You are right, this means cron job can't update play number automatically

less /var/log/cron | grep -i "dwh_plays_views_sync.sh" -B2 -A2

Jan 22 10:00:01 KaltureServer CROND[19590]: (kaltura) CMD (/opt/kaltura/dwh/etlsource/execute/etl_hourly.sh -p /opt/kaltura/dwh -k /opt/kaltura/pentaho/pdi/kitchen.sh)
Jan 22 10:00:01 KaltureServer CROND[19591]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1)
Jan 22 10:00:01 KaltureServer CROND[19593]: (kaltura) CMD (/opt/kaltura/app/alpha/scripts/dwh/dwh_plays_views_sync.sh >> /opt/kaltura/log/cron.log)
Jan 22 10:00:01 KaltureServer CROND[19594]: (apache) CMD (/opt/kaltura/app/alpha/crond/kaltura/clear_cache.sh 2>&1 >> /opt/kaltura/log/cron.log)
Jan 22 10:00:01 KaltureServer CROND[19592]: (kaltura) CMD (/opt/kaltura/dwh/etlsource/execute/etl_update_dims.sh -p /opt/kaltura/dwh -k /opt/kaltura/pentaho/pdi/kitchen.sh)
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Jan 23 09:45:01 KaltureServer CROND[15319]: (apache) CMD (/opt/kaltura/app/alpha/crond/kaltura/clear_cache.sh 2>&1 >> /opt/kaltura/log/cron.log)
Jan 23 09:50:01 KaltureServer CROND[15813]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1)
Jan 23 10:00:01 KaltureServer CROND[17936]: (kaltura) CMD (/opt/kaltura/app/alpha/scripts/dwh/dwh_plays_views_sync.sh >> /opt/kaltura/log/cron.log)
Jan 23 10:00:01 KaltureServer CROND[17937]: (kaltura) CMD (/opt/kaltura/dwh/etlsource/execute/etl_hourly.sh -p /opt/kaltura/dwh -k /opt/kaltura/pentaho/pdi/kitchen.sh)
Jan 23 10:00:01 KaltureServer CROND[17939]: (kaltura) CMD (/opt/kaltura/dwh/etlsource/execute/etl_update_dims.sh -p /opt/kaltura/dwh -k /opt/kaltura/pentaho/pdi/kitchen.sh)

cat /opt/kaltura/log/cron.log only contains
Mon Jan 23 04:00:01 EET 2017
Mon Jan 23 04:15:01 EET 2017
Mon Jan 23 04:30:01 EET 2017
Mon Jan 23 04:45:01 EET 2017
Mon Jan 23 05:00:01 EET 2017
Mon Jan 23 05:15:01 EET 2017
Mon Jan 23 05:30:01 EET 2017
Mon Jan 23 05:45:01 EET 2017
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