[mythtv-users] Last night's 30 Rock...

[Kirk Bocek]

On 2/3/2012 4:45 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 02/03/2012 07:19 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>> On 2/3/2012 4:06 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> That said, TTBOMK, this is the first time anything like this has
>>> happened since we started using DataDirect (even before Schedules Direct
>>> existed).
>> Is there a competitor to SD now?
>
> DataDirect is the name of the service (from TMS) that we used before
> Schedules Direct existed--it was actually the exact same service as we
> get now through Schedules Direct, but they used to give us the data for
> free in return for our not abusing their servers/violating their Terms
> of Service by scraping the Zap2It web site.  The only difference, now,
> is that Schedules Direct buys a license to redistribute the data, and
> provides that data for free to any Schedules Direct members, since TMS
> is no longer providing the data free of charge.
>
> TTBOMK, the only competitor to TMS (Tribune Media Service) in the US is
> TV Guide/Gemstar, and, AFAIU, when Schedules Direct was trying to come
> up with a solution to replace DataDirect, TV Guide/Gemstar was not
> interested in working with the F/LOSS crowd.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schedules_Direct has some information, but
> could really use a rewrite.  Time for me to correct some issues with it,
> I suppose...

Oh, right, duh. I did DataDirect. Then shifted to Schedules Direct. It 
was all so long ago. The little grey cells, they are not what they once 
were.