[opendtv] Re: IPTV EPG Details .........How ...
- From: "Gary Hughes" <ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:42:02 -0500
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> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
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> Subject: [opendtv] Re: IPTV EPG Details .........How ...
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> At 12:29 PM +0530 2/20/05, Prashant Desai wrote:
> >i am trying to understand the EPG fundas , tried googling but
> >havent got any papers that can clarify following doubts .........=20
> >would really appretiate if you can point me to the right www pages=20
> >from where i can get these info
> >What are ways by which a service provider of IPTV can get the EPGs ?
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> You do not get them. You create them. This is the "index" to=20
> everything that is offered inside the walled garden portion of an=20
> IPTV system.
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At this stage you probably want to look at some of the IPTV middleware
providers, such as Myrio or Minerva to see how they tie together the
guide, client interface etc..
> Each network that is carried as an IP Multicast should provide their=20
> program schedules to your system. You then build the EPG based on=20
> this input and add to it the information about any programming that=20
> is delivered as VOD from your servers.
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> >do the IPTV service provider had to receive the EPG from different=20
> >EPG providers/Broadcasters for different group of channels ? or=20
> >is it possible to receive the EPG for all the channels from a=20
> >single EPG providers ?
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> There are services that create generic program guides for each TV=20
> market in the U.S. Look at Titan TV.
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http://www.titantv.com
The two big players in the US are Tribune and TV Guide. Both use
proprietary formats. There are a few sources of guide data in XML-TV=20
format. Not sure what the rules would be to use that for a commercial
deployment.
gary
Gary Hughes
Director of Media Engineering
Broadbus Technologies, Inc.
ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx
v: 978 264 7919
f: 978 264 9108
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