Television Broadcast Data Archive 1978-2011

Brief description

The Television Broadcast Data Archive contains selected records and fields from ABC legacy TV broadcast scheduling systems in operation between 1978 to 2011. The completeness and accuracy of data varies significantly. Historical data may not represent current ABC policies, procedures, editorial standards and values.

Full description

Television Broadcast Data Archive - ##What do these fields mean?##\r\n* Source: There are two legacy systems that have populated the dataset. Value of 1 or 2 applied to signify which system this record comes from. Data Source 1 was used pre 1997. Data source 2 was used post 1997. ABC 2 was launched in 2005. ABC 3 was launched in 2009, and News 24 was launched in 2010.\r\n* Date: This describes a TV programs broadcast date. YYYY/MM/DD format.\r\n* StartTime: This is when a program broadcast commenced. 24 Hour format.\r\n* ParentChannel: The ABC network that the program was broadcast to.\r\n* ChildChannel: The state-specific channel that the broadcast is referencing. _Please see attached documentation for an example of how this is structured._\r\n* Duration: This describes the length of the broadcast, in Hours, minutes, seconds and frames (HH:MM:SS:FF)\r\n* ProgEpisodeName: Program or episode title.\r\n* EpNo: Episode number.\r\n* Series: Series title. Can be used to find all episodes for a program series. Note that features will appear as an episode with no series information.\r\n* SeriesNo: Series number.
Television Broadcast Data Archive - ##What do these fields mean?##\r\n* Source: There are two legacy systems that have populated the dataset. Value of 1 or 2 applied to signify which system this record comes from. Data Source 1 was used pre 1997. Data source 2 was used post 1997. ABC 2 was launched in 2005. ABC 3 was launched in 2009, and News 24 was launched in 2010.\r\n* Date: This describes a TV programs broadcast date. YYYY/MM/DD format.\r\n* StartTime: This is when a program broadcast commenced. 24 Hour format.\r\n* ParentChannel:The ABC network that the program was broadcast to\r\n* ChildChannel: The state-specific channel that the broadcast is referencing. _Please see attached documentation for an example of how this is structured._\r\n* Duration: This describes the length of the broadcast, in Hours, minutes, seconds and frames (HH:MM:SS:FF)\r\n* ProgEpisodeName: Program or episode title.\r\n* EpNo: Episode number.\r\n* Series: Series title. Can be used to find all episodes for a program series. Note that features will appear as an episode with no series information\r\n* SeriesNo: Series number.
Parent and child channel reference documentation - Reference documentation with example of how ParentChannel and ChildChannel are structured in ABC legacy TV broadcast scheduling systems.