Providing informatin about video content

Apparatus for providing information about video content to a client, said apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a request from a client requesting information about video content, wherein said request is automatically submitted by said client in response to said client parsing a portion of hypertext markup language text, said request including an internet protocol address of said client;
• means for establishing (a) a geographic location of said client from said internet protocol address;
• and (b) a time of said request from said request;
• means for identifying one or more television platforms available in said geographic location;
• means for retrieving information about said video content from a database in dependence on said one or more television platforms and said time;
• and
• means for providing said information to said client.

Apparatus operable to provide information about video content to a client, said apparatus comprising:

• a server operable to:
• receive a request from a client requesting information about video content, wherein said request is automatically submitted by said client in response to said client parsing a portion of hypertext markup language text, said request including an interne protocol address of said client;
• establish (a) a geographic location of said client from said interne protocol address;
• and (b) a time of said request from said request;
• identify one or more television platforms available in said geographic location;
• retrieve information about said video content from a database in dependence on said one or more television platforms and said time;
• and
• provide said information to said client.