TiVo : Who provides the EPG data?

[DaBoz]

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...og/td-p/502883

In the 1.01 update log, it says "Cast information in EPG updated where missing for many programmes"

If VM does not own the EPG data and it's sourced from a US provider, how come the firmware update fixes missing cast information?

Perhaps the relationship isn't as black and White as some suggest, that being an external company provides the data and VM push it into TiVo without change.

Whatever, again, I'm glad VM don't think bad EPG data is not their problem.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by DaBoz

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...og/td-p/502883

In the 1.01 update log, it says "Cast information in EPG updated where missing for many programmes"

If VM does not own the EPG data and it's sourced from a US provider, how come the firmware update fixes missing cast information?

Perhaps the relationship isn't as black and White as some suggest, that being an external company provides the data and VM push it into TiVo without change.

Whatever, again, I'm glad VM don't think bad EPG data is not their problem.

Tribune Media Services provide it

http://www.tribunemediaservices.com/

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Tribune Media Services provide it

http://www.tribunemediaservices.com/

Yeah, this is true. If somethings wrong then VM feed it back to Tribune, so it isn't a case of "it's not us" if there is a problem.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by DaBoz

If VM does not own the EPG data and it's sourced from a US provider, how come the firmware update fixes missing cast information?

Presumably the software wasn't picking up the cast info from the EPG data correctly.

[carlwaring]

Or it wasn't there in the first place

---------- Post added at 23:17 ---------- Previous post was at 23:15 ----------

Originally Posted by DaBoz

Perhaps the relationship isn't as black and White as some suggest, that being an external company provides the data and VM push it into TiVo without change.

It's not even that.

TMS provide the data for Tivo. VM actually have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

[DaBoz]

Doesn't answer my OP. VM indicate that a fix was made to show missing cast EPG data for some programs. I saw lots of cast data before, so it wasn't a general problem with the fields not populating through.

So if VM are nothing to do with the data, then what was the change? Confused.

[carlwaring]

I guess it was a problem "for some programs"; but maybe none that you watch

[clinteastman]

Originally Posted by DaBoz

Doesn't answer my OP. VM indicate that a fix was made to show missing cast EPG data for some programs. I saw lots of cast data before, so it wasn't a general problem with the fields not populating through.

So if VM are nothing to do with the data, then what was the change? Confused.

I think Spiderplant has already answered, if it needed a firmware update then it mush have been something like a field mapping update.