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AstraEPG

Schedule and guide metadata services for creating accurate programme line-ups and distributing them to FAST, OTT, apps and connected-TV destinations.

Product overview

AstraEPG bridges the operational schedule and the audience-facing programme guide. It is designed to maintain programme identity, timings, descriptions, imagery, genres, ratings, accessibility metadata and channel information while keeping guide output aligned with the schedule authority.

Astra positioning: AstraEPG can operate as part of the Trendest Studio / Trendest TV environment or be productised independently as a SaaS/API/SDK or enterprise integration depending on the customer workflow. Product scope and commercial readiness can vary by deployment.

CORE CAPABILITIES

What AstraEPG is designed to handle

Channel and service metadata
Daily and multi-day programme schedules
Programme titles, synopses, ratings, genres and artwork
Start/end time and duration validation
Carry-over and schedule continuity checks
Timezone-aware guide generation
XML/JSON/API export surfaces
Downstream app and platform guide feeds
Schedule revision and publication states
Guide diagnostics for gaps, overlaps and stale data

Technical architecture

Schedule-to-EPG transformation services
Timezone and daylight-saving handling
Metadata normalization and enrichment
Incremental guide publishing
Cache-friendly APIs for high-read consumer applications
Future DVB-I/ATSC/IP guide interoperability where commercially required
DEPLOYMENT

Standalone or integrated

Deployment can range from a focused cloud service integrated with an existing customer stack to a deeply connected module inside the AYA platforms. API boundaries, event identifiers and common metadata are intended to keep the product composable.

SECURITY + OPERATIONS

Enterprise operating discipline

Relevant production deployments require role-based access, secrets management, audit history, environment isolation, backup/restore strategy, health monitoring, change control and data-retention policies appropriate to the customer and jurisdiction.

Media-industry use cases

ASTRA ADVANTAGE

Why the shared architecture matters

Guide metadata can be generated from the same schedule and asset identity used by playout
Content warnings, rights and artwork can flow from MAM into guide outputs
Reduces divergence between operational schedule and consumer-facing guide
FUTURE-READY EVOLUTION

Technology directions

Roadmap themes, not claims of current universal implementation.

Personalised guide ordering
AI-generated concise/long descriptions with editorial control
Context-aware recommendation signals
Dynamic event and sports metadata
Hybrid broadcast/broadband service discovery
Voice and conversational guide search
STANDARDS + ECOSYSTEM

Relevant industry references

AYA products are designed to interoperate with established media and advertising ecosystems where commercially required.

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