[mythtv-users] Sell mythtv 'set-top' boxes

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Thu May 15 15:47:07 EDT 2003


My understanding is that Zap2It cannot electronically redistribute (other
than putting it up on a web page) the listing data, as it is prohibited by
Tribune Media (the company that they & just about everyone else buy the data
from).  (Actually I seem to recall that Zap2It is actually a subsidiary of
Tribune, but either way they will not (openly) electronically redistribute
the data).  There was a thread about this a few weeks ago, when gist.com
shut down their XML feed.  I seem to recall one poster in the know quoting
$10,000/month as the cost for the raw EPG data from Tribune.

-JAC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Ian Bishop
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 1:28 PM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Sell mythtv 'set-top' boxes
>
>
> So what would be required in setting up a "co-op" of listing consumers?
> Anyone know what costs are associated with getting the listings from
> Zap2It?
>
> Hardware/networking/database/code stuff is easy enough to setup if we can
> get the data in a more pure format...
>
> Ian



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