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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1167298" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p>I can't really say more than the wiki says:</p><p><a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_%28EPG%29/WebEPG#Site_IDs" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/WebEPG#Site_IDs</a></p><p></p><p>Enter your zip code on the IMDB website. This should give the option to select your local cable provider (the WebEPG method is more targetted at people who receive cable). If you're receiving over-the-air TV then try the biggest local cable provider. They should have at least some of your local channels. You can chop and change between providers to find the channels you need.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, they can type in almost anything they want... though generally some or all of the callsign (eg. KTFD), channel number (eg. 14.2) and commercial name (eg. "Bounce") are used.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Bingo. KTFD is known as a callsign, and yes it's assigned by the FCC.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I can only guess that you're right. TV here in NZ is very different to the US. No such thing as callsigns etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As above: follow what it says in the wiki. Enter a zip code, select a local cable provider, and hope you get lucky matching either name, callsign or logo.</p><p>If you're finding this a frustrating process, perhaps you could consider sharing your zip code and the channels you're struggling with so somebody could try to give more detailed help. Alternatively, consider using a different EPG source. Free is a nice idea, but you tend to get what you pay for when it comes to EPG.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Microsoft pay Gracenote (formerly Tribune Media Services) for their guide data and lineup information. Obviously they have the benefit of being a multi-national, multi-billion dollar, multi-thousand people organisation, so they can throw lots of resources at the "problem".</p><p>If you want the WMC guide data then you can get it via the mc2xml donator version ($20 one time):</p><p><a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_%28EPG%29/XMLTV_mc2xml" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/XMLTV_mc2xml</a></p><p></p><p>[edit: I should say MS <strong>paid</strong> Gracenote. They've now switched to Rovi for most areas of the US. You can still get Gracenote/TMS data by paying for a <a href="http://schedulesdirect.org/" target="_blank">SchedulesDirect </a>subscription ($25 per year). Both MS Rovi and SD Gracenote/TMS data can be acquired via mc2xml.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1167298, member: 82144"] I can't really say more than the wiki says: [URL='http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_%28EPG%29/WebEPG#Site_IDs']http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/WebEPG#Site_IDs[/URL] Enter your zip code on the IMDB website. This should give the option to select your local cable provider (the WebEPG method is more targetted at people who receive cable). If you're receiving over-the-air TV then try the biggest local cable provider. They should have at least some of your local channels. You can chop and change between providers to find the channels you need. Yes, they can type in almost anything they want... though generally some or all of the callsign (eg. KTFD), channel number (eg. 14.2) and commercial name (eg. "Bounce") are used. Bingo. KTFD is known as a callsign, and yes it's assigned by the FCC. I can only guess that you're right. TV here in NZ is very different to the US. No such thing as callsigns etc. As above: follow what it says in the wiki. Enter a zip code, select a local cable provider, and hope you get lucky matching either name, callsign or logo. If you're finding this a frustrating process, perhaps you could consider sharing your zip code and the channels you're struggling with so somebody could try to give more detailed help. Alternatively, consider using a different EPG source. Free is a nice idea, but you tend to get what you pay for when it comes to EPG. Microsoft pay Gracenote (formerly Tribune Media Services) for their guide data and lineup information. Obviously they have the benefit of being a multi-national, multi-billion dollar, multi-thousand people organisation, so they can throw lots of resources at the "problem". If you want the WMC guide data then you can get it via the mc2xml donator version ($20 one time): [URL='http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_%28EPG%29/XMLTV_mc2xml']http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/XMLTV_mc2xml[/URL] [edit: I should say MS [B]paid[/B] Gracenote. They've now switched to Rovi for most areas of the US. You can still get Gracenote/TMS data by paying for a [URL='http://schedulesdirect.org/']SchedulesDirect [/URL]subscription ($25 per year). Both MS Rovi and SD Gracenote/TMS data can be acquired via mc2xml.] [/QUOTE]
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