Myth TV, Zap2It and Smoothwall at the SFD (was Re: [GLLUG] GLLUG and Software Freedom Day)

[Bruce Smith]

The MythTV creators are working on a alternative to Zap2It shutting
down.  They are beta testing the new service now, and say it will be
fully functional before the Sept 1st deadline.

See:  http://www.schedulesdirect.org/

 - BS


> Myth TV - Argh -
>
> So I wanted to set that up myself but it looks like a myth TV box showing the game is probably OUT.
>
> >From "Linux Pro Magazine" Latest Issue:
>
> "In September 2007m Zap2It Labs will be dropping its free North American TV Listing service, which was used by several open source projects, most notably, MythTV."
>
> So - that isn't very nice.  They cite "abuse by commerical firms that took the data that was supposed to be for personal, non-commercial use only," as the reason.