[geeks] UK TV listings??

Mike Meredith very at zonky.org
Mon Apr 14 02:06:37 CDT 2008


On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:50:06 -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> > I am outside of the UK. The BBC has a new policy of not displaying 
> > information about upcoming programs via their website if your IP
> > address is considered outside the UK.
> > 
> > Is there a web site or RSS feed with the UK TV listings?

I use XMLTV/Freeguide. XMLTV has two different sources for UK TV
listings so if one doesn't work you can try the other. 

> > 
> > I'm specifically interested in BBC2/BB3 and ITV. 
> 
> Are you sure that it performs the filtering based on IP and not on
> DNS?

I happen to know the BBC are keen on IP-based 'filtering'.

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