Platform SDK: Broadcast Architecture

Overview of Program Guide Services

The Program Guide provided by Broadcast Architecture displays television and supports data services that broadcast television-schedule information to the user. In addition, users can use the Program Guide to tune to a specific show in the schedule and set reminders to watch shows.

The Program Guide maintains current information about program schedules in a Microsoft® Jet database, Tss.mdb. Because broadcast schedule information constantly changes, this Guide database must acquire and update broadcast data on a regular basis. This acquisition and update is done using a loader application.

The following topics examine Program Guide services: