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TVAGENT.TXT 8/19/96
-- Lee Bonnifield author, and TV Agent Tech Support (423) 623-5234
1. Features & Channels listed
2. How to get it
3. Get the free demo
4. How subscribers download listings
************************ TV Agent ************************
1. Features & Channels listed
TV Agent is a computerized TV guide covering 130+ satellite-delivered
channels. It REMEMBERS what programs you want marked, and what
channels and programs you have no interest in. The listings TV Agent
displays contain many more episode details than you'll find in most
printed guides, including updates for changes made just 48 hours
before air time.
---- Customization:
Each copy of TV Agent allows 99 users to record their individual
preferences. Each member of the family can see listings displayed with
her favorite programs hilited, and with many uninteresting listings
deleted. There is no need to wade thru many listings for channels you
don't subscribe to; those can be deleted for all the users in a
household at once. Individual users can delete additional channels,
and can also delete listings by program type (like "DAYTIME SOAP" or
"CARTOON") or by program title (like "Sesame Street" or "Laverne and
Shirley".) Each user can hilite channels, types, and titles too, so
they will stand out on the screen whenever they appear in the
listings, no matter where or when. Listings can be hilited or deleted
based on keywords or phrases appearing anywhere in the detailed
descriptions.
Special display and printing modes let you display ONLY the hilited
listings. You can get a schedule of your regular favorites without
even looking at the listings, after TV Agent has watched you hilite
for a week. You can get special purpose schedules, like all the
"TEAM VS TEAM" program types, or all the programs that will be on
"The Learning Channel" during the next week. Users can customize the
listings so they show the channel numbers appropriate to the local
cable system instead of the satellite location. That feature also
allows use of nonstandard abbreviations for satellites to match
satellite receivers that can't display the standard abbreviation.
---- Timeliness:
You may not find any other source of listings as up to date as what is
on your BBS because of the printing and mailing delays of most weekly
guides. The daily update of tomorrow's listings means that a schedule
change made by a network yesterday can be on your BBS this afternoon.
TV Agent listings may be the only place to find listings for news
specials that were planned only a couple of days earlier, or details
of sports playoffs, news magazine programs, morning talk shows, etc.
---- Details:
Many more listings include episode details than you will find in
printed guides. The details can be displayed automatically in a full
screen mode, but usually they are not shown unless you ask for them.
Old series like "Star Trek" are typically identified by episode title
and a brief description. Movies usually include a description, the
actors, director, country and year of production, MPAA rating, and
other characteristics. Details that are not settled until shortly
before air time (like the topics of morning talk shows and the teams
in playoffs) are more likely to be included in TV Agent listings than
in printed guides.
133 C-band Channels listed:
This is the list used mid-July 1996. The list changes as new channels
become available and old ones disappear or move to a new location. You
can customize TV Agent displays and printout so they use a different
ID (like your local cable system channel number) instead of the
satellite and channel number shown here.
ACTION ACTN G7-3 "-" means subscription service
AMERICA ONE TV A1TV S3/24 "/" means In The Clear
AMERICA'S TALKING AT G1-10
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT NETWK AIN T3/7
AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS AMC F4-1
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A & E G5-23
BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV BET G5-20
BRAVO BRAVO F4-7
CABLE NEWS INTERNATIONAL CNNI G1-15
CABLE NEWS NETWORK CNN G5-5
CABLE VIDEO STORE CVS T4-7
CANADIAN BRDCAST ATLANTIC CBC-A A2/9
CANADIAN BRDCAST MONTREAL CBC-E A2/1
CANADIAN BROADCAST PACIFIC CBC-P A2/13
CARTOON NETWORK CART G1-8
CBS EAST CBS-E G7/19
CBS WEST CBS-W G4-16
CHANNEL AMERICA CHAM T4/19
CINEMAX 2 CIN2 G3-17
CINEMAX EAST CIN-E G1-19
CINEMAX WEST CIN-W G5-16
COMEDY CENTRAL EAST COM-E F3-21
COMEDY CENTRAL WEST COM-W G1-1
CONSUMER NEWS & BUSINESS CNBC G5-13
CSPAN HOUSE CSPAN F3/7
DISCOVERY CHANNEL EAST DISCE F4-21
DISCOVERY CHANNEL WEST DISCW G5-12
DISNEY EAST DIS-E G5-1
DISNEY WEST DIS-W G1-7
E! ENTERTAINMENT TV E! F3-23
ENCORE ENCR G1-3
ESPN ESPN G5-9
ESPN 2 ESPN2 G5-14
FAITH AND VALUES NETWORK F&V F3/5
FAMILY CHANNEL EAST FAM-E G5-11
FAMILY CHANNEL WEST FAM-W F3-1
FLIX FLIX G3-24
FOX EAST FOX-E T1/13
FOX MOVIES FXM G7-23
FOX NATIONAL FOX-N S4-10
FOX WEST FOX-W T4/13
FX EAST FX-E G7/4
FX WEST FX-W G7/5
GAME SHOW NETWORK GAME G7-6
HBO 2 EAST HBO2E G3-16
HBO 2 WEST HBO2W G3-20
HBO 3 HBO3 G3-19
HBO EAST HBO-E G5-15
HBO WEST HBO-W G5-8
HOME & GARDEN TELEVISION HGTV G1-20
HOME TEAM SPORTS HTS S3-23
INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL IFC G7-14
INTERNATIONAL TV INTL G7-24
KCNC (CBS DENVER) KCNC C1-6
KDVR (FOX DENVER) KDVR C1-5
KMGH (ABC DENVER) KMGH C1-2
KNBC (NBC LOS ANGELES) KNBC S4-6
KOMO (ABC SEATTLE) KOMO S4-8
KPIX (CBS SAN FRANCISCO) KPIX S4-24
KRMA (PBS DENVER) KRMA C1-3
KTLA (WB LOS ANGELES) KTLA S3-15
KUSA (NBC DENVER) KUSA C1-14
KWGN (WB DENVER) KWGN C1-23
LIFETIME EAST LIF-E F4-4
LIFETIME WEST LIF-W F3-4
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MSG F4-6
MICROSOFT - NBC MSNBC G1/10
MIDWEST SPORTS CHANNEL MWSC G6-15
MIND EXTENSION UNIVERSITY MEU G5/21
MUCH MUSIC MUCH G6-9
MUSIC TELEVISION EAST MTV-E F4-17
MUSIC TELEVISION WEST MTV-W G9-19
NBC NBC C1/8
NEW ENGLAND SPORTS NESN F3-14
NEWFOUNDLAND TV NTV A2/16
NEWSPORT NSPRT F3-11
NICK AT NITE TV LAND LAND T4/14
NICKELODEON EAST NIK-E F4-3
NICKELODEON WEST NIK-W G9-17
PLAYBOY PLAY G5-2
POLITICAL NEWSTALK NETWORK NET G6/7
PRIME NETWORK SPORTS PRIME C1-1
PRIME SPORTS WEST PSW C1-7
PUBLIC BROADCASTING SVC 8 PBS-8 T1/8K *Ku-band
PUBLIC BROADCASTING SVC X PBS-X T1/8
REQUEST TV 1 REQ1 F4-16
SCIENCE FICTION CHANNEL SCIFI G5-4
SHEPHERD'S CHAPEL SHEP G4/6
SHOWTIME 2 SHO2 G3-10
SHOWTIME EAST SHO-E F3-15
SHOWTIME WEST SHO-W G9-15
SPICE PPV SPCE T4-15
SPORTS CHANNEL CHICAGO SCCH C1-13
SPORTS CHANNEL NEW ENGLAND SCNE S2-21
SPORTS CHANNEL NEW YORK SCNY S2-1
SPORTS CHANNEL PACIFIC SCPA C1-4
SPORTS CHANNEL PHILADELPH SCPH S2-11
STARZ! STARZ S4-11
STARZ! WEST STRZW S4-18
STARZ!2 MOVIES STRZ2 S4-2
SUNSHINE NETWORK SUN C1-24
THE GOLF CHANNEL GOLF G7-7
THE HISTORY CHANNEL HIST F3-12
THE LEAR