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WHAT PSIP DOES

PSIP defines Virtual Channel s and Content Rating s, as well as Program Guide s with Title s and Description s to be decoded and displayed by the ATSC Tuner .

PSIP can also send:

PSIP was defined in ATSC standard A/65, the most recent revision of which is '''A/65C''', published in 2006 . For Taiwan , '''A/68''' is the extension of the A/65 standard which relates mainly to the transmission of the Chinese Language using Unicode 3.0. '''A/69''' is a Recommended Practice for implementing PSIP in a TV station.

PSIP also supersedes A/55, now a Deprecate d (though not yet officially deleted) method of delivering the program guide. TV Guide On Screen is a different system provided by Datacasting on a single station, while PSIP is sent by every station to some extent.

PSIP information is passed through the Airchain by the XML -based Programming Metadata Communication Protocol (PMCP).


INCLUDED TABLES

  • STT (system time table)¹ - current time, once per Second , within ±4

  • MGT (master guide table)¹ - Data Pointer s to other PSIP tables

  • VCT (virtual channel table)¹ - assigns numbers to each channel

  • RRT (rating region table) - content ratings for each country

  • EIT (event information table)¹ - titles and program guide data

  • ETT (extended text table) - detailed descriptions of channels and programs

  • DCCT (directed channel change table) -

  • DCCST (directed channel change selection code table) -


¹ indicates a US FCC requirement


Directed channel change

The DCC function lets broadcasters tell a DTV receiver where to change, based upon the viewer's settings. This is most likely to be a ZIP or other Postcode , which can select Demographic ally-based programming to show, such as Television Commercial s or Weather Bulletin s, possibly taken from an accompanying Datacasting channel.

Implementation of the DCC feature is entirely optional, and depends on development of Receiver and Decoder Technology . For example, a Digital Video Recorder could record commercials broadcast at other times for later replay, so that many more different commercials could be shown in different parts of a large Metro Area than can actually be transmitted at once.


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