[mythtv-users] XMLTV is Broken in North America

Shawn core at enodev.com
Tue Jul 1 14:21:54 EDT 2003


This would be a wonderful /alternative/. I mean, being able to do it
this way, but also keeping the free way.

Some of us are currently unemployed, and 3.95 is more than it used to be
when you've been living off savings for 6 months.

On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 12:55, Jason James wrote:
> --- Robert Schultz <robert at cosmicrealms.com> wrote:
> > Just to let everyone know, before we start seeing
> > about a billion posts 
> > about it, xmltv is broken in north america.
> 
> Perhaps now is the time to work with the tv schedule
> sites. Currently, MythTV users simply take the
> listings without supporting the tv schedule sites
> business. Tsites make their money off of partnerships
> with providers, user subscriptions or advertising.
> 
> Choice 1: MythTV users could agree to let the site
> advertise on the EPG in exchange for giving us the
> listings. The tv schedule site would agree to let us
> know when the format changes, and better yet, supply
> the information in an XML format in the first place. 
> 
> Choice 2: MythTV users would pay a subscription fee in
> exchange for an XML feed of the content. I believe
> this should be a pretty modest fee, along the lines of
> $3.95/month. 
> 
> The MythTV community is a fast growing and savvy
> userbase that are creating exciting new convergence
> technologies. I believe that the tv schedule sites
> would want to support us if we made it worth their
> while. If there were enough MythTV users interested in
> either option, it could be a good business opportunity
> for one of these companies. Is this something that
> folks on this list would be amenable to?
> 
> ./jj
> 
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