FREE TV AUSTRALIA OPERATIONAL PRACTICE OP- 58 Implementation Guide for DVB EIT Schedule Information (EITscheduleactual) Issue 3

This document recommends the method of usage and application of descriptors within the Event Information Table (EIT) schedule actual sections to convey program guide information, for digital terrestrial television broadcasting in Australia. Australian television broadcasters indicate their scheduled programs by the transmission of EITpresent/followingactual and EITscheduleactual information in accordance with Clause 5.2.4 of ETSI EN 300 468. EITpresent/followingother and EITscheduleother are not currently transmitted by Australian television broadcasters. Australian television broadcasters provide guidance for the use of EITpresent/followingactual in a receiver’s DVB EIT Schedule Information as described in Free TV OP 44 and for the use of EITscheduleactual in Free TV OP 58. It is intended that all transmissions will follow the specifications in both Free TV OP 44 and OP 58. For detailed information regarding the use of descriptors in the Australian DTTB context, in tables containing the EITp/factual (EIT present/following) information, please refer to Free TV Operational Practice OP-44 [4]. In the EITschedule actual tables, there are typically five descriptors commonly in use