[mythtv-users] Zap2it : Ad supported?

Srikant Sharma srikant.sharma at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 17:53:25 UTC 2007


If TMS doesn;t bite this bait, I am sure Google or Yahoo will leverage on
this.
There is a killing to be made here. In any case mythtv will be safe.



On 6/21/07, Srikant Sharma <srikant.sharma at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just a wild thought !!!!
>
> The major complaint by zap2it/TMS is that there are commercial freeloaders
> of the guide data who are eating up the revenue.
>
> What if we make it beneficial for zap2it/TMS to have as many freeloaders
> as possible.
>
> See, the descriptions of programs are majority of manual work for zap2it.
> What if zap2it carries advertisements inside  this description field? The
> ads can be simple test messages. For zap2it then it will be a new revenue
> model. I would not mind seeing/reading ads inside description field.
>
> Now, it is in their best interest to distribute this data as widely as
> possible. The ads can be targeted ads.
>
> One step further, mythtv can make a committment to support the weblinks
> present in theses ads. If a user wants to  navigate to those webpages, at
> the click of a button a web page can open up.
>
> I believe this ad supported model has a lot of profit to be made.
>
> --
> Srikant
>
>
>
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