Closed themak1985 closed 3 years ago
Some of the categories can be clearly understood by their name, others are open to interpretation. There are also numerous channels that don't fit into one of the categories we have. By defining the categories we have, we might not have to add categories like Nature, Drama, Horror, Art, Culture, Animals, Anime, Anthology, Science, Tech, etc
I am taking a first stab at defining these categories, but would like the community's input.
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Comedy, Movies and Entertainment sounds like the same thing. Hobby is... well... a bit difficult to say. I don't know much "hobby" channels for the moment (apart from Chasse & Pêche in France as an example) General is, as said, general programming. A "normal" programmation per se (some news, some tele-films, some documentaries, things adapted to everyone)
Additions : Foreign. Some channels are made to show the viewer what's outside of his country and/or continent. I'll take a French example. Beur TV is a French channel, targeting Arabian viewers, with most of the programs dubbed in Arabic (or their slangs).
Fashion and Lifestyle are often linked together. Maybe make a fusion of both of them, calling it "Fashion and Lifestyle".
personaly i would put all xxx link in one xxx.m3u maybe add tag of country for them | FR if needed
What if we did the following:
Category | Definition |
---|---|
Auto | Cars, Motorcycles, and other automobiles. |
Animation | Anime, Cartoons, and similar. |
Business | Business & Finance |
Classic | Shows and Movies from earlier decades. |
Comedy | Comedy |
Documentary | Provides record or report of history, people, animals, real-world event, & cultures. |
Drama | Drama |
Education | Educational |
Food | Food & Cooking |
General | Variety of Programs |
Horror | Horror & Gore |
Kids | Programming that is considered "Family Friendly" or targeted to children. |
Legislative | Specific to the operation of government. |
Lifestyle | Health and fitness, tourism, leisure, fashion, decor, or pop culture. |
Local | Targeted for a local area or region. Also local affiliates of channels. |
Movies | Only Movies |
Music | Music or Music related. |
News | News |
Quiz | Quizzes and Game Shows |
Religious | Religious |
Sci-Fi | Science Fiction |
Shop | Shopping |
Sport | Sports |
Tech | Science and Technology |
Weather | Weather |
XXX | Adult or explicit. |
Other | No category fits. |
Remove the following: Category | Reason for removal |
---|---|
Fashion | Merge with lifestyle |
Health | Merge with Lifestyle |
History | merge with documentary |
Entertainment | Too vague. |
Hobby | too vague |
Family | Merge with kids. |
Travel | merge with lifestyle |
I personally would prefer to keep the following:
Category | Definition | Examples |
---|---|---|
Fashion | Fashion-related channels | FashionTV, World Fashion Channel, HDFashion & LifeStyle |
History | Channels about history | Historia, History, H2, Viasat History |
Entertainment | Channels with a variety of entertainment programs | TLC, MTV, BBC Entertainment |
Hobby | Channels about fishing, hunting, etc. | Outdoor Channel, Охота и рыбалка, Рыболов |
Family | Channels with family-oriented movies and shows | ABC family, JOJ Family, Fox Family Movies |
Travel | Travel channels | Russian Travel Guide, Travel Channel, Travel XP |
and add:
In general, I see no problem with having many categories, as long as each category contains at least a dozen channels from around the world. Or am I missing something?
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Few remarks :
Keep-ups : -> Fashion is often seen as a way of life (as on dressing up, you can say it is a way of life, like anything), so I kind of wonder why we can't fusion it with Lifestyle. -> History for me is OK -> Entertainment, as said, is too vague. Movies are entertainment, TV Shows are entertainment etc etc... I think we should fusion it with "General". Adult entertainment goes to XXX. -> Hobby is OK for me, as long as the definition keeps up with what you said. -> Family for me is OK. -> Travel for me is OK.
Additions : -> Anime is animation, which is also entertainment for me. I suppose we can keep it as is. -> Crime/Drama/Horror ? I suppose those goes to movies or general if talking about TV shows related to this (I suppose you're referring to the A&E channels). Why not do a "Parental Advisory" section about that ? We should also think that this section will be classified as "not safe for work", depending on the degree of content the channels got.
In general, I see no problem with having many categories, as long as each category contains at least a dozen channels from around the world. Or am I missing something?
I guess I am thinking of the user experience and the idea of Overchoice but I am open to expanding and let the user filter, though I think we have to better define the categories.
@themak1985 As for the "Entertainment" and "Hobby" categories, you definitely convinced me. The same goes for adding the Lifestyle category and merging the History category with Documentary.
The only thing I would limit the Outdoor category to channels devoted to different types of outdoor activities, and channels about nature and animals I would put in the Documentary category.
As for merging the "Fashion" and "Lifestyle" categories, if you think it's necessary, let's do it.
The only thing I would still like to keep is "Family" and "Travel". Also, I think we still need to add categories:
P.S. Maybe you will make a draft of PR with a list of all the categories and their descriptions, and we'll discuss the rest of the details there?
P.S. Maybe you will make a draft of PR with a list of all the categories and their descriptions, and we'll discuss the rest of the details there?
You got it 😄
Also: many radio stations lurk in unsorted; its something your list is going to have to tackle.
@AntiPontifex We do not add radio streams without video to the playlist. So if you see such links somewhere, let us know and we'll remove them.
Pardon me, but I'm just trying to understand these categories. Does Network IPTV (i.e. BBC, NBC, CBC) go in the General category? confused
Pardon me, but I'm just trying to understand these categories. Does Network IPTV (i.e. BBC, NBC, CBC) go in the General category? confused
BBC is broadcasted nationally, so it's "General". However, the NBC and CBC channels have got a specific stream for each state, it is "Local".
Some of the categories can be clearly understood by their name, others are open to interpretation. There are also numerous channels that don't fit into one of the categories we have. By defining the categories we have, we might not have to add categories like Nature, Drama, Horror, Art, Culture, Animals, Anime, Anthology, Science, Tech, etc
I am taking a first stab at defining these categories, but would like the community's input.