If you are looking for technical documentation on how these files work, you can refer to: for format specifications.
: Because these are often free or unofficial links, they frequently "rot" or expire within 24 to 48 hours. A list from 2022 is almost certainly no longer active. Security and Legal Considerations
The specific file you referenced, is an IPTV M3U playlist from September 24, 2022, likely originating from a site called th4web.com. While there is no single "academic paper" exclusively dedicated to this specific 2022 file, it falls under the broader study of IPTV streaming technologies and M3U file formats . What is this file?
: Files with specific dates in their names, like yours (24-09-2022), are often "daily updates" provided by link aggregators.
for an example of a player that uses legal, publicly available M3U sources.