RFC 2838 · INFORMATIONAL · 2000

Uniform Resource Identifiers for Television Broadcasts

Overview

RFC 2838, “Uniform Resource Identifiers for Television Broadcasts”, is an Informational document published in May 2000 by D. Zigmond, M. Vickers. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes a widely-implemented URI scheme, as World-Wide Web browsers are starting to appear on a variety of consumer electronic devices, such as television sets and television set-top boxes, which are capable of receiving television programming from either terrestrial broadcast, satellite broadcast, or cable. In this context there is a need to reference television broadcasts using the URI format described in RFC 2396. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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