bbc.channel.getInfo

Get information about a channel.

Arguments

channel_id

(required) Identifier for channel (or channels?) to retrieve information on

format

(simple) Response format (more information)

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bbc.channel.getInfo

Example response

Simple format:

<channel channel_id="BBCOne" name="BBC One">
  <logo url="http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/res/images/BBCOne.gif" type="image/gif" width="125" height="52" />
  <logo url="http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/res/images/BBCOne_small.gif" type="image/gif" width="63" height="26" />
  <genre genre_id="urn:tva:metadata:cs:MediaTypeCS:2005:7.1.3" name="Audio and video" />
</channel>

TV-Anytime format:

<TVAMain xmlns='urn:tva:metadata:2005' xmlns:mpeg7='urn:mpeg:mpeg7:schema:2005' 
      xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xml:lang='en'>

  <ProgramDescription>
    <ServiceInformationTable>
      <ServiceInformation serviceId='BBCOne'>
        <Name>BBC One</Name>
        <Owner>BBC</Owner>
        <ServiceURL>dvb://233a.1004.1044</ServiceURL>
        <ServiceGenre href='urn:tva:metadata:cs:MediaType:2005:7.1.3'>
          <Name><![CDATA[Audio and video]]></Name>
        </ServiceGenre>
      </ServiceInformation>
    </ServiceInformationTable>
  </ProgramDescription>
</TVAMain>