- From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 08:38:34 +0200
- To: "Michael A. Dolan" <miked@tbt.com>, www-tv@w3c.org
At 17:20 09.10.99 -0700, Michael A. Dolan wrote:
> >2) As a TV watcher, when I've identified a channel, the next level
>of
> >identification is commonly a timeslot, as is done by the ShowView
> >bizarre-digit scheme here in Norway, for instance.
> >I would regard content as being an orthogonal identifier, but
>timeslot
> >seems intrinsically channel-bound.
>
>Can you forward the syntax of the scheme you refer to?
1*9DIGIT, unfortunately.
The ShowView system uses a proprietary algorithm to compress date, time and
channel number into something that's compact enough to be printed in
program listings, and that can be punched with reasonable reliability on a
videorecorder's remote control.
They earn royalties from both the VCR recorder people and the people who
use their stuff in program listings, and have NOT made the algorithm public.
Unfortunately.
Harald
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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Maxware, Norway
Harald.Alvestrand@maxware.no
Received on Monday, 11 October 1999 03:22:07 UTC