Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 09:08:20 -0700 From: Chris Doherty <cdoherty@nttmcl.com> To: Frode Vatvedt Fjeld <frodef@acm.org>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bt848 channel frequencies Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990626090820.007ad510@alicia.nttmcl.com> In-Reply-To: <2hpv2kba67.fsf@dslab7.cs.uit.no> References: <Frode Vatvedt Fjeld's message of "25 May 1999 20:45:09 %2B0200"> <2hzp2tfr3t.fsf@dslab7.cs.uit.no> <374AA5BB.7C87D8C2@cs.strath.ac.uk> <2hogj9f0p6.fsf@dslab7.cs.uit.no>
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At 04:57 PM 6/25/99 +0200, Frode Vatvedt Fjeld wrote: > * provide list of available frequency-sets [loosely related to > country, cable/antenna etc, like "norway/cable/telenor". I guess > some naming scheme should be worked out.] > > * given freq-set, provide list of programs/channels (what is the > better term?) [like "BBC", "NBC" etc.] this in particular (at least in the US, especially as telecom deregulation has ever-greater effect) is a difficult task at best, with multiple cable companies in the same area (occasionally overlapping) and coverage areas being not necessarily contiguous; also the same company will have different channel lineups in different geographical areas that are sometimes close together. there is, somewhere, some sort of database of what providers are in what area and what the channels are: tvguide.com and tv.yahoo.com both use it, where you can type in your US area code and it will pop up a selection of cable providers, and once you've selected yours, you get a listing of channels, with network (NBC, CBS, et al.) information etc. this database might be a useful thing to get your hands on, and I can't think of why it would be proprietary, so dropping an email to various addresses at those websites might be helpful. I'm unfamiliar with how television operates outside the US, but given the chaos that is the US communications industry, this might be a place to start. Chris cdoherty@nttmcl.com --------------- I don't speak for NTT MCL. I'm an intern. Chris Doherty cdoherty@nttmcl.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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