computer science

IceTV

IceTV is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand IceTV rather than just read about it. In short: IceTV is an Australian company providing an independently curated Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for digital free-to-air television. It also produces Smart Recording Software.

Key takeaways

IceTV belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect IceTV to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of IceTV from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

IceTV is an Australian company providing an independently curated Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for digital free-to-air television. It also produces Smart Recording Software. IceTV offers a TiVo-like service that provides series recording, keyword recording and advanced searching for compatible devices. It is a premium, subscription based service, although almost all devices that are IceTV-enabled come with free trial memberships.

History Founded in 2005, IceTV has been an EPG provider for PVR/DVR manufacturers such as Topfield, Humax and Beyonwiz, and software such as EyeTV and Windows Media Center. In April 2009, IceTV won IceTV Pty Ltd v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd, a three-year-long Intellectual property case against the Australian Nine Network. Nine claimed IceTV was infringing copyright by displaying the station's shows in its electronic program guide (EPG). This case is said to be a landmark in Australian intellectual property law. IceTV was placed into voluntary administration on 6 October 2015. It was revived at the 11th hour, but customers who had prepaid for units lost their units, as they were left in a warehouse. Purchases made by credit card were refunded by the CC provider.

The business of IceTV Pty Ltd was purchased from the Administrator/Liquidator on 6 January 2016 and TV TV Australia Pty Limited, a company owned by IceTV founder Colin O'Brien, now trades using the name IceTV.

Products

EPG IceTV delivers a curated, 7 day electronic program guide (EPG) for Australian free-to-air TV, which is provided as a feed to IceTV’s compatible recording devices or to EPG aggregators for on-sale to their customers. The guide auditing system passes through a two-stage verification process. The first check is done through IceTV’s content engine software, and their dedicated content management team conducts the second stage audit. As TV programming changes occur throughout the day, updates occur in real-time to IceTV’s servers, providing users with a reliable and accurate service.

Smart Recording Smart Recording is an online facility, giving IceTV's customers control over series recording, keyword recording, advanced searching etc. IceTV also has an iPhone App, Android app and mobile site enabling remote recordings from iPhones, iPads, and Android phones and tablets onto a compatible PVR/DVR, Smart TV, Windows Media Centre, Elgato EyeTV for Mac and Network Attached Storage (NAS).

References

External links IceTV's Official Consumer site IceTV's Official Business-to-Business site

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with IceTV

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what IceTV claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to IceTV before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about IceTV ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of IceTV

In research: IceTV appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses IceTV in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: IceTV is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Australian companies established in 2005, Digital television, Digital video recorders, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for IceTV outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study IceTV in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what IceTV means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain IceTV out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is IceTV in simple terms?

IceTV is an Australian company providing an independently curated Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for digital free-to-air television. It also produces Smart Recording Software.

Why does IceTV matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study IceTV?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on IceTV.