Service from BUVFC: TVTiP

Page last modified on 13 August 2013, at 05:11 PM (initially posted on 19 November 2008)

TVTiP is a database of the programme information contained in the television listings magazine TV Times between 1955 and 1985.

It covers two channels: ITV and Channel 4.

WAYFless URL: https://login.bufvc.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=INSTITUTION_IDP&target=http%3A%2F%2Fbufvc.ac.uk%2Ftvandradio%2Ftvtip

Remember to replace INSTITUTION_IDP with the Institution's IDP as registered in the UK Federation.

Note:

21. WAYFless URLs for `"BUFVC" SPs

There have been some changes to BUFVC's servers and SP, so as a result the way their WAYFless URLs are constructed have had to change.

In particular, they are now using SP-side WAYFless URLs: these are generally considered to be less brittle and will not need to be altered if you update or replace your IdP.

All of these URLs are based on the same template

https://login.bufvc.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=$INSTITUTION_IDP&target=$BUFVC_SERVICE

with two parameters: $INSTITUTION_IDP and $BUFVC_SERVICE

Create the first by URL-encoding your IdP's entityID as registered in the federation and listed in BUFVC's members database, so that https://idp.rummidge.ac.uk/entity would become https%3a%2f%2fidp.rummidge.ac.uk%2fentity.

The second should be replaced with any of the BUFVC Services you'd like to have direct access to. See below the current collections:

BoB: https%3A%2F%2Flearningonscreen.ac.uk%2Fondemand
RADIO: http%3a%2f%2fbufvc.ac.uk%2ftvandradio%2findependent-radio
ThisWeek: http%3a%2f%2fbufvc.ac.uk%2ftvandradio%2fthisweek
TRILT: http%3a%2f%2fbufvc.ac.uk%2ftvandradio%2ftrilt
TVTip: http%3a%2f%2fbufvc.ac.uk%2ftvandradio%2ftvtip

Examples for some BUFVC Services, these already contain the "target" parameter, but you will need to add your own IdP's entityID:

BoB: https://login.learningonscreen.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=INSTITUTION_IDP&target=https%3A%2F%2Flearningonscreen.ac.uk%2Fondemand

BUFVC: https://login.bufvc.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=INSTITUTION_IDP&target=http%3A%2F%2Fbufvc.ac.uk

RADIO: https://login.bufvc.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=INSTITUTION_IDP&target=http%3A%2F%2Fbufvc.ac.uk%2Ftvandradio%2Findependent-radio

ThisWeek: https://login.bufvc.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=INSTITUTION_IDP&target=http%3A%2F%2Fbufvc.ac.uk%2Ftvandradio%2Fthisweek

TRILT: https://login.bufvc.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=INSTITUTION_IDP&target=http%3A%2F%2Fbufvc.ac.uk%2Ftvandradio%2Ftrilt

TVTip: https://login.bufvc.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=INSTITUTION_IDP&target=http%3A%2F%2Fbufvc.ac.uk%2Ftvandradio%2Ftvtip