[mythtv-users] OT: Australian ICETV under administration

[Mark Perkins]

 Just received the following notification. Is Schedules Direct available in Australia yet? I tried Shepherd some time ago, but hated how it joined back-to-back episodes into a single recording. Plus it broke my entire recording history due to changed programids. Unhappy days:
 



Dear IceTV subscribers,


We, Amanda Lott and Tim Heesh were appointed Voluntary
Administrators of the Company on 6 October 2015.


The following request has been written by the Director to
the company Mr Colin O'Brien. We as administrators have continued to maintain
the ICE TV service to the subscriber base since we were appointed on the 6th
October 2015. We know that the service will need to be sold or licensed to
another provider for it to remain operable as the company in voluntary
administration cannot continue to provide the service indefinitely. Mr O'Brien,
in attempting to assist the Voluntary Administrators in finding an alternative
service provider, would like to know how many of the current subscribers would
immediately renew their subscriptions and pay a new monthly fee if the ICE TV
service was to continue. Your immediate response, by midday Tuesday 13 October
2015, will be of assistance in determining whether that service can continue to
be provided.


Although we, as Voluntary Administrators are forwarding
this email to you as written by Mr O'Brien, we do not express a view as to some
of the personal sentiments he conveys in the message.


"To say we are sorry for the mess that has ensued is
trite in the extreme but nevertheless I hope you can believe how saddened we
are by the events of the past week. Our Skippa project is defunct but it may be
possible to licence our complete IceTV EPG and Smart Recording service to a new
party. Before we can go ahead with discussions about saving that business we
must know how many current subscribers would be prepared to re-subscribe to
maintain their enjoyment of the ease of use that it brings to managing TV
recording. Unfortunately I must state that your current subscription value is
lost although you may he able to recover the unused proportion if you used a
credit provider.


Our proposal is for a monthly subscription of $7:99.

 
We believe our 24/7 accurate EPG data, produced in-house,
and integrated smartphone apps, website and PVR hardware for just $2/week
represents extremely good value.


If you would subscribe to this service we believe we can
get it running so that your current EPG data and PC/Smartphone functionality
will not be interrupted.


Colin."


 		 	   		  
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