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broadcast-examples

2007-10-18T06:55:52Z

Lucye: /* Listings of TV Stations */

= Broadcast =

The web provides an alternative transmission medium for radio and TV stations, enabling these to reach a global audience.
New Internet-only services have also appeared.
A large number of services are now available and there are many web-based directories listing Internet radio and TV stations under various categories.

General information such as channel name, category (genre), and broadcaster are provided as well as technical information about the streams (URL, bit-rate, codec etc).

== The Problem ==

Directories which list radio and TV stations have to be maintained by hand because the information cannot easily be collected automatically from web sites. The information these directories provide is not easily extracted by web browsers and devices such as Internet Radios.

Some, but not all of this information is common to [[audio-info]] and [[video-info-examples]]. However there is an inherent difference between an item of content (e.g. a song) and a real-time stream of content.

Some thought needs to be given to whether this problem can be addressed using the proposed [[hAudio]] and hVideo microformats, or by combining these with some new stream-info microformat (similar to the proposed [[file-format]] or [[downloads]] microformats).

== A NOTE ABOUT CONTRIBUTING - USE TEMPLATES ==

A python script has been written to extract statistical information, but for it to work, we need to be careful about how we mark up information.

Please use the following template when adding information about an Internet radio or TV station:

* [ http://www.example.com Website Name]
** [ http://www.example.com/listing Listing Example]
*** Information displayed: name (i.e. station name), broadcaster, description, language, category (i.e. genre), location,
image (i.e. logo), info_url (station web page), stream_url, player_url, bandwidth, codec, frequency,
rating, now_playing (e.g. track details), schedule, email, stereo (i.e. stereo/mono flag)

If you need to add more information than is displayed, please use a common term to describe the information.

== Contributors ==

Page layout copied from [[audio-info-examples]]

* [[User:ChrisNewell | Chris Newell]], BBC Research

== Real-World Examples ==

=== Radio ===

==== Individual Radio Stations ====

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml BBC Radio Player]
** [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio1.shtml Example radio station]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, image, category, bitrate, codec, stream_url, player_url, now_playing, schedule, email

* [http://www.webradiolist.com Internet Radio List]
** [http://www.webradiolist.com/radios/station.asp?webcasting=40&home=Radio Talk radio station example]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, player_url, bandwidth, codec, frequency

* [http://www.live365.com Live365 Internet Radio]
** [http://www.live365.com/stations/irishtoddy Example station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, category, location, player_url, bandwidth, rating, now_playing, email

* [http://www.reciva.com Reciva Radio Portal]
** [https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=203 Radio station example]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, codec, player_url

==== Listings of Radio Stations ====

* [http://www.webradiolist.com Internet Radio List]
** [http://www.webradiolist.com/radios/music.asp?CatalogID=17&webcasting Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, description, location, bandwidth, codec

* [http://www.tvonline.2ya.com Free Internet Radio online]
** [http://www.tvonline.2ya.com/ Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, info_url, stream_url, bandwidth, codec, stereo, player_url

* [http://www.live365.com Live365 Internet Radio]
** [http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=pop Pop station list]
*** Information displayed: name, description, category, rating, player_url, bandwidth

* [http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/ Radio Feeds]
** [http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/ Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, info_url, stream_url, bandwidth, codec, stereo

* [http://www.reciva.com/ Reciva Radio Portal]
** [https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=results&type=location&fieldid=246 Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, category, player_url

=== Television ===

==== Individual TV Stations ====

* [http://englishtv.site.voila.fr/index.html TVonline]
** [http://englishtv.site.voila.fr/tvonline_tv.html Free internet TV online]
*** Information displayed: name, location, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, bandwidth, codec, player_url

* [http://www.freeetv.com Freee TV]
** [http://www.freeetv.com/modules.php?name=Video_Stream&page=watch&id=1459&d=1 Example TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, location, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, bandwidth, codec, rating

* [http://freetube.110mb.com Freetube]
** [http://freetube.110mb.com/index.php?view=7ZXVyb3Nwb3J0dWs Eurosports TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, rating, player_url

* [http://musicplustv.com MusicPlus TV]
** [http://musicplustv.com/stream_pop.php Example staion]
*** Information displayed: name, codec, player_url

* [http://www.streamick.com Streamick]
** [http://www.streamick.com Example TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, image, info_url, stream_url

==== Listings of TV Stations ====

* [http://www.freeetv.com Freee TV]
** [http://www.freeetv.com/mod.php?name=Video_Stream&orderby=0&categoryby=0&newcategoryby=0 Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, bandwidth, codec, player, rating

* [http://englishtv.site.voila.fr/index.html TVonline]
** [http://englishtv.site.voila.fr/New.html Free internet TV mosaïc online]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, image, info_url, player_url, player_url, bandwidth

* [http://www.internet-tvstations.co.uk Internet TV Station list]
** [http://www.internet-tvstations.co.uk Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, image, info_url, player_url, rating, bandwidth

* [http://www.lunarbroadband.com Lunar Broadband]
** [http://www.lunarbroadband.com/media/webtv/cha.cou/usa/usa.php Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, category, rating, bandwidth, codec

* [http://wwitv.com wwwiTV]
** [http://wwitv.com/portal.htm Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, location, info_url, player_url, bandwidth

==== Other stream types ====
* Text?

=== Analysis ===

==== Analysis of Radio Stations ====

==== Analysis of TV Stations ====

== Existing Practices ==

Listed below is an overview of the existing patterns and practices found in the wild for Radio and TV stations.

=== Other schema ===

The [http://webapp.etsi.org/workprogram/Report_WorkItem.asp?WKI_ID=22472 XML schema] defined by [http://www.tv-anytime.org TV-Anytime] address a similar problem.

=== Summary of common patterns discovered ===

* There is no explicit information about whether the station is radio or TV.
* There are often several streams listed for the same station using different bit-rates or codecs.

=== Other attempts to solve The Problem ===

* [[media-info-examples]] - Attempted to find an uber-microformat for describing media. Turned out to be too large of a task, thus the problem was split into attempting to create microformats for audio, video and images.

== Related Pages ==

* [[broadcast-brainstorming]]
* [[audio-info-examples]]
* [[video-info-examples]]
* [[media-info-examples]]

broadcast-examples

2007-10-18T06:53:33Z

Lucye: /* Individual TV Stations */

= Broadcast =

The web provides an alternative transmission medium for radio and TV stations, enabling these to reach a global audience.
New Internet-only services have also appeared.
A large number of services are now available and there are many web-based directories listing Internet radio and TV stations under various categories.

General information such as channel name, category (genre), and broadcaster are provided as well as technical information about the streams (URL, bit-rate, codec etc).

== The Problem ==

Directories which list radio and TV stations have to be maintained by hand because the information cannot easily be collected automatically from web sites. The information these directories provide is not easily extracted by web browsers and devices such as Internet Radios.

Some, but not all of this information is common to [[audio-info]] and [[video-info-examples]]. However there is an inherent difference between an item of content (e.g. a song) and a real-time stream of content.

Some thought needs to be given to whether this problem can be addressed using the proposed [[hAudio]] and hVideo microformats, or by combining these with some new stream-info microformat (similar to the proposed [[file-format]] or [[downloads]] microformats).

== A NOTE ABOUT CONTRIBUTING - USE TEMPLATES ==

A python script has been written to extract statistical information, but for it to work, we need to be careful about how we mark up information.

Please use the following template when adding information about an Internet radio or TV station:

* [ http://www.example.com Website Name]
** [ http://www.example.com/listing Listing Example]
*** Information displayed: name (i.e. station name), broadcaster, description, language, category (i.e. genre), location,
image (i.e. logo), info_url (station web page), stream_url, player_url, bandwidth, codec, frequency,
rating, now_playing (e.g. track details), schedule, email, stereo (i.e. stereo/mono flag)

If you need to add more information than is displayed, please use a common term to describe the information.

== Contributors ==

Page layout copied from [[audio-info-examples]]

* [[User:ChrisNewell | Chris Newell]], BBC Research

== Real-World Examples ==

=== Radio ===

==== Individual Radio Stations ====

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml BBC Radio Player]
** [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio1.shtml Example radio station]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, image, category, bitrate, codec, stream_url, player_url, now_playing, schedule, email

* [http://www.webradiolist.com Internet Radio List]
** [http://www.webradiolist.com/radios/station.asp?webcasting=40&home=Radio Talk radio station example]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, player_url, bandwidth, codec, frequency

* [http://www.live365.com Live365 Internet Radio]
** [http://www.live365.com/stations/irishtoddy Example station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, category, location, player_url, bandwidth, rating, now_playing, email

* [http://www.reciva.com Reciva Radio Portal]
** [https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=203 Radio station example]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, codec, player_url

==== Listings of Radio Stations ====

* [http://www.webradiolist.com Internet Radio List]
** [http://www.webradiolist.com/radios/music.asp?CatalogID=17&webcasting Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, description, location, bandwidth, codec

* [http://www.tvonline.2ya.com Free Internet Radio online]
** [http://www.tvonline.2ya.com/ Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, info_url, stream_url, bandwidth, codec, stereo, player_url

* [http://www.live365.com Live365 Internet Radio]
** [http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=pop Pop station list]
*** Information displayed: name, description, category, rating, player_url, bandwidth

* [http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/ Radio Feeds]
** [http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/ Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, info_url, stream_url, bandwidth, codec, stereo

* [http://www.reciva.com/ Reciva Radio Portal]
** [https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=results&type=location&fieldid=246 Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, category, player_url

=== Television ===

==== Individual TV Stations ====

* [http://englishtv.site.voila.fr/index.html TVonline]
** [http://englishtv.site.voila.fr/tvonline_tv.html Free internet TV online]
*** Information displayed: name, location, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, bandwidth, codec, player_url

* [http://www.freeetv.com Freee TV]
** [http://www.freeetv.com/modules.php?name=Video_Stream&page=watch&id=1459&d=1 Example TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, location, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, bandwidth, codec, rating

* [http://freetube.110mb.com Freetube]
** [http://freetube.110mb.com/index.php?view=7ZXVyb3Nwb3J0dWs Eurosports TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, rating, player_url

* [http://musicplustv.com MusicPlus TV]
** [http://musicplustv.com/stream_pop.php Example staion]
*** Information displayed: name, codec, player_url

* [http://www.streamick.com Streamick]
** [http://www.streamick.com Example TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, image, info_url, stream_url

==== Listings of TV Stations ====

* [http://www.freeetv.com Freee TV]
** [http://www.freeetv.com/mod.php?name=Video_Stream&orderby=0&categoryby=0&newcategoryby=0 Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, bandwidth, codec, player, rating

* [http://www.internet-tvstations.co.uk Internet TV Station list]
** [http://www.internet-tvstations.co.uk Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, image, info_url, player_url, rating, bandwidth

* [http://www.lunarbroadband.com Lunar Broadband]
** [http://www.lunarbroadband.com/media/webtv/cha.cou/usa/usa.php Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, category, rating, bandwidth, codec

* [http://wwitv.com wwwiTV]
** [http://wwitv.com/portal.htm Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, location, info_url, player_url, bandwidth

==== Other stream types ====
* Text?

=== Analysis ===

==== Analysis of Radio Stations ====

==== Analysis of TV Stations ====

== Existing Practices ==

Listed below is an overview of the existing patterns and practices found in the wild for Radio and TV stations.

=== Other schema ===

The [http://webapp.etsi.org/workprogram/Report_WorkItem.asp?WKI_ID=22472 XML schema] defined by [http://www.tv-anytime.org TV-Anytime] address a similar problem.

=== Summary of common patterns discovered ===

* There is no explicit information about whether the station is radio or TV.
* There are often several streams listed for the same station using different bit-rates or codecs.

=== Other attempts to solve The Problem ===

* [[media-info-examples]] - Attempted to find an uber-microformat for describing media. Turned out to be too large of a task, thus the problem was split into attempting to create microformats for audio, video and images.

== Related Pages ==

* [[broadcast-brainstorming]]
* [[audio-info-examples]]
* [[video-info-examples]]
* [[media-info-examples]]

broadcast-examples

2007-10-18T06:48:57Z

Lucye: /* Listings of Radio Stations */

= Broadcast =

The web provides an alternative transmission medium for radio and TV stations, enabling these to reach a global audience.
New Internet-only services have also appeared.
A large number of services are now available and there are many web-based directories listing Internet radio and TV stations under various categories.

General information such as channel name, category (genre), and broadcaster are provided as well as technical information about the streams (URL, bit-rate, codec etc).

== The Problem ==

Directories which list radio and TV stations have to be maintained by hand because the information cannot easily be collected automatically from web sites. The information these directories provide is not easily extracted by web browsers and devices such as Internet Radios.

Some, but not all of this information is common to [[audio-info]] and [[video-info-examples]]. However there is an inherent difference between an item of content (e.g. a song) and a real-time stream of content.

Some thought needs to be given to whether this problem can be addressed using the proposed [[hAudio]] and hVideo microformats, or by combining these with some new stream-info microformat (similar to the proposed [[file-format]] or [[downloads]] microformats).

== A NOTE ABOUT CONTRIBUTING - USE TEMPLATES ==

A python script has been written to extract statistical information, but for it to work, we need to be careful about how we mark up information.

Please use the following template when adding information about an Internet radio or TV station:

* [ http://www.example.com Website Name]
** [ http://www.example.com/listing Listing Example]
*** Information displayed: name (i.e. station name), broadcaster, description, language, category (i.e. genre), location,
image (i.e. logo), info_url (station web page), stream_url, player_url, bandwidth, codec, frequency,
rating, now_playing (e.g. track details), schedule, email, stereo (i.e. stereo/mono flag)

If you need to add more information than is displayed, please use a common term to describe the information.

== Contributors ==

Page layout copied from [[audio-info-examples]]

* [[User:ChrisNewell | Chris Newell]], BBC Research

== Real-World Examples ==

=== Radio ===

==== Individual Radio Stations ====

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml BBC Radio Player]
** [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio1.shtml Example radio station]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, image, category, bitrate, codec, stream_url, player_url, now_playing, schedule, email

* [http://www.webradiolist.com Internet Radio List]
** [http://www.webradiolist.com/radios/station.asp?webcasting=40&home=Radio Talk radio station example]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, player_url, bandwidth, codec, frequency

* [http://www.live365.com Live365 Internet Radio]
** [http://www.live365.com/stations/irishtoddy Example station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, category, location, player_url, bandwidth, rating, now_playing, email

* [http://www.reciva.com Reciva Radio Portal]
** [https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=203 Radio station example]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, codec, player_url

==== Listings of Radio Stations ====

* [http://www.webradiolist.com Internet Radio List]
** [http://www.webradiolist.com/radios/music.asp?CatalogID=17&webcasting Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, description, location, bandwidth, codec

* [http://www.tvonline.2ya.com Free Internet Radio online]
** [http://www.tvonline.2ya.com/ Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, info_url, stream_url, bandwidth, codec, stereo, player_url

* [http://www.live365.com Live365 Internet Radio]
** [http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=pop Pop station list]
*** Information displayed: name, description, category, rating, player_url, bandwidth

* [http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/ Radio Feeds]
** [http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/ Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, category, location, info_url, stream_url, bandwidth, codec, stereo

* [http://www.reciva.com/ Reciva Radio Portal]
** [https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=results&type=location&fieldid=246 Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, category, player_url

=== Television ===

==== Individual TV Stations ====

* [http://www.freeetv.com Freee TV]
** [http://www.freeetv.com/modules.php?name=Video_Stream&page=watch&id=1459&d=1 Example TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, location, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, bandwidth, codec, rating

* [http://freetube.110mb.com Freetube]
** [http://freetube.110mb.com/index.php?view=7ZXVyb3Nwb3J0dWs Eurosports TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, rating, player_url

* [http://musicplustv.com MusicPlus TV]
** [http://musicplustv.com/stream_pop.php Example staion]
*** Information displayed: name, codec, player_url

* [http://www.streamick.com Streamick]
** [http://www.streamick.com Example TV station]
*** Information displayed: name, description, image, info_url, stream_url

==== Listings of TV Stations ====

* [http://www.freeetv.com Freee TV]
** [http://www.freeetv.com/mod.php?name=Video_Stream&orderby=0&categoryby=0&newcategoryby=0 Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, description, language, category, location, image, info_url, bandwidth, codec, player, rating

* [http://www.internet-tvstations.co.uk Internet TV Station list]
** [http://www.internet-tvstations.co.uk Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, image, info_url, player_url, rating, bandwidth

* [http://www.lunarbroadband.com Lunar Broadband]
** [http://www.lunarbroadband.com/media/webtv/cha.cou/usa/usa.php Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, location, category, rating, bandwidth, codec

* [http://wwitv.com wwwiTV]
** [http://wwitv.com/portal.htm Station list]
*** Information displayed: name, broadcaster, description, location, info_url, player_url, bandwidth

==== Other stream types ====
* Text?

=== Analysis ===

==== Analysis of Radio Stations ====

==== Analysis of TV Stations ====

== Existing Practices ==

Listed below is an overview of the existing patterns and practices found in the wild for Radio and TV stations.

=== Other schema ===

The [http://webapp.etsi.org/workprogram/Report_WorkItem.asp?WKI_ID=22472 XML schema] defined by [http://www.tv-anytime.org TV-Anytime] address a similar problem.

=== Summary of common patterns discovered ===

* There is no explicit information about whether the station is radio or TV.
* There are often several streams listed for the same station using different bit-rates or codecs.

=== Other attempts to solve The Problem ===

* [[media-info-examples]] - Attempted to find an uber-microformat for describing media. Turned out to be too large of a task, thus the problem was split into attempting to create microformats for audio, video and images.

== Related Pages ==

* [[broadcast-brainstorming]]
* [[audio-info-examples]]
* [[video-info-examples]]
* [[media-info-examples]]