[mythtv-users] Pay for listings [was Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?]

Michael Jones mythlist at michaelandholly.com
Wed Jun 20 15:33:58 UTC 2007


.. and what's to say that a company providing this data for a fee  
could not collect this data from multiple sources, and make sure they  
actually provide complete and accurate data to their customers -  
unlike what Zap2It provides now ;-)


On Jun 20, 2007, at 11:16 AM, Mickey Chandler wrote:

> Cole Brodine wrote:
>> As I've stated before, I would gladly pay a reasonable monthly price
>> for listings.
>>
>> To add to that, if somebody wanted to setup a reasonable business
>> proposal for a paid listings service (based on TMS listings or
>> something else) I would gladly invest a little start up money after
>> some review.
>>
> I've already put in a request to TMS for a copy of their commercial
> license (and suspect that others have as well).  Before people start
> jumping up and down about what they will or won't pay, let's see what
> they say first.
>
> Since most of the database stuff has been set for a long time, I  
> haven't
> really felt like I could contribute much, but database-driven stuff is
> right up my little company's alley.  Provided we get favorable reviews
> of the license terms, the biggest questions then become: (1) number of
> users; (2) bandwidth needed; (3) what to charge [I'd be quitting my  
> day
> job to do this, so there's more overhead than just a server -- but the
> upside is service!] and (4) how best to transition.
>
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