<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
a) The <runTime> element is only included in MV* (movie) <program> elements.<br>
b) The same <program> element is referenced in multiple <schedule> elements--regardless of the starttime and duration of those scheduled airings of the movie.<br>
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And--though I have not yet confirmed this by having someone with access to the data definition for the TMS DD-format raw data--I'm almost 100% positive that the <runTime> is the original runtime of the movie as released. It does /not/ take into account the "This movie has been edited to fit your screen *and to run in the time allotted*."<br>
...</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The runTime--just like the Nudity advisory--is /meaningless/ in the context of the schedule, as it's just information about the /original/ program, not what's actually airing.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Yes, it's clearly not useful. Thanks for sorting that out Mike.<br><br>Regards,<br>Steve<br>