{
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  "generated_on": "2026-08-19",
  "description": "Official event, player, broadcaster, and provider surfaces that can support catalogue link-out or embed fallbacks without claiming a stable direct parliamentary channel stream.",
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      "id": "canada-house-of-commons-parlvu-events",
      "related_channel_ids": ["canada-house-of-commons-parlvu"],
      "label": "Canada House of Commons ParlVU events",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "Canada",
      "legislature": "House of Commons of Canada",
      "fallback_type": "official_event_platform",
      "official_url": "https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en",
      "integration_mode": "planned_event_resolver",
      "playback_claim": "event_specific_research",
      "schedule_role": "schedule_source",
      "stability_risk": "high",
      "rights_status": "no_third_party_reuse",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en",
        "https://www.ourcommons.ca/en/important-notices"
      ],
      "notes": "Use the public Harmony landing-page scraper for upcoming metadata and link users to official event pages. Do not claim a stable channel feed or reuse event media without separate permission."
    },
    {
      "id": "canada-senate-senvu-events",
      "related_channel_ids": ["canada-senate-senvu"],
      "label": "Canada Senate SenVu events",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "Canada",
      "legislature": "Senate of Canada",
      "fallback_type": "official_event_platform",
      "official_url": "https://senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/",
      "integration_mode": "planned_event_resolver",
      "playback_claim": "event_specific_research",
      "schedule_role": "schedule_source",
      "stability_risk": "high",
      "rights_status": "no_third_party_reuse",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/",
        "https://sencanada.ca/en/important-notices/"
      ],
      "notes": "Use the public Harmony landing-page scraper for upcoming metadata and link users to official event pages. Do not claim a stable Senate channel feed or reuse event media without separate permission."
    },
    {
      "id": "canada-house-of-commons-parlvu-recordings",
      "related_channel_ids": ["canada-house-of-commons-parlvu"],
      "label": "Canada House of Commons ParlVU recordings",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "Canada",
      "legislature": "House of Commons of Canada",
      "fallback_type": "official_archive",
      "official_url": "https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/View/EventListView/",
      "integration_mode": "link_out",
      "playback_claim": "event_specific_research",
      "schedule_role": "none",
      "stability_risk": "medium",
      "rights_status": "no_third_party_reuse",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/View/EventListView/",
        "https://www.ourcommons.ca/en/important-notices"
      ],
      "notes": "Official Harmony recordings view for House and committee proceedings. Treat as archive link-out until archive event identifiers and reuse terms are documented well enough for metadata integration."
    },
    {
      "id": "canada-senate-senvu-recordings",
      "related_channel_ids": ["canada-senate-senvu"],
      "label": "Canada Senate SenVu recordings",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "Canada",
      "legislature": "Senate of Canada",
      "fallback_type": "official_archive",
      "official_url": "https://senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/View/EventListView/",
      "integration_mode": "link_out",
      "playback_claim": "event_specific_research",
      "schedule_role": "none",
      "stability_risk": "medium",
      "rights_status": "no_third_party_reuse",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/View/EventListView/",
        "https://sencanada.ca/en/intellectual-property/#permission"
      ],
      "notes": "Official Harmony recordings view for Senate proceedings and committee meetings. Treat as archive link-out until archive event identifiers and reuse terms are documented well enough for metadata integration."
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-parliament-youtube-live",
      "related_channel_ids": ["uk-parliament-youtube"],
      "label": "UK Parliament YouTube live page",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "United Kingdom",
      "legislature": "UK Parliament",
      "fallback_type": "official_youtube_live",
      "official_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMasyWuE1P2AaEKw_FkGq9g/live",
      "integration_mode": "provider_embed",
      "playback_claim": "provider_managed_embed",
      "schedule_role": "now_next_possible",
      "stability_risk": "medium",
      "rights_status": "embed_only",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMasyWuE1P2AaEKw_FkGq9g/live",
        "https://whatson.parliament.uk/"
      ],
      "notes": "The catalogue can embed official YouTube surfaces through the provider, but the live page is not a one-to-one replacement for Parliamentlive.tv chambers and should remain a fallback."
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-parliamentlive-official-player",
      "related_channel_ids": ["uk-parliament-youtube"],
      "label": "UK Parliamentlive.tv official player",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "United Kingdom",
      "legislature": "UK Parliament",
      "fallback_type": "official_live_page",
      "official_url": "https://www.parliamentlive.tv/",
      "integration_mode": "link_out",
      "playback_claim": "unsupported_native_playback",
      "schedule_role": "now_next_possible",
      "stability_risk": "high",
      "rights_status": "no_third_party_reuse",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.parliamentlive.tv/",
        "https://whatson.parliament.uk/"
      ],
      "notes": "Keep as an official link-out fallback unless supported native playback or documented embedding terms are found. The separate What's on API is the better schedule source."
    },
    {
      "id": "australia-parliament-youtube-live",
      "related_channel_ids": ["australia-parliament-youtube"],
      "label": "Australia Parliament YouTube live page",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "Australia",
      "legislature": "Parliament of Australia",
      "fallback_type": "official_youtube_live",
      "official_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@AUSParliamentLive/live",
      "integration_mode": "provider_embed",
      "playback_claim": "provider_managed_embed",
      "schedule_role": "now_next_possible",
      "stability_risk": "medium",
      "rights_status": "embed_only",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@AUSParliamentLive/live",
        "https://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/Watch_Parliament"
      ],
      "notes": "The catalogue can embed official YouTube surfaces through the provider. The live-page resolver may improve current-event selection when YouTube exposes explicit watch metadata, but it does not extract or relay manifests."
    },
    {
      "id": "costa-rica-assembly-youtube-live",
      "related_channel_ids": ["costa-rica-assembly-youtube"],
      "label": "Costa Rica Assembly YouTube live page",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "Costa Rica",
      "legislature": "Asamblea Legislativa",
      "fallback_type": "official_youtube_live",
      "official_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@AsambleaCRC/live",
      "integration_mode": "provider_embed",
      "playback_claim": "provider_managed_embed",
      "schedule_role": "now_next_possible",
      "stability_risk": "medium",
      "rights_status": "embed_only",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@AsambleaCRC/live",
        "https://www.asamblea.go.cr/p/SitePages/Transmisi%C3%B3n%20en%20vivo.aspx"
      ],
      "notes": "The catalogue can embed official YouTube surfaces through the provider. The live-page resolver may improve current-event selection when YouTube exposes explicit watch metadata, but it does not extract or relay manifests."
    },
    {
      "id": "us-cspan-congress",
      "related_channel_ids": [
        "us-house-floorcast",
        "us-senate-floor-webcast",
        "us-house-committee-video",
        "us-senate-committee-webcasts"
      ],
      "label": "C-SPAN Congress coverage",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "United States",
      "legislature": "United States Congress",
      "fallback_type": "official_broadcaster",
      "official_url": "https://www.c-span.org/congress/",
      "integration_mode": "link_out",
      "playback_claim": "no_direct_stream_claim",
      "schedule_role": "now_next_possible",
      "stability_risk": "medium",
      "rights_status": "no_third_party_reuse",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.c-span.org/congress/",
        "https://www.c-span.org/about/copyrightsAndLicensing/"
      ],
      "notes": "Useful as a public official-broadcaster fallback and schedule/discovery surface, but not a direct open stream candidate without explicit reuse permission."
    },
    {
      "id": "us-house-live",
      "related_channel_ids": [
        "us-house-floorcast"
      ],
      "label": "U.S. HouseLive official events",
      "jurisdiction_level": "national",
      "country_or_region": "United States",
      "legislature": "U.S. House of Representatives",
      "fallback_type": "official_event_platform",
      "official_url": "https://live.house.gov/",
      "integration_mode": "link_out",
      "playback_claim": "event_specific_research",
      "schedule_role": "now_next_possible",
      "stability_risk": "high",
      "rights_status": "personal_use_pending_review",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://live.house.gov/"
      ],
      "notes": "Treat event pages as research and link-out fallbacks until stable event identifiers, schedule semantics, and reuse terms are documented."
    }
  ]
}