Television Broadcast Data Archive

Television Broadcast Data Archive 1978-2011

Created 28/05/2015

Updated 14/02/2025

What do these fields mean?

  • Source: There are two legacy systems that have populated the dataset. Value of 1 or 2 applied to signify which system this record comes from. Data Source 1 was used pre 1997. Data source 2 was used post 1997. ABC 2 was launched in 2005. ABC 3 was launched in 2009, and News 24 was launched in 2010.
  • Date: This describes a TV programs broadcast date. YYYY/MM/DD format.
  • StartTime: This is when a program broadcast commenced. 24 Hour format.
  • ParentChannel:The ABC network that the program was broadcast to
  • ChildChannel: The state-specific channel that the broadcast is referencing. Please see attached documentation for an example of how this is structured.
  • Duration: This describes the length of the broadcast, in Hours, minutes, seconds and frames (HH:MM:SS:FF)
  • ProgEpisodeName: Program or episode title.
  • EpNo: Episode number.
  • Series: Series title. Can be used to find all episodes for a program series. Note that features will appear as an episode with no series information
  • SeriesNo: Series number.

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/978c2531-98d6-4697-adaf-a2158fbc3afa/resource/7f699d07-2eff-45b9-9c4f-111a401b3f8e/download/tvdba.zip