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Chapter26 Electronic Program Guide
Concepts
Guidelines
Note When you negotiate a subscription contract to receive EPG data in any format, tell your data provider that you will use
its EPG data with CiscoCast. Knowing this, your provider can ensure that your license grants you sufficient permissions so that
you are not in violation of itsterms.
Restrictions
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User Permissions Restrictions, page 26-2
User Permissions Restrictions
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Understand EPG Data Formats
We support the XMLTV and TMS data formats for subscriptions to electronic program guide (EPG) data.
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Tribune Media Services, page 26-3

XMLTV

XMLTV is an emerging, open-source format for EPG data, based in part on RFC 2838 and maintained
by the XMLTV Project. An EPG data file that complies with this format contains structured records that
describe the attributes of episodes and channels individually.
Cisco DMS supports EPG data subscriptions that retrieve a single GZIP-compressed XMLTV file from
an ftp server. Many subscription providers compile and deliver EPG data in this way, including these
providers based in the United States:
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FYI Television, Inc. (http://www.fyitelevision.com/)
1901 N State Hwy 360 3rd Floor
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
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Schedules Direct (http://www.schedulesdirect.org/)
8613 42nd Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118