Broadcast clip scheduler

Apparatus comprising:

• a processor for determining a program guide having a static part and a dynamic part, wherein a transmission order of content represented in the static part is determined from a transmission order of the corresponding content in a previously determined program guide while a transmission order of content represented in the dynamic part can vary from the transmission order of the corresponding content in the previously determined program guide;
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• a modulator for transmitting the program guide.

Apparatus comprising:

• a demodulator for use in recovering a signal representing a received program guide, the received program guide having a static part and a dynamic part, wherein a transmission order of content represented in the static part is determined from a transmission order of the corresponding content in a previously received program guide while a transmission order of content represented in the dynamic part can vary from the transmission order of the corresponding content in the previously received program guide;
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• a processor for adapting to changes in at least the dynamic part of the received program guide for scheduling reception of selected content represented in the received program guide.

A method comprising:

• receiving a program guide, the received program guide having a static part and a dynamic part, wherein a transmission order of content represented in the static part is determined from a transmission order of the corresponding content in a previously received program guide while a transmission order of content represented in the dynamic part can vary from the transmission order of the corresponding content in the previously received program guide;
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• adapting to changes in at least the dynamic part of the received program guide for scheduling reception of selected content represented in the received program guide.