[mythtv-users] Australia: Free for all electronic program guides

[Justin Smith]

>> > THE longstanding walls protecting free-to-air TV continue to crumble,
>> > with the announcement that the commercial networks will make their
>> > jealously guarded electronic program guides available to all
>> > manufacturers.
>> >
> 
> 
> I am not so sure.  From the small amount I read about the deal, it may
> not be of much use to mythTV or OzTivo users.  It seemed to indicate
> that the data will only be available to producers of hardware that met
> specific requirements.  I wonder if the Windows MCE crowd will have
> the official data now though???
> 

Yep, that's my interpretation too. Only manufacturers that nobble the 30-sec-skip 
feature will have access. Apparently ffwd is ok.

Cheers,
Justin.