"Martin Belam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> One of the things I tried to do that I was suprised didn't work [and > is an issue for backstage I suspect] is the normal BBC 2 tv > schedule. It only has links for one week. I didn't try url hacking > maybe that would have worked I don't know. I was just suprised that > the standard listing showed only one week of listings. > > > The TV schedule is only actually "fixed" about 10 days in advance. > There is even legislation/code of practice about when the terrestrial > TV companies have to notify each other of what they are going to show > when. When I was at the BBC I saw a presentation about the whole > scheduling effort which was quite gob-smacking in its complexity.
So how was it that a specific tv schedule search for university challenge produced a time and dat but the browsing did not? My point was that the browser only allowed 7 days INCLUDING today. So not 10 days. The reason I say it's an issue for backstage is that it's BBC published data that someone could be using via screen scraping. I know it's available in other forms but those forms are more complicated than HTML. The webpages are like a microformat already /8-> -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
