This section provides the details of the content markup properties for the BroadcastService
entity type.
Specification table
Property | Expected Type | Description |
---|---|---|
@context |
Text | Required - Always set to ["http://schema.org", {"@language": "xx"}]
|
@type |
Text | Required - Always set to BroadcastService for Live TV. |
@id |
URL | Required - The content's identifier in URI format; for example, https://example.com/1234abc.@id must meet the following requirements:
url meets all the requirements as an identifier, we recommend you use an entity's url as @id . See the Identifier section for more details. |
url |
URL | Required - The content's canonical URL, which Google uses to match the content in your feed to the content in Google's databases.url must meet the following requirements:
urlTemplate property instead. |
name |
Text | Required - The name of the network.
|
broadcastDisplayName |
Text | Required - The display name for the network that users may typically see in program guides etc. The value may be the same as the name value. |
potentialAction |
WatchAction | Required - An Action markup object that provides the details of the action. See the Action markup properties for details.
|
sameAs |
URL | A URL to a reference web page that can identify the network; for example, the Wikipedia page of the network. This must be distinct from the url property. |
image |
ImageObject | Images related to the Live TV service. Must be a minimum of 140px wide by 210px tall, with a 2:3 aspect ratio. Provide highest-resolution available, PNG or JPG. |
identifier |
PropertyValue | Highly Recommended Why? - External or other ID that unambiguously identifies this entity. Multiple identifiers are allowed. See Identifier Properties section for details. |
Example
{
"@context": ["http://schema.org", {"@language": "en"}],
"@type": "BroadcastService",
"@id": "http://www.example.com/livestream",
"url": "http://www.example.com/livestream",
"sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/example_tv_station_(TV_channel)",
"name": "Example TV Station",
"broadcastDisplayName": "ABC-D",
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "WatchAction",
"target": {
"@type": "EntryPoint",
"urlTemplate": "http://www.example.com/livestream",
"actionPlatform": [
"http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
"http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform",
"http://schema.org/AndroidPlatform",
"http://schema.org/AndroidTVPlatform",
"http://schema.org/IOSPlatform",
"http://schema.googleapis.com/GoogleVideoCast"
]
},
"actionAccessibilityRequirement": {
"@type": "ActionAccessSpecification",
"category": "externalsubscription",
"availabilityStarts": "2017-07-21T10:35:29Z",
"availabilityEnds": "2018-10-21T10:35:29Z",
"requiresSubscription": {
"@type": "MediaSubscription",
"@id": "http://www.example.com/subscription",
"name": "AMC",
"sameAs": "http://www.example.com/subscription",
"authenticator": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "TVE"
}
},
"eligibleRegion": [
{
"@type": "Country",
"name": "US"
},
{
"@type": "Country",
"name": "CA"
}
]
}
},
"identifier": [
{
"@type": "PropertyValue",
"propertyID": "IMDB_ID",
"value": "co0019701"
}
]
}
Related pages
Check out the following pages for the topics related to these properties: