air dates for shows

[sub]

Don't get too excited, it'll provide very limited benefit (and definitely less than you're hoping for)

[a1blues]

Don't get too excited, it'll provide very limited benefit (and definitely less than you're hoping for)

Well I presume when you click on a TV show in the guide for the first time then it should grab the artwork and air date if available?

[mvallevand]

That is the logic yes the issue with the UK OTA data is

- it only applies to S/E shows, and that is aren't always in the guide data.
- sub does a reasonable job parsing the series number on a recent guide I got from the UK but 75% did not have a season number. If you pass a link to your database I can tell you what to expect and it will be different based on the channels The good news is up to 25% will have the air date now.
- The UK guide data has many shows which are just part x of y shows at that is not how the online sources work.
- for shows still in production the data needs to be refreshed to get the new date so there is more connectivity required
- the data won't be available to Kodi and other external players.

Martin

[Bobins]

As Martin said, some channels (particularly the BBC!), do not broadcast series/episode as part of the OTA EPG.

They tend to put episode x of y instead. e.g. House of Games 23/100.

This is pretty useless when trying to look up the original air date or trying to filter out recording duplicate airings for a specific series/episode.

ITV, CH4 and CH5 are a bit more helpful although it's not 100% consistent.

Ray