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BOOLEAN OPERATORS - These are basic tools for combining search terms.

+, AND - Used to search for terms occurring together. When two or more search terms are entered with no operator, they are automatically searched as if this operator had been entered. Examples: SnapStream and Media; SnapStream + Media; SnapStream Media will all find the results that have "SnapStream" and "Media" occurring together.

OR - Used to search for either of two terms, or both together. Example: "SnapStream" or "Media" will find the words SnapStream and Media occurring together, or either of the two words occurring on its own.

-, NOT - Used to exclude terms from a search. Example: SnapStream Not Media or SnapStream -Media will find the word "SnapStream" without the word "Media".

" " - A Phrase search is used to search for the terms appearing exactly as they do in the quotation marks. Example: "SnapStream Media Beyond TV" will find only results in which the phrase "SnapStream Media Beyond TV" appears exactly as in the quotation marks.

( ) - Used to group words that receive the effect of search operators. Example: SnapStream + (Media or Beyond TV) will find "SnapStream" together with "Media," "SnapStream" together with "Beyond TV" or all three words together.

NOTE: Beyond TV 4.8.1 will ignore the following words when doing keyword searches, this has been fixed in Beyond TV 4.8.2. "a", "an", "and", "are", "as", "at", "be", "but", "by", "for", "if", "in", "into", "is", "it", "no", "not", "of", "on", "or", "such", "that", "the", "their", "then", "there", "these", "they", "this", "to", "was", "will", "with"

FIELD OPERATORS - These operators define the field in which the terms will be located.

Title - This is the series title or movie title. Examples: "King of the Hill", "The Sopranos", "New Amsterdam", "Days of Thunder"

EpisodeTitle - This is the title of the episode, or empty in the case of a movie. Examples: "The One Where the Monkey Gets Away", "The One Where Phoebe Runs"

Desc - This is the episode/movie description

Rating - Only for movies, it is the MPAA rating of the movie. Examples: "G", "PG", "PG-13", "R", "NR"

Actor - This is the first and last name of a specific person. A single episode may have multiple actor entries or no actor entries depending on the guide data. Examples: "Tom Cruise", "Tom Selleck", "Tom Berenger", "Mike Ditka"

Credit - Non-actor credit for the episode/movie, such as a director. Examples: "Jerry Bruckheimer"

Genre - This is the category that the series/movie falls under. Examples: "Comedy", "Drama", "Education", "Family"

MovieYear-The year a movie was released. Only exists for movies. Examples: "1988", "2007"

StationCallsign - The callsign of the station airing the episode. Examples: "KPRC", "KUHT", "ESPN", "ESPN2"

StationName - The name of the station airing the episode. Examples: "Houston PBS", "ABC Family", "ESPN"

After - Finds listings after a given date or date & time combo. (Date format = MM/DD/YY or MM/DD)

Before - Finds listings before a given date or date & time combo. (Date format = MM/DD/YY or MM/DD)

Date - Finds listings on a given date. Only supports "TODAY" and "TOMORROW" as quick lookups, otherwise requires a date. (Date format = MM/DD/YY or MM/DD)

IS:New - Finds listings that are New airings according to the Program Guide and there air date. (Only available in Beyond TV 4.8.2 and above)

IS:Pilot - Finds listings that are a Pilot episode(s)/movie for a series. (Only available in Beyond TV 4.8.2 and above)

IS:Movie - Finds listings that are categorized as a Movie. (Only available in Beyond TV 4.8.2 and above)

IS:HD - Finds listings that are available in HD according to the Program Guide. (Only available in Beyond TV 4.8.2 and above)

NOTE: If you perform a search without any field operators, it will search: Title, EpisodeTitle, Desc, Actor, and Credit fields.

SPECIAL SEARCH OPERATORS - These operators provide a variety of different functions that can help you refine your search and locate hard-to-find results.

? OR * - "Wildcards" can be any character. A question mark(?) represents a single character. An asterisk (*) represents any number of characters. A wildcard cannot be used as the first character of a search term. Examples: Te?t will return results for "test," "text," "tent," or any other similar word. Snap* Media will return results for "SnapStream Media," "Snapshot Media," "Snappy Media," etc. *Stream Media will return no results.

~ - "Fuzzy" search is used to search for words that are similar to the search term. This operator can be fine-tuned with a number between 0 and 1 to find results that are less or more similar to the term. Numbers closer to 1 will find more similar results. When no number is entered, the term will be searched with a value of 0.5. Examples: Snap~ will find words like "snaps," "nap" and "slap." Environment~ will find the word "environment" along with misspellings like "envrioment" or "environemnt" Environment~0.8 will find results closer to the actual term than Environment~0.4.

" "~ - Proximty search entails in entering a phrase enclosed within quotation marks and followed by a tilde (~) and a number will search for the words in the phrase within that distance (in words) of each other. Example: "Snapstream Media"~20 will find the words "SnapStream" and "Media" within 20 words of each other.

\ - To search for a character that is also a search operator, such as an ampersand (&), use a backslash (\) before the character. The following characters can be used as search terms with this operator: + - & || () " ~ * : \ Example: Mork \& Mindy will search for the words "Mork" and "Mindy" and the ampersand character.

If you have any questsions regarding the search syntax, feel free to contact technical support by submitting a ticket to SnapStream Media.