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BusinessDay TV in South Africa · channel ID and TV guide

BusinessDay TV in South Africa uses the catalogue ID BusinessDayTV.za. See its feed details, matching names and local guide times.

Look for BusinessDayTV.za when you match BusinessDay TV in South Africa. The directory lists BusinessLIVE in the owner field.

Station details

Source identifier
BusinessDayTV.za
Source geography
South Africa · ZA
Programme categories
business
Site listed in the snapshot
businesslive.co.za
Owner field
BusinessLIVE

Look for the operator’s schedule

The directory points to businesslive.co.za for this station. Use the local listing to check market session and local air time.

Match the TV guide

Use the opening or closing bulletin and note the exchange's local time.

<channel id="BusinessDayTV.za">…</channel>
<programme channel="BusinessDayTV.za" start="20250715200000 +0200">…</programme>

Compare the two ID strings in your guide export. The directory key above is the reference for this feed.

Historical time conversions for the example XMLTV entry. Match the date and location of your actual feed.
Example zoneLocal timeThe same time in UTC
Africa/Johannesburg15 Jul 2025 20:00 +020015 Jul 18:00 UTC

Try the XMLTV test file

The linked fixture uses a historical date and an illustrative title. It can verify whether your player joins records by ID.

Open the XMLTV test file

Reading the result for this station
CheckWhat to look for
Import resultLook for “BusinessDay TV | guide alignment test” against BusinessDayTV.za in the historic guide data.
Blank guide for this stationCompare the exported channel identifier with BusinessDayTV.za exactly, including punctuation and letter case.

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