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The EPG for Canberra is currently missing data for all Prime, 10 and 9 channels, for next Wednesday (18th) and Thursday (19th).

I get that Thursday's data shouldn't be showing up on the IceBox yet, but it should be showing up on the IceTV www and phone apps.

EPG data for Prime7 is currently missing for Tuesday 11th June and Wednesday 12th June.

It normally appears around 2-3pm most days, but it's now 5:45pm and the EPG data which should have gone in yesterday still hasn't appeared.

Any chance you could address this fairly soonish?

For the last few weeks there have been regular discrepancies between the episodes listed for Canberra, and those listed for Sydney.  This has resulted in several new episodes being incorrectly marked as repeats, and vice versa.  These problems usually occur on Mondays & Fridays. 

For example, on Monday (10th June), the following episodes are listed in the IceTV EPG:
Canberra: S12 E100 (rpt)
Sydney: S13 E46 (new)

Note that S12 E100 is scheduled in Sydney tomorrow (7th June).

There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the same episode will be broadcast in Canberra & Sydney next Monday, and it will be S13 E46.

The Canberra IceTV EPG data matches what's appearing on other online TV Guides, so the problem is clearly incorrect data being provided by Prime7.  In this respect, IceTV's EPG data clearly matches the sources they have available to them.  Unfortunately, those sources are all incorrect, and IceTV's EPG data is also incorrect as a result.

Would it be possible to override the EPG data from Prime7, which is known to be incorrect - and forcing the Canberra EPG to match the Sydney EPG?

Can you also check to see whether other Prime7 markets are affected? I suspect it's not just Canberra which is suffering from dodgy EPG data.

10 Peach is changing to 10 Peach Comedy
10 BOLD is changing to 10 BOLD Drama

Changes take effect next Wednesday (June 12th).

Source: https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/06/10-peach-10-bold-rebranding-as-10-peach-comedy-10-bold-drama.html

Talk about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic...

** I checked, and today is not 1st April

Motorsport: World Rally Championship
2024 Abu Dhabi Desert
Sunday 24 March
ACT/Canberra

According to the description, this is actually part of the World Rally Raid Championship, not the World Rally Championship.  Rally Raid is the type of racing made famous by the Dakar Rally, it's mostly cross country, with stages which can be hundreds of kilometers in length.  It is not the same as the WRC, which is entirely raced on formed roads, with relatively short stages (usually < 30 km in length).

Tomorrow's episode of The Chase Australia is currently showing as a new episode, S13E31, which is allegedly being repeated on Monday (19/3/23).

Ch7 haven't shown a new episode of The Chase Australia on a Thursday in several years.  New episodes are shown on Mon-Wed, with repeats on Thurs-Fri.  Thus, seeing a new episode on Thurs, repeated the following Monday, seems highly unusual.

Can you please confirm that Thursday's episode is correct?  Monday's episode is currently marked as a repeat, when it's likely a new episode, so there are implications for people missing a new episode if the problem isn't resolved.

17:00 on Prime7 HD (Canberra) is currently marked as "To Be Advised", for both Monday & Tuesday next week.  It should be The Chase Australia (new episodes).

The description for every episode of The Chase Australia is as follows:
While general knowledge may be important to winning this competition, it is not necessarily the key. That would be the ability to stay one step ahead of The Chaser, an individual whose ability to answer questions is second to none; a genius in fact - and in facts. If you can beat them, you've got it made.

Andrew O'Keefe

Larry Emdur replaced Andrew O'Keefe as host of The Chase Australia in 2021, and Ch7 don't show repeats of the O'Keefe episodes.  Any chance of the IceTV description being updated?

** This is a low priority, obviously.  It's just something that's been bugging me for a while.

I am wondering if next week's episodes of The Chase Australia (5pm, Prime7 HD, weekdays) should be marked as repeats?

Next week is the start of the OzTam summer non-ratings period.  Historically, Ch7 has stopped showing new episodes of The Chase Australia as soon as the non-ratings period begins.  I would be very surprised if this were to change in 2023.

At present, none of next week's episodes have have series/episode numbers listed.  This makes it impossible for your system to check automatically whether or not they're repeats, hence their current marking as new episodes.

I suspect that Ch7 will be showing repeats from next week, probably until just before the next ratings period begins in late January.

Can you please investigate, and update the EPG data accordingly?

The EPG data for Prime 7HD (ACT) is missing, for Tuesday 7th Nov and Wednesday 8th Nov.

I have looked in both the www and Android phone app - the EPG data is missing from both.  Also, the IceTV has not received the Prime 7HD timers, probably because it too is lacking the EPG data.

This morning I opened the IceTV app on my phone (android), and got an error message, and was sent to the login page.  This happened on both my phone & tablet.

Checking the Guide Settings page, I see that my Beyonwiz T2 hasn't done an update since 11:52pm last night, and the IceBox hasn't updated since 11:58pm last night.

It would appear that something has gone badly wrong with the IceTV servers, with client devices no longer being able to connect to the servers.

Is this just a problem with my account, or are other users experiencing the same problem?

** I can still access IceTV through the WWW, but all of the other devices have stopped connecting.

Monday (10th Sept) and Tuesday (11th Sept) episodes for The Chase Australia are currently showing as TBA.  I'm not sure why this is the case, given that it's a regularly scheduled program, and other online TV Guides show The Chase Australia as usual.

Region: ACT (Canberra)
Time: 1700-1800
Dates: Mon 10th Sept, Tues 11th Sept

For some reason, both my Android Phone App and IceBox have failed to download almost all EPG data for Monday 11th September.  I have EPG data for Sunday 10th, and Tuesday 12th, but not Monday 11th.

This has resulted in My Week showing error marks (yellow triangles) against both shows that I have scheduled to record on Monday.

** There is some EPG data, but not very much.  The Android phone app is showing only 20 programs in total, across all networks/channels.  Most of these are on 7's secondary channels (mostly 7Bravo and 7Mate HD).

Any idea what may be causing this?  Am I the only person affected, or is this affecting other users as well?

Alone Australia
Wednesday 24th May
SBS HD

There are 2x episodes of Alone Australia listed in the IceTV EPG - one at 7:30pm, and a second at 8:30pm.  The second episode is listed as a repeat of episode S01E01 - this is incorrect.  Alone Australia is ending with 2x episodes back-to-back, so the 2nd episode should be S01E11, and should be a new episode.

Accused
7 Network, Tuesday 25th April, 9pm

The series which commences next Tuesday is a 2023 US version of a 2010 UK series.  The IceTV EPG currently has the correct episode title listed (US version s01E01), but the series description is from the 2010 UK version.

IceTV (ACT, Canberra) currently has the following listing for Prime7, for Monday 10th April:
5:00pm - To Be Advised
6:00pm - Seven News
7:00pm - Home & Away
7:30pm - To Be Advised

YourTV Guide lists the following:
5:00pm - The Chase Australia
6:00pm - Seven News
7:00pm - Farmer Wants a Wife
8:35pm - The Claremont Murders

As you can see, these are significantly different...

I assume IceTV will not be issuing updates over Easter, as you all enjoy some time off to be with your families.  This means that the Monday schedule needs to be fixed by tomorrow at the latest.

I am particularly keen to record The Claremont Murders, but I can't currently set anything for it as it's not in the New Shows list or the TV Guide.

Can you please fix these EPG holes today?

This episode of The Chase Australia is currently marked as S12E28, a repeat of today's episode.

Normally Ch7 shows new episodes on Mon-Wed, with repeats on Thurs & Fri.  Can you please check that IceTV has the correct episode listed for tomorrow?

Would it be possible to create separate shows for the Mens & Womens Tour Down Under episodes?  There are bound to be many viewers (like myself) who only have interest in one of these races, and don't want to have to delete multiple recordings of the other.

At present they are differentiated in the Episode name, but it would be great if they could be regarded as completely separate shows.

This morning I looked at "My Week" on the website, and saw a "single recording" set for The Block tonight (7:30pm on Ch Nein).  I have zero interest in this hot garbage, and deleted the recording.

For some reason, this resulted in not just the single recording being deleted, but also the series recording of "After the Verdict" (8:30pm on Ch Nein) which immediately followed. 

My guess is that there had been a slight time changes to "After the Verdict" and "The Block", causing the single/series pair to show up temporarily (while the IceTV server was waiting for my PVR to fetch the update), and I hit delete while the system was still in transition.

I went into the "TV Guide", and told it to "Record this episode" of "After the Verdict".  This has really confused the IceTV system...

Right now, I can see the series recording of "After the Verdict" in the "TV Guide", but it's not showing up in "My Week".  The IceTV App is stalled while trying to load "Account Information", and has already timed out twice saying that it can't establish a network connection.

With one of my PVRs currently down for the count, I don't have the option of sending a timer to the backup device.  I can't set the recording manually, as I won't be home tonight before the show is due to start recording.

Can someone at IceTV please sort out the tangled mess I've created, and ensure that tonight's episode of "After the Verdict" will be correctly recorded?

EDIT: I've finally got the IceTV android app to load properly... no sign of "After the Verdict" in "My Week".

The ACT guide for Monday 6th June is currently showing 10HD Canberra programming on both 10HD Canberra (correct) and 9HD (incorrect).

I noticed it when "Have You Been Paying Attention?" showed up in My Week, on 9HD - further investigation indicated that it's the whole day's programming which is incorrect.