Programming Guide Page

The Program Guide page allows you to create a program guide for an output channel. You can view it in the browser and export it to your website or a program guide service in a number of formats.

To view the program guide, select the settings under the PROGRAM GUIDE heading.

• Channel or Switch Output – Select a server channel or switch output.  The default is your first channel or output port.
• Start and End Dates – Type the first and last dates you want to see in these boxes, or use a Calendar icon to select dates.  The greater the date range you select, the smaller the type in your program guide will appear.  The limit is eleven days.
• Format – Select a format from the drop-down list.
  • Publish– displays program names and their durations for the hours when programming is scheduled. Each event displays the Program Name and Episode Name from the metadata – if they were filled in – and the event duration.
  • Internal– displays the program names, filenames, feed names if applicable, and their durations in HH:MM:SS format for the full 24-hour day. Each event displays the Program Name and Episode Name from the metadata – if they were filled in – and the event duration.
  • X-List – uses CSV format so your installation can send schedules to TV Guide.
  • XMLTV – outputs in an XML-based format used in several countries to create customized TV schedules.

When you have finished specifying how you want your program guide to look, click the Display button to see it. To download the guide in HTML format, click the Download button.

Customize Gaps in the X-List Schedule

If you are using the X-List program guide format, you can provide a title and category for programming gaps that you are filling with continuity. For example, you could title a gap Bulletin Board so that part of the program guide is not blank.

1. On the Program Guide page, click on Customize the gaps in your X-List schedule.
2. Next to Fill schedule gaps?, select the Yes button.
3. Type a program name that accurately applies to all continuity, such as Community News or Bulletin Board.
4. Type a brief description if desired.
5. Select one of the X-List categories from the drop-down list.
6. Click the Save button.

Now, all gaps in your X-List schedule will use this program name, optional description, and category.