Asterisks in the Program Name

[stewart4]

I noticed some of my guide entries have an asterisk following the title and others do not. Is this something generated by IPTV-EPG? If so, can you share the meaning of the asterisk. I searched for asterisk on this forum and did not find any other thread on the topic.

As an example, the program "CBS Evening News" is listed like that on most local feeds, but some of them are listed "CBS Evening News *".

[Epg Admin]

Can you please name at least one channel by tvg-id so we can look at it?
The asterisk is not coming from us.

[stewart4]

Sure. Sorry about that:

WABC "The Bachelor *"

<programme channel="1.1" start="20200204010000 +0000" stop="20200204040000 +0000">
<title lang="en">The Bachelor *</title>
<desc lang="en">
The remaining women follow Peter to Costa Rica and are stunned when they see the scar on his forehead. Peter shares the crazy story of his character-building wound. As the Bachelor and one beauty fly in a helicopter over the picturesque landscape, another volatile woman spends the day alone crying her eyes out
</desc>
<category lang="en">Tvshow</category>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">23.4.</episode-num>
<icon height="" src="http://[redacted]:34400/images/8e32e2d377939fd01eea414e85672437.png" width=""/>
<video>
<quality>HDTV</quality>
</video>
<date>2020</date>
<premiere/>
</programme>


WPLG "The Bachelor"

<programme channel="3.1" start="20200203200000 -0500" stop="20200203230000 -0500">
<title lang="en">The Bachelor</title>
<desc lang="en">
This reality show gives one lucky man a unique opportunity to find true love
</desc>
<category lang="en">Reality TV</category>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">.2404.</episode-num>
<icon height="" src="cdn.tvpassport.com/image/show/960x540/36235.jpg" width=""/>
<video>
<quality>HDTV</quality>
</video>
<date/>
<premiere/>
</programme>

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Another example from the same channel (WCBS) and same program:

<programme channel="1.2" start="20200205233000 +0000" stop="20200206000000 +0000">
<title lang="en">CBS Evening News With Norah O'Donnell</title>
<sub-title lang="en">01-31-2020</sub-title>
<desc lang="en">
A weeknight survey of major news stories, human-interest segments and interviews with newsmakers
</desc>
<category lang="en">News</category>
<category lang="en">Tvshow</category>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<episode-num system="original-air-date">2020-02-05 23:30:00</episode-num>
<icon height="" src="http://[redacted]:34400/images/e9927dd0ab99c133158c6d2eb4f23799.png" width=""/>
<video>
<quality>HDTV</quality>
</video>
<date>2020</date>
</programme>

<programme channel="1.2" start="20200206080700 +0000" stop="20200206083700 +0000">
<title lang="en">CBS Evening News With Norah O'Donnell *</title>
<sub-title lang="en">01-31-2020</sub-title>
<desc lang="en">
A weeknight survey of major news stories, human-interest segments and interviews with newsmakers
</desc>
<category lang="en">News</category>
<category lang="en">Tvshow</category>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<episode-num system="original-air-date">2020-02-06 08:07:00</episode-num>
<icon height="" src="http://[redacted]:34400/images/e9927dd0ab99c133158c6d2eb4f23799.png" width=""/>
<video>
<quality>HDTV</quality>
</video>
<date>2020</date>
<premiere/>
</programme>

[Epg Admin]

Fixed