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User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.4.x
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Electronic Program Guide
Revised: September 17, 2012
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Concepts, page 26-1
• Procedures, page 26-5
• Reference, page 26-8
Concepts
• Overview, page 26-1
• Guidelines, page 26-2
• Restrictions, page 26-2
• Understand EPG Data Formats, page 26-2
• Understand Methods to Describe EPG Channels, page 26-4
Overview
Electronic program guide (EPG) data is not required for Cisco Cast to work. You can enable or disable
the EPG for Cisco DMS. You are not required to subscribe to any EPG data service.
Tip To have and use an EPG without entering into a subscription contract, you can create and upload a CSV file that
contains program descriptions that you have entered.
Audience
We prepared this material with specific expectations of you.
You will configure and populate the channel and program listings for IPTV services to your presentation systems.