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Program GuideML gains preliminary approval (14 October 2003)
Work on Radio and TV Listing Markup Language started (6 June 2003)

IPTC approves TV/Radio program listing standard candidate

HONG KONG, 1 June 2004 -- Moving toward a unified set of XML-based standards for the news industry, members of the International Press telecommunications Council gave preliminary approval to a streamlined method of sharing radio and television programming information.

ProgramGuideML, an initiative of IPTC's Japanese members, will allow news agencies to disseminate TV and radio listings quickly and accurately. Several European news agencies told of plans to use ProgramGuideML.

ProgramGuideML gains preliminary approval

LEIPZIG, Germany, 14 October 2003 -- ProgramGuideML 1.0, an initiative by Japanese members for sharing television and radio programming information, gained preliminary approval. A final vote is scheduled for March 2003. The new standard will allow channel, program and time details to be sent from broadcasters to news outlets, cable system operators and web sites in a common computer-readable format.

Work on Radio and TV Listing Markup Language approval started

AARHUS, Denmark, 6 June 2003 -- A new way for broadcasters, newspapers and
web sites to exchange TV listings has been begun the formal approval
process that will end with adoption as a new worldwide standard.

At its annual meeting, the International Press Telecommunications Council
voted to move ahead with review and approval of ProgramGuideML, a powerful
but simple way to show program and channel information in any language.

Designed by a group of Japanese newspapers and broadcasters,
ProgramGuideML uses XML technology to mark up important programming
information with simple text tags that allow easy files exchange between
news agencies and automatic processing. If approved by the IPTC at its
spring 2004 meeting in Athens, ProgramGuideML will join a list of
standards that are used by news agencies around the world.