Folks,
A request was made a while ago that a separate feed of data that's closer
to what we're using on the development end be made available, which may be
more liable to instant change as new features appear. This has now been done.
I haven't yet automated the generation of this feed so for now it won't be
updated daily, but this is also in the pipeline. The files can be found in
a sub-directory of the tvradio directory:
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/feeds/tvradio/test/
Currently, there are only two major differences between this feed and the
main Backstage one - this one now uses the more recent 2004 classification
schema and also supports almost all local BBC Radio stations.
One issue with regard to local radio stations is that occasionally, sister
stations get together to broadcast the same programmes. Ideally, and by
definition, these programmes should have the same CRID, regardless of where
they're broadcast, however this is not currently supported. Each station
in the current model is treated completely separately, but I'm looking into
the possibility of providing a more accurate model in future (and with this
in mind, regional telly schedules would be desirable too, again something
I'm looking into).
Hywel
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