OTV in Lebanon · channel ID and TV guide

OTV

Look for OTV.lb when you match OTV in Lebanon. The directory lists OTV Holding in the owner field.

Station details

Odisha TV in India can turn up in the same search. Compare its ID (OdishaTV.in) with OTV.lb before switching the listing.

Compare the source IDs before changing the feed
Name	Market	Catalogue ID	Catalogue group or site
Odisha TV	India	OdishaTV.in	Odisha Television Network
OTV	Palau	OTV.pw	Roll'em Productions
OTV	Croatia	OTV.hr	otv.hr
OTV	Austria	OTV.at	otv.at
OTV	Ghana	OTV.gh	live.oceanstvgh.com
OTV	Russia	OTV.ru	obltv.ru

Compare one local bulletin or other known programme before accepting a same-name entry.

<channel id="OTV.lb">…</channel>
<programme channel="OTV.lb" 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
Asia/Beirut	15 Jan 2025 20:00 +0200	15 Jan 18:00 UTC
Asia/Beirut	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.

Another directory entry can look similar. Check the identity fields for Odisha TV before changing the mapping.

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