Thanks. I also emailed TitanTV and got back that they are not
interested... didn't get a response from the top though. :)
I'm pretty confident *someone* will be willing to take this on. We're
probably talking thousands of potential (paying) customers.
One of the financial issues is the high suspected cost of a raw data
feed from Tribune makes it hard for a stand-alone project to break even
(much less make a profit!) The good news is the marginal costs are much
more reasonable, so teaming up with a company that already pays the
base fee should be profitable (for them).
Robert
--- Ian <yellowbkpk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had a short e-mail conversation with Jack Perry CEO of
> Decisionmark,
> the owner of TitanTV.com. I asked him if they'd be willing to look at
> this situation, but he pointed out that the listings are a minor part
> of their future plans and so improving or adding features is not a
> priority.
>
> I can forward you the email if you're interested.
>
> -Ian
>
> --- Robert Eden <rmeden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 6/19 Tribune Media announced that they will be discontinuing
> their
> > Zap2IT Labs service on September 1, 2007.
> >
> > XMLTV/tv_grab_na_dd uses this for U.S./Canada guide data.
> >
> > I'd like to start by publicly saying Tribune and Zap2IT for their
> > guide
> > data all these years. It was very much appreciated.
> >
> > Tribune has said they have no interest in converting Z2L to a paid
> > service even though many people have expressed a willingness to
> pay.
> >
> > This doesn't only effect XMLTV, it effects MythTV, GBPVR, and many
> > more
> > applications that use U.S./Canada listings. I'm confident the Open
> > Source Community will work out a solution, there is no need to
> panic.
> >
> > I've had conversations with developers on other projects and we are
> > all
> > trying to solicit another source of data without resorting to web
> > scraping. I can't guarantee the data will be free (or surveyware),
> > but
> > I do hope it will be reasonably priced.
> >
> > I've set up a private mailing list for leaders of open source
> > projects
> > to work together on this issue. If you are a leader of a Open
> Source
> > project that uses TV listings, drop me an email to be added to the
> > list. (include your project name for verification please).
> Working
> > together we can come up with a solution.
> >
> > If you have TV data with redistribution rights and are willing to
> > work
> > with XMLTV or other Open Source projects, please drop me an email
> so
> > we
> > can discuss it. I'll pass it on.
> >
> > Robert Eden
> > XMLTV
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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