Zingzing TV Listings is designed to make finding television programmes simple, quick and intuitive as possible.
Drag and Drop
To tweak the programme grid position, you can drag and drop the programme grid directly by clicking and holding the mouse down while moving your mouse.
Changing Time
Drag the time slider (located at the top of the programme grid) left and right to change time. Dragging the slider all the way to the right hand side will scroll the schedule into the next day.
Changing Channel
Drag the channel slider (located on the left hand side of the programme grid) up and down to scroll the channels up and down.
Resetting Grid Location
Click on the “Home” button located in the top left hand corner to reset the grid location to the current time and the first channel. Clicking on the zingzing logo in the header will also reset the grid.
Full Screen View
Zingzing has the ability to grow to the full size of your browser window so you can fit many more channels into view. To enable full screen view, click on the full screen button located next to the home button at the top left hand side of the interface. To exit full screen, click once more on the full screen icon.
Setting Your Channel Prefrences
You can localize you channels by clicking on the “Channel Options” button in the toolbar, then your preferred provider and location. Zingzing will remember your preferences between visits.
Viewing Programme Details
To get more information about a particular programme, simply click on the programme within the grid or search results info pane. Clicking on related programmes will scroll the grid to the location of that show and bring up its details.
[S] = Subtitles
[AD] = Audio Description
Keyboard Shortcuts
As well as a using your mouse, you can also use your keyboard to navigate around zingzing. Please visit the access keys page for detailed instructions.
Print Friendly Version (PDF)
Zingzing has the ability to generate a printer friendly PDF TV listings, perfect for planning your evenings viewing away from the computer. To access this feature, scroll to the bottom of the homepage where you will find options to generate your listings. Select the date you would like to export followed by the channels of your choice. You will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print your listings.
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It would be nice to be able to position my favourite viewing channels to the top of the lisiting so that they could be seen at start up. For example if I wanted to see Movies4Men and BBC1 on the same screen, that is currently not possible.
Regards Roger
I was looking for he meanings of abbreviations in [] at the end of descriptions, but couldn’t find them.
I also noticed the incorrect use of the apostophe in the ‘Viewing Programme Details’ section. A possessive pronoun does not have an apostrophe, but you had “it’s details”, which is an abbreviation of “it is details”. “Its”, like “his”, does not have an apostrophe.
[S] = Subtitles
[AD] = Audio Description
Thanks. I have added this to the help content above and will look into making it clear when on the grid what these are.
Can we filter the programs on the basis of availability of subtitles?
I am working on this and hope to see it live in the next couple of weeks once it is 100% bug free.
where can i found out of the blue?
Is there a Zingzing iPhone or iPod Touch app?
Hi,
There is a version in development but it is still quite buggy and not ready for the prime time.
Marco from Zingzing
The default option for Region is “London” and the default option for Provider is “Freeview”.
I want them to read “Tyne” & “My Channels” but it keeps going back to the default.
What am I doing wrong?
Hi Michael,
Unfortunately there was an error in the site that was causing this issue. I have now fixed it and you should now be able to set your channel preferences properly. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Marco from Zingzing
Is it possible to create a listing for each channel with the channel on top…
eg. BBCI BBC2
programme programme
programme programme
programme programme
etc.
Hell,
There is a print only option available that formats the listings like this on the bottom of the homepage. The normal grid does not support this yet.
Marco from Zingzing
For some reason the settings I specify aren’t saved once I’ve left the site and returned later.
Any idea why please? (Incidentally I do take the save option!)
Hi,
If preferences are remembered when you press save but forgotten when you come back to the site, this is usually due to some anti virus or browsers clearing the zingzing cookie. Often this is done for privacy reasons and can be disabled.
If when you press save and the grid reverts immediately back to the default view, this can be a sign that cookies are disabled or your system date is set incorrectly.
In extremely rare circumstances, the zingzing cookie can go “wrong”. This link will reset it completely:
http://www.zingzing.co.uk/?cookie=clear
Marco from zingzing
Hi
Tried the link and unfortunately still doesn’t solve the problem.
When I’ve pressed save the channel list that I’ve selected doesn’t revert back to default but once I’ve come out of the website then go back in this is when the site goes back to default. Any other suggestions please?
Tony,
I have had a chance to look at my log files and know exactly why your preferences are resetting. The URL of the zingzing browser bookmark you are using has a parameter on it that automatically sets the channel preferences to “Freesat”. If you delete and recreate the bookmark, ensuring that the URL of the bookmark is “http://www.zingzing.co.uk/” your problem should fix its self.
This is an undocumented “feature” of the site that got out and was published everywhere. Unfortunately loads of people bookmarked and redistributed that URL.
Marco from zingzing
Thats sorted it!
Many thanks