Re: How will the US local area stations commerate the end of

On May 2, 9:07=A0pm, phil-news-nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

 > The PSIP data should come from the "hub". =A0It should come from
whoever
 > is changing the programming.
 >
 > | Originally the EIT was to be a static table - it did not change.
Two
 > | years ago it was ordered that a dynamic PSIP be implemented that
would
 > | show a minimun of 9 hours ahead and ideally 3 days or so of
correct
 > | program info. This is the system we use now. Every night the
editor
 > | goes out and collects the Tribune xml file and updates the PSIP
 > | generator. It's automated and works fine. Now this has to change
and
 > | I'm not sure there's anything out there that will work seamlessly
with
 > | our current system.
 >
 > Can you send me the DTD for that XML file? =A0Then I might be able to
comment
 > on just how complicated the update can be.
 >
 > | But it's not just changing the times. The mandated "accurate
 > | information" will have to include titles in the case of breaking
news
 > | or other specials. And consider sliding a whole evening's
schedule
 > | because s****ts ran long. Newscasts are sometimes collapsed or
 > | eliminated. It can really pile up and get to be a chore.
Information
 > | from the playback server's automation is the key but is still
under
 > | development.
 >
 > So the problem is that tying it to the playback server has NOT been
done,
 > and it was really just a reflection of the original traffic
schedule?
 >
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Who gives a hoot about those useless program guides anyway? Even if
they were all perfect, it is SO clunky to get the EPG updated as to be
useless. It takes the tuner minutes to go through all 18 carriers I
get. The TV is running on a computer anyway so Yahoo TV listings are
there in seconds and are more accurate besides

GG