BroadcastService
A Schema.org Type
- Canonical URL: https://schema.org/BroadcastService
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A delivery service through which content is provided via broadcast over the air or online.
Property | Expected Type | Description |
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Properties from BroadcastService | ||
broadcastAffiliateOf |
Organization | The media network(s) whose content is broadcast on this station. |
broadcastDisplayName |
Text | The name displayed in the channel guide. For many US affiliates, it is the network name. |
broadcastFrequency |
BroadcastFrequencySpecification or Text |
The frequency used for over-the-air broadcasts. Numeric values or simple ranges, e.g. 87-99. In addition a shortcut idiom is supported for frequencies of AM and FM radio channels, e.g. "87 FM". |
broadcastTimezone |
Text | The timezone in ISO 8601 format for which the service bases its broadcasts. |
broadcaster |
Organization | The organization owning or operating the broadcast service. |
callSign |
Text | A callsign, as used in broadcasting and radio communications to identify people, radio and TV stations, or vehicles. |
hasBroadcastChannel |
BroadcastChannel | A broadcast channel of a broadcast service.
Inverse property: providesBroadcastService |
inLanguage |
Language or Text |
The language of the content or performance or used in an action. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. See also availableLanguage. Supersedes language. |
parentService |
BroadcastService | A broadcast service to which the broadcast service may belong to such as regional variations of a national channel. |
videoFormat |
Text | The type of screening or video broadcast used (e.g. IMAX, 3D, SD, HD, etc.). |
Properties from Service | ||
aggregateRating |
AggregateRating | The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item. |
areaServed |
AdministrativeArea or GeoShape or Place or Text |
The geographic area where a service or offered item is provided. Supersedes serviceArea. |
audience |
Audience | An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created. Supersedes serviceAudience. |
availableChannel |
ServiceChannel | A means of accessing the service (e.g. a phone bank, a web site, a location, etc.). |
award |
Text | An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards. |
brand |
Brand or Organization |
The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person. |
broker |
Organization or Person |
An entity that arranges for an exchange between a buyer and a seller. In most cases a broker never acquires or releases ownership of a product or service involved in an exchange. If it is not clear whether an entity is a broker, seller, or buyer, the latter two terms are preferred. Supersedes bookingAgent. |
category |
CategoryCode or PhysicalActivityCategory or Text or Thing or URL |
A category for the item. Greater signs or slashes can be used to informally indicate a category hierarchy. |
hasCertification |
Certification | Certification information about a product, organization, service, place, or person. |
hasOfferCatalog |
OfferCatalog | Indicates an OfferCatalog listing for this Organization, Person, or Service. |
hoursAvailable |
OpeningHoursSpecification | The hours during which this service or contact is available. |
isRelatedTo |
Product or Service |
A pointer to another, somehow related product (or multiple products). |
isSimilarTo |
Product or Service |
A pointer to another, functionally similar product (or multiple products). |
logo |
ImageObject or URL |
An associated logo. |
offers |
Demand or Offer |
An offer to provide this item—for example, an offer to sell a product, rent the DVD of a movie, perform a service, or give away tickets to an event. Use businessFunction to indicate the kind of transaction offered, i.e. sell, lease, etc. This property can also be used to describe a Demand. While this property is listed as expected on a number of common types, it can be used in others. In that case, using a second type, such as Product or a subtype of Product, can clarify the nature of the offer.
Inverse property: itemOffered |
provider |
Organization or Person |
The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller. Supersedes carrier. |
providerMobility |
Text | Indicates the mobility of a provided service (e.g. 'static', 'dynamic'). |
review |
Review | A review of the item. Supersedes reviews. |
serviceOutput |
Thing | The tangible thing generated by the service, e.g. a passport, permit, etc. Supersedes produces. |
serviceType |
GovernmentBenefitsType or Text |
The type of service being offered, e.g. veterans' benefits, emergency relief, etc. |
slogan |
Text | A slogan or motto associated with the item. |
termsOfService |
Text or URL |
Human-readable terms of service documentation. |
Properties from Thing | ||
additionalType |
Text or URL |
An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide. |
alternateName |
Text | An alias for the item. |
description |
Text or TextObject |
A description of the item. |
disambiguatingDescription |
Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation. |
identifier |
PropertyValue or Text or URL |
The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details. |
image |
ImageObject or URL |
An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. |
mainEntityOfPage |
CreativeWork or URL |
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity |
name |
Text | The name of the item. |
potentialAction |
Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. |
sameAs |
URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website. |
subjectOf |
CreativeWork or Event |
A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
Inverse property: about |
url |
URL | URL of the item. |
Instances of
BroadcastService may appear as a value for the following properties
Property | On Types | Description |
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parentService | BroadcastService | A broadcast service to which the broadcast service may belong to such as regional variations of a national channel. |
providesBroadcastService | BroadcastChannel | The BroadcastService offered on this channel. |
publishedOn | PublicationEvent | A broadcast service associated with the publication event. |
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Examples
Example 1
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<div> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0">Doctor Who</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w">Series 5</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj9sq">The Hungry Earth</a>, episode 8, broadcast on BBC One at 18:15, 22nd of May 2010, available on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/b00sj9sq">BBC iPlayer</a> from 19:45 on the 2nd of June until the 9th. </div>
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/TVSeries"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0"> <span itemprop="name">Doctor Who</span></a>, <div itemprop="containsSeason" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/TVSeason"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w"> <span itemprop="name">Series 5</span></a>, <div itemprop="episode" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/TVEpisode"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj9sq"> <span itemprop="name">The Hungry Earth</span></a>, episode <span itemprop="position">8</span>, broadcast on <div itemprop="publication" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastEvent"> <div itemprop="publishedOn" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastService"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone"><span itemprop="name">BBC One</span></a> </div> at <span itemprop="startDate" content="2010-05-22T18:15:00+01:00">18:15, 22nd of May 2010</span> </div>, available on <div itemprop="video" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/VideoObject"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sj9sq">BBC iPlayer</a> </div> from <div itemprop="publication" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/OnDemandEvent"> <span itemprop="startDate" content="2012-06-02T19:45:00+01:00">19:45 on the 2nd of June</span> until the <span itemprop="endDate" content="2012-06-09T19:44:00+01:00">9th</span>. </div> </div> </div> </div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="TVSeries"> <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0"> <span property="name">Doctor Who</span></a>, <div property="containsSeason" typeof="TVSeason"> <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w"> <span property="name">Series 5</span></a>, <div property="episode" typeof="TVEpisode"> <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj9sq"> <span property="name">The Hungry Earth</span></a>, episode <span property="position">8</span>, broadcast on <div property="publication" typeof="BroadcastEvent"> <div property="publishedOn" typeof="BroadcastService"> <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone"><span property="name">BBC One</span></a> </div> at <span property="startDate" content="2010-05-22T18:15:00+01:00">18:15, 22nd of May 2010</span> </div>, available on <div property="video" typeof="VideoObject"> <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sj9sq">BBC iPlayer</a> </div> from <div property="publication" typeof="OnDemandEvent"> <span property="startDate" content="2012-06-02T19:45:00+01:00">19:45 on the 2nd of June</span> until the <span property="endDate" content="2012-06-09T19:44:00+01:00">9th</span>. </div> </div> </div> </div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "TVSeries", "containsSeason": { "@type": "TVSeason", "episode": { "@type": "TVEpisode", "position": "8", "publication": [ { "@type": "BroadcastEvent", "publishedOn": { "@type": "BroadcastService", "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone" }, "startDate": "2010-05-22T18:15:00+01:00" }, { "@type": "OnDemandEvent", "endDate": "2012-06-09T19:44:00+01:00", "startDate": "2012-06-02T19:45:00+01:00" } ], "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sj9sq", "video": { "@type": "VideoObject", "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sj9sq" } }, "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w" }, "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0" } </script>
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Example 2
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<div> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl">In Our Time</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ggc19">Ordinary Language Philosophy</a>, episode 604, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 09:00, 7th of November 2013, available online from 09:45 on the same day. </div>
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/RadioSeries"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl"> <span itemprop="name">In Our Time</span></a>, <div itemprop="episode" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/RadioEpisode"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ggc19"> <span itemprop="name">Ordinary Language Philosophy</span></a>, episode <span itemprop="position">604</span>, broadcast on <div itemprop="publication" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastEvent"> <div itemprop="publishedOn" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastService"> <a itemprop="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4"><span itemprop="name">BBC Radio 4</span></a> </div> at <span itemprop="startDate" content="2013-11-07T09:00:00+01:00">09:00, 7th of November 2013</span> </div>, available online from <div itemprop="publication" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/OnDemandEvent"> <span itemprop="startDate" content="2013-11-07T09:45:00+01:00">09:45 on the same day</span>. </div> </div> </div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="RadioSeries"> <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl"> <span property="name">In Our Time</span></a>, <div property="episode" typeof="RadioEpisode"> <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ggc19"> <span property="name">Ordinary Language Philosophy</span></a>, episode <span property="position">604</span>, broadcast on <div property="publication" typeof="BroadcastEvent"> <div property="publishedOn" typeof="BroadcastService"> <a property="url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4"><span property="name">BBC Radio 4</span></a> </div> at <span property="startDate" content="2013-11-07T09:00:00+01:00">09:00, 7th of November 2013</span> </div>, available online from <div property="publication" typeof="OnDemandEvent"> <span property="startDate" content="2013-11-07T09:45:00+01:00">09:45 on the same day</span>. </div> </div> </div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "RadioSeries", "episode": { "@type": "RadioEpisode", "position": "604", "publication": [ { "@type": "BroadcastEvent", "publishedOn": { "@type": "BroadcastService", "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4" }, "startDate": "2013-11-07T09:00:00+01:00" }, { "@type": "OnDemandEvent", "startDate": "2013-11-07T09:45:00+01:00" } ], "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ggc19" }, "url": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl" } </script>
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
Example 3
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A radio station on 107.9 FM.
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastService"> <span itemprop="name">WXKS-FM</span> <span itemprop="broadcastDisplayName">Kiss 108</span> <div itemprop="broadcastFrequency" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastFrequencySpecification"> <meta itemprop="broadcastFrequencyValue" content="107.9" /> <meta itemprop="broadcastSignalModulation" content="FM" /> </div> </div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="BroadcastService"> <span property="name">WXKS-FM</span> <span property="broadcastDisplayName">Kiss 108</span> <div property="broadcastFrequency" typeof="BroadcastFrequencySpecification"> <meta property="broadcastFrequencyValue" content="107.9" /> <meta property="broadcastSignalModulation" content="FM" /> </div> </div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context":"https://schema.org", "@type":"BroadcastService", "name": "WXKS-FM", "broadcastDisplayName": "Kiss 108", "broadcastFrequency": { "@type": "BroadcastFrequencySpecification", "broadcastFrequencyValue": 107.9, "broadcastSignalModulation": "FM" } } </script>
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
Example 4
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A radio station on 1030 AM.
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastService"> <span itemprop="name">WBZ-AM</span> <span itemprop="broadcastDisplayName">WBZ NewsRadio</span> <div itemprop="broadcastFrequency" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastFrequencySpecification"> <meta itemprop="broadcastFrequencyValue" content="1030" /> <meta itemprop="broadcastSignalModulation" content="AM" /> </div> </div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="BroadcastService"> <span property="name">WBZ-AM</span> <span property="broadcastDisplayName">WBZ NewsRadio</span> <div property="broadcastFrequency" typeof="BroadcastFrequencySpecification"> <meta property="broadcastFrequencyValue" content="1030" /> <meta property="broadcastSignalModulation" content="AM" /> </div> </div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context":"https://schema.org", "@type":"BroadcastService", "name": "WBZ-AM", "broadcastDisplayName": "WBZ NewsRadio", "broadcastFrequency": { "@type": "BroadcastFrequencySpecification", "broadcastFrequencyValue": 1030, "broadcastSignalModulation": "AM" } } </script>
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
Example 5
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WAAY is an affiliate of the ABC network and broadcasts in SD.
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastService"> <span itemprop="name">WAAY-TV</span> <span itemprop="broadcastDisplayName">ABC</span> <span itemprop="videoFormat">SD</span> <span itemprop="broadcastTimezone" content="-8:00">PST</span> <div itemprop="broadcastAffiliateOf" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop="name">ABC</span> </div> </div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org" typeof="BroadcastService"> <span property="name">WAAY-TV</span> <span property="broadcastDisplayName">ABC</span> <span property="videoFormat">SD</span> <span property="broadcastTimezone" content="-8:00">PST</span> <div property="broadcastAffiliateOf" typeof="Organization"> <span property="name">ABC</span> </div> </div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context":"https://schema.org", "@type":"BroadcastService", "name":"WAAY-TV", "broadcastDisplayName":"ABC", "videoFormat":"SD", "broadcastTimezone": "-8:00", "broadcastAffiliateOf":{ "@type":"Organization", "name":"ABC" } } </script>
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
Example 6
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WAAY is channel 7 on Comcast cable.
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/TelevisionChannel"> <span itemprop="name">WAAY 7</span> <span itemprop="broadcastChannelId">7</span> <span itemprop="broadcastServiceTier">Premium</span> <div itemprop="inBroadcastLineup" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CableOrSatelliteService"> <span itemprop="name">Comcast</span> </div> <div itemprop="providesBroadcastService" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastService"> <span itemprop="name">WAAY-TV</span> <span itemprop="broadcastDisplayName">ABC</span> <div itemprop="broadcastAffiliateOf" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <span itemprop="name">ABC</span> </div> </div> </div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org" typeof="TelevisionChannel"> <span property="name">WAAY 7</span> <span property="broadcastChannelId">7</span> <span property="broadcastServiceTier">Premium</span> <div property="inBroadcastLineup" typeof="CableOrSatelliteService"> <span property="name">Comcast</span> </div> <div property="providesBroadcastService" typeof="BroadcastService"> <span property="name">WAAY-TV</span> <span property="broadcastDisplayName">ABC</span> <div property="broadcastAffiliateOf" typeof="Organization"> <span property="name">ABC</span> </div> </div> </div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context":"https://schema.org", "@type":"TelevisionChannel", "name": "WAAY 7", "broadcastChannelId":"7", "broadcastServiceTier":"Premium", "inBroadcastLineup":{ "@type":"CableOrSatelliteService", "name": "Comcast" }, "providesBroadcastService":{ "@type":"BroadcastService", "name": "WAAY-TV", "broadcastDisplayName": "ABC", "broadcastAffiliateOf":{ "@type":"Organization", "name":"ABC" } } } </script>
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
Example 7
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WAAY is broadcasting Modern Family at 9:00PM on October 12, 2014 in English with Spanish subtitles available.
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastEvent"> <span itemprop="name">Modern Family - S6E8 - Three Turkeys</span> <span itemprop="description">Phil and Luke take over Thanksgiving duties.</span> <link itemprop="isLiveBroadcast" href="https://schema.org/False" /> <span itemprop="videoFormat">HD</span> <span itemprop="inLanguage">en</span> <span itemprop="subtitleLanguage">es</span> <span itemprop="startDate" content="2014-10-12T21:00">starts 10/12/2014 9:00PM</span> <span itemprop="endDate" content="2014-10-12T21:30">ends 10/12/2014 9:30PM</span> <div itemprop="publishedOn" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BroadcastService"> <span itemprop="name">WAAY-TV</span> </div> <div itemprop="workPerformed" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/TVEpisode"> <span itemprop="name">Modern Family: Three Turkeys</span> </div> </div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org" typeof="BroadcastEvent"> <span property="name">Modern Family - S6E8 - Three Turkeys</span> <span property="description">Phil and Luke take over Thanksgiving duties.</span> <link property="isLiveBroadcast" href="https://schema.org/True" /> <span property="videoFormat">HD</span> <span property="inLanguage">en</span> <span property="subtitleLanguage">es</span> <span property="startDate" content="2014-10-12T21:00">starts 10/12/2014 9:00PM</span> <span property="endDate" content="2014-10-12T21:30">ends 10/12/2014 9:30PM</span> <div property="publishedOn" typeof="BroadcastService"> <span property="name">WAAY-TV</span> </div> <div property="workPerformed" typeof="TVEpisode"> <span property="name">Modern Family: Three Turkeys</span> </div> </div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context":"https://schema.org", "@type":"BroadcastEvent", "startDate":"2014-10-12T21:00", "endDate":"2014-10-12T21:30", "publishedOn":{ "@type":"BroadcastService", "name": "WAAY-TV" }, "workPerformed":{ "@type":"CreativeWork", "name": "Modern Family: Three Turkeys" }, "inLanguage":"en", "subtitleLanguage":"es", "videoFormat":"HD", "isLiveBroadcast":false, "name":"Modern Family - S6E8 - Three Turkeys", "description":"Phil and Luke take over Thanksgiving duties." } </script>
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.