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Old 07-03-2009, 14:56
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Why when doing a programme search there is never anything on from itv?.
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Old 07-03-2009, 16:50
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Why when doing a programme search there is never anything on from itv?.
works fine in the ITV Central west region
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Old 08-03-2009, 10:28
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Why when doing a programme search there is never anything on from itv?.
Search works OK on all the ITV family of channels on my HDR.

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Old 09-03-2009, 15:28
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umm i dont kinow then but if i put a search in for say drama/all channels and all times it always seems to e4/ch4/bbc and nothing else no itv or anything but the results are always 250 items found.
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Old 09-03-2009, 16:24
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umm i dont kinow then but if i put a search in for say drama/all channels and all times it always seems to e4/ch4/bbc and nothing else no itv or anything but the results are always 250 items found.
Ah, a "Genre" search, I don't do this much.

I thought you meant a search for a programme name. It does work if you search for Emmerdale, or Coronation, etc., it will find the programmes on ITV.

I have just tried various Genre searches, and you are correct that none seem to come up for ITV.

I wouldn't put the blame for this on the HDR, though.

I would bet my bottom dollar that the fault lies with ITV. Experience shows that the metadata they provide to the EPG on Freesat is cr*p. If they don't provide the genre information, then the HDR cannot return it.

That would be my guess - yet another ITV cock-up

Edit : I've just done a Genre search on Freeview, and ITV programmes are returned. This shows ITV can provide the metadata, but just don't seem to get it right on Freesat, even though they are a joint founding partner in the venture.

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