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I'll contact them... but they are direct competitors of the open source
PVRs and may want to see them hurt. 

Robert

--- Jim Wirtz <jd...@co...> wrote:

> 
> You might try getting in touch with the people at Snapstream.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> At 09:05 PM 6/21/2007, you 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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You might try getting in touch with the people at Snapstream.

Jim


At 09:05 PM 6/21/2007, you 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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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 <yel...@ya...> 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 <rm...@ya...> 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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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 <rm...@ya...> 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
> 
> 
>        
>
____________________________________________________________________________________
> Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. 
> http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
> 
>
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> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take
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> xmltv-users mailing list
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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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do you really use a local proxy server?

It's unusual to have the proxy server on the same system.  What happens
if you remove the HHTP_PROXY* environment variables?

Robert



 
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Hi,

I have successfully installed xmltv-0.5.45 on my system.(Fedora core 6).

But I facing problems while configuring any of the tv grabbing.

It gives following error....

(for tv_grab_fr --configure

 could not fetch
http://telepoche.guidetele.com/grille/EMWD-6KWLUE/EMWD-66DGCT/2_6.html,
error: 407 Proxy Authentication Required ( The ISA Server requires
authorization to fulfill the request. Access to the Web Proxy service is
denied.  ), aborting

I have set the environment variables

HTTP_PROXY=proxy.<my host>.com:<port>

HTTP_PROXY_AUTH=basic:*:<user name>:<password>

But still I am getting above error.

Can anybody help me???
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Hi,

Thank you to everybody that has already signed up to the "Free TV
Listings" petition which is due to close on 29th June (this month). If
you are a UK resident that supports the idea then you can sign up now
at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Free-TV-listings/

Since there is less than a month to go and we require a further 60
signatures to hit the 200 required for a consideration from Number 10,
I would like to give it a run on Digg to as to reach a wide audience:

http://digg.com/hardware/Sign_my_petition_Free_UK_TV_Listings

If you are into such things then please Digg It!

This will be my last posting regarding this topic unless we hit 200
signatures and receive an official response from the Prime Minster's
office, in which case I will post it here.

Thanks for the continued patience of those for whom this is not
directly relevant.


Thanks again,

Tez


On 3/30/07, Terry Burton <te...@te...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This e-petition could especially benefit any of the UK users on this
> list. They will have noticed that many of the electronic program
> guides voluntarily provided for the free PVR community back certain
> channels due to royalty complications enshrined by UK law. This
> petition proposes that the official listings should be made available
> under a free license.
>
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Free-TV-listings/
>
> If we exceed two hundred signatures (before 29th June) then we are
> entitled to an official response which I will post to the list.
>
> Thanks for your support and apologies to those to whom this is not relevant.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tez
>