Lots of stuff in there, but I'll just throw in a few thoughts based on what I'm currently looking at.
TV-Anytime is certainly rich enough to be geared to any use, and it's a spec that I think should be more widely adopted. To the best of my knowledge, it has little take up with device manufacturers, but like any standard it takes a critical mass of feed providers before it is needed as a device feature. The R&D folks at the BBC have done some great work around this - have you checked out the BBC Web API? [http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/]. Whilst it uses TVA and a simpler XML schema the clever stuff is around discovery and standardisation of interface - i.e. a ReST based web service. Its something we're looking at here for our radio stations and theres no reason other media organisations can't follow suit. It would be nice for there to be one place to get all our TVA feeds, but in reality that's a big ask for any single organisation. Whats probably more feasible is agreeing on a standardised interface (like mentioned above) and for each provider to provide their own feeds, possibly having a centralised site for discovery. Be interested to see what other providers/clients of TVA data there are around the world... Incidentally, I'm intending to start a project on SourceForge for a Java API to marshall/unmarshall TVA data, inspired by some work that the BBC did some time ago [http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/projects/tv_anytime_api/]. We've done similar work before around the ETSI DAB EPG standard [http://sourceforge.net/projects/java-epg-xml/]. Would be great to collaborate with your project. Ben. PS. I too had great trouble finding the complete TVA spec - I believe you can only find it at the end of a rainbow. All correspondence, attachments and agreements remain strictly subject to fully executed contract. (c) GCap Media plc 2007. All rights remain reserved. This e-mail (and any attachments) contains information which may be confidential, subject to intellectual property protection and may be legally privileged and protected from disclosure and unauthorised use. It is intended solely for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is addressed and others specifically authorised to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail or any parts of it please telephone 020 7054 8000 immediately upon receipt. No other person is authorised to copy, adapt, forward, disclose, distribute or retain this e-mail in any form without prior specific permission in writing from an authorised representative of GCap Media plc. We will not accept liability for any claims arising as a result of the use of the internet to transmit information by or to GCap Media plc. GCap Media plc. Registered address: 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA. Registered in England & Wales with No. 923454 - 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]/
