[opendtv] Re: IPTV EPG Details .........How ...

Donald,

Our program guide information is updated regularly and if a program runs 
late, we take the trouble to update the PSIP EPG: this is straightforward 
as the program department will automatically upgrade the EPG when the 
automation play schedule is changed. This contrasts with the accuracy of 
third party companies which have often displayed discrepancies.

We recently received complaints from Direct TV viewers who complained that 
the program schedule on our HD and SD programming did not match the 
programs broadcast, despite assurances our broadcast PSIP EPG was correct. 
We traced this to the third party company which fed the information to 
Direct who in turn relayed the EPG via satellite. We found it odd to 
discover that Direct customers received our HD program over the air and the 
program guide via satellite!

I would say the only problem in furnishing the EPG oneself was that checks 
against third party companies were not regularly made. We are now 
considering ways to easily monitor and update external guide providers.

Regards,

Terry Harvey


At 08:23 AM 2/22/2005, Donald Koeleman wrote:
>Terry,
>
>I believe Craig was talking about exactly this option, with the distribution
>companies, repackagers, multichannel operators taking this data from the the
>stream to feed their EPG's. DVB-S pvr's that are not related to a specific
>operator do exactly this at the end of the line, the viewer's home.
>
>Does your epg account for programmes running a minute or two late? I.e. how
>accurate is the scheduling system and its output to the SI generator?
>
>d.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Terry Harvey" <tjharvey@xxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:32 AM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: IPTV EPG Details .........How ...
>
>
>Craig,
>
>There is an alternative to the media companies feeding your station's EPG.
>At our over-the-air station, I implemented a system which links and creates
>the guide information from our traffic/scheduling database. It is parsed by
>our PSIP generator and mux'ed with our outgoing stream. Because of the
>link, it is the most up-to-date guide as over the air guide is updated
>twice a date and sooner if necessary if there is a schedule change.
>
>
>
>
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