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If you were to pick between coming to Indiantelevision.com
and letting Indiantelevision.com come to you, what would you
choose?
For those who prefer the latter, RSS/XML feeds are available
free for individuals and non-profit organisations.
RSS/XML feeds can update news/articles on your computer software
as they change through sections at Indiantelevision.com .
Getting started -
1 Download and install free RSS reader software.
2 Copy channel links below and paste them into your
RSS reader.
 http://www.indiantelevision.com/rss/itv.xml
3 That's all! Now you need not miss a Indiantelevision.com's news ever again.
4 Cocktail parties and RSS feeds
Hey, if you want to become an RSS feeds guru, or at least
sound like one, here's enough gyan for the party this weekend…
Isn't this about politics?
No. This has absolutely nothing to do with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh. RSS (really simple syndication) is a format for distributing
and aggregating all kinds of content on the Web such as news
links, headlines and summaries. It is a form of XML, which
means that each piece of data - a headline, introduction or
description - is coded separately. In this way, software will
know exactly what to do with it. So, when you want information
on Sachin Tendulkar, that's exactly what you'll get. Nothing
more. Nothing less.
What do Indiantelevision.com RSS/XML feeds do?
They gather information related to your areas of interest
- movies, cricket, politics or breaking news - and deposit
them all on your desktop. So, in effect, if you don't stop
by the site, the headlines pretty much pay your PC a visit.
How do I read these feeds?
Once information about news items is in RSS format, RSS reader
software can check for changes and updates. These headlines
will appear on your screen with a summary. If you like what
you see, you can always click through to the full copy on
the Indiantelevision.com site.
Some free RSS readers are…
1. Feedreader: http://www.feedreader.com/
2. BlogStreet Info Aggregator: http://rss.blogstreet.com
3. AmphetaDesk: http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/
4. Wildgrape NewsDesk 1.1: http://www.wildgrape.net/
5. Beaver: http://www31.brinkster.com/toolmaker
6. KlipFolio: http://www.serence.com/site.php
7. BlogExpress: http://blogexpress.com/
8. RSSConnect: http://www.perfectxml.com/RSSConnect/
9. Awasu Personal Edition: http://www.awasu.com/
I have the RSS reader. Now what?
Now you need RSS feeds to read. Just like the ones Indiantelevision.com has provided on this page. Each feed is just like
the address of a Web page. All you need to do is use the 'subscribe'
function of your RSS reader to start receiving updates from
a particular feed.
Makes sense. But what about XML?
'Extensible markup language', or XML, splits information (be
it content or images) by markers like 'headlines', 'introductions',
'footnotes', or just about anything else, making it easier
for computers to locate specific information using those markers.
Let's say you're stuck in a library, with a million books.
All you have is an author's name - 'Goldie', to help you find
something on, for instance, breeding goldfish. After an hour
of searching, all the card file yields is a book called 'Pure
Goldie: The Life and Career of Goldie Hawn'. Pretty frustrating,
yes? Now, what if someone were to read all the books, neatly
marking all data and sorting it into everything from 'title'
and 'author' to 'fishing' and 'breeding'? If this were to
happen, you would find something on goldfish in approximately
0.005 seconds, wouldn't you? XML examines information online,
fitting it into structures that can be called upon to give
you exactly what you want.
Welcome to a whole new Internet experience. With Indiantelevision.com's
RSS/XML.
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