CBC Drama in Egypt · channel ID and TV guide

Look for CBCDrama.eg when you match CBC Drama in Egypt. The directory lists United Media Services in the owner field.

Station details

The directory also lists CBC under CBC.eg. A shared group, call sign or operator site can connect the entries while each guide keeps its own ID.

Station records with a shared directory field
Name	Market	Catalogue ID	Catalogue group or site
CBC	Egypt	CBC.eg	United Media Services
Extra News	Egypt	ExtraNews.eg	United Media Services
On E	Egypt	OnE.eg	United Media Services
CBC Sofra	Egypt	CBCSofra.eg	United Media Services
On Drama	Egypt	OnDrama.eg	United Media Services

Verify episode order against the actual listing, which can differ between markets.

<channel id="CBCDrama.eg">…</channel>
<programme channel="CBCDrama.eg" start="20250715200000 +0300">…</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 zone	Local time	The same time in UTC
Africa/Cairo	15 Jan 2025 20:00 +0200	15 Jan 18:00 UTC
Africa/Cairo	15 Jul 2025 20:00 +0300	15 Jul 17:00 UTC

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

Reading the result for this station
Check	What to look for
Import result	Look for “CBC Drama \| guide alignment test” against CBCDrama.eg in the historic guide data.
Blank guide for this station	Compare the exported channel identifier with CBCDrama.eg exactly, including punctuation and letter case.
Alternate name	The catalogue includes “سي بي سي دراما”. Check the identifier even if the on-screen name looks right.