[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:52:25 -0400
At 8:20 PM -0800 10/30/05, Tony Neece wrote:
>Very true, Craig. There are books on programming PSIP that are as big =
>as a
>dictionary. With the squeeze on reducing staff at TV stations it is =
>very
>doubtful that they will have anyone on staff that really is allowed to =
>spend
>the time to deal with this.
Ther are people on the staff whose job it is to deal with this - the
traffic department deals with scheduling issues days, even weeks in
advance. Traffic systems can output air schedules with little himan
intervention, and this data is there to be mined by the computer that
generates PSIP.
With most stations now integrating the traffic functions with on air
operations via automation systems, generation of PSIP should be
automatic - no human intervention required, other than the real-time
changes that on air operations must deal with on occasion.
This is a lame excuse. The real reason is that hardly anyone is
watching the DTV channels...
I'll bet most stations monitor the EPGs of the local cable systems
that deliver their programming.
Regards
Craig
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