with premium video and subscription journeys. NEXUS brings together Deltatre FORGE and Deltatre VESPER so that fans can access free stories, premium video, and subscription services through a single destination.

Editors and producers mix editorial stories, photos, and selections with VOD, live streams, playlists, and other VESPER entities to craft rich journeys that monetize content.

Users can register, sign in, choose a subscription, and enjoy seamless cross‑device experiences within the same digital proposition.

NEXUS preserves the responsibilities of each platform. Editorial stories, photos and editorial selections are still created and managed in FORGE. Video content (VODs, live events, playlists, series and seasons) is created and curated in VESPER, where licences, subscription models, geo‑restrictions, and personalisation are configured. Producers use the Page Builder to combine these assets into pages and place modules such as carousels, video rails or account components.

What’s included in NEXUS

NEXUS combines a set of capabilities that support subscription monetization, account management, and video presentation. These features work together to create a seamless video and editorial experience for fans across devices:

Subscription lifecycle
Unified account management
Video ingestion and curation
Rich video rails
Mixed editorial and video journeys

To get started, see Introducing NEXUS.

Content Manager

Upgrade impact
The latest Content Manager doesn’t change the editor experience, but it brings breaking changes to manage on the technical side.
Find details on how to recover from breaking changes in FORGE v18 - Breaking Changes.

AI translations

Editors can translate content directly within the Content Manager. A built‑in translation engine lets you translate text into multiple languages and ensures the translations respect cultural nuances.

The AI service streamlines translation workflows, removes the need for third‑party services, and maintains a consistent brand voice across regions and languages.

The tool is designed to scale from short descriptions to entire blogs or product pages.

Find more information in Translate stories.

Compare story revisions

Quickly identify differences between story versions.

Editors often iterate on content, and the new revision comparison view makes it easy to see what changed between two versions. The new UI highlights changes at field‑level and helps you decide which version to revert to.

Find more information in Compare story revisions.

Speed up editorial activities

Reduce the number of clicks required to publish and manage content.

Editors now benefit from:

Copying slugs from overview pages
Easier JSON management in the Admin Panel
External story parts displaying the title in the story editor — which helps keep control over the many story parts in a story

Page Builder

Upgrade impact
Upgrading to the latest Page Builder requires no manual migration steps.

Configure navigation rules faster using a ready‑to‑use entity catalogue.

A smart mapping function helps resolve dynamic URL segments automatically, ensuring your navigation is consistent and efficient.

Find more information in Create entities and Create and edit navigation rules.

Platform

Upgrade impact
Updating the platform components is seamless; infrastructure updates occur automatically when upgrading to the latest release.

Flexible DAM integration for FORGE

Connect an alternative Digital Asset Management system (DAM) that best fits your budget.

Customers can now choose a different DAM that is natively integrated with FORGE. The integration includes ImageKit support in the Content Manager and extends to the Front‑end Reference Architecture (web and mobile).

.NET 10 update

The backend stack has been upgraded to .NET 10, ensuring all FORGE‑powered solutions run on supported dependencies.

This update brings a more secure set of libraries and aligns the platform with the latest vendor‑supported releases.