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Ignition in South Africa · channel ID and TV guide

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

Look for Ignition.za when you match Ignition in South Africa. The directory lists Arena Holdings in the owner field.

Station details

Source identifier
Ignition.za
Source geography
South Africa · ZA
Programme categories
auto
Site listed in the snapshot
timeslive.co.za
Owner field
Arena Holdings

Look for the operator’s schedule

The directory points to timeslive.co.za for this station. Use the local listing to check event or programme title.

Match the TV guide

Use the event date and session, since a same-name listing may show a replay.

<channel id="Ignition.za">…</channel>
<programme channel="Ignition.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 “Ignition | guide alignment test” against Ignition.za in the historic guide data.
Blank guide for this stationCompare the exported channel identifier with Ignition.za exactly, including punctuation and letter case.

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