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CT TV Listings - an alternative to Schedules Direct
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!CT TV Listings is now providing U.S. electronic guide data for MythTV as well as other PVR applications. CT TV Listings is spun off from CTpvr Media Center. And while data is available subscription free if you buy the media [...]
Schedules Direct lowers price yet again
Just one week after the price was lowered from $15 for three months to $15 for six months, it is now lowered to $20 for one year. That is also the goal which was set up originally, but I think no one expected this to happen so quickly.
At the same time it is now also [...]
Schedules Direct cuts price in half
Schedules Direct has just announced that they are lowering their prices. It used to be $15 for three months, now it is $15 for six months. All existing customers have received three extra months of service, plus a bonus of one day for each day they have been a member.
The long term goal is to [...]
Schedules Direct reaches break-even
Schedules Direct has posted on their website that they have reached break-even. This is good news for those who have signed up, as it means they will be around to provide guide data for a while. It also means that the pricing will go down after the initial three months, just as it was communicated [...]
Howto upgrade KnoppMyth to use Schedules Direct
If you are running KnoppMyth and you are running out of guide data because of the shutdown of Zap2it Labs, then take a look at this howto upgrade KnoppMyth to use guide data from Schedules Direct.
Schedules Direct is now live
Schedules Direct has finished the testing and is now ready to take memberships. This was announced yesterday. You can sign up here.
MythTV 0.20.2 has been released and this release supports Schedules Direct. If you are not ready to upgrade yet, you can use XMLTV with Schedules Direct. There is a script available here.
Schedules Direct add first 100 users and finds first bug
This morning Schedules Direct let in the first 100 users to “kick the tires and break things”. And break things they did. There are problems validating zip codes, and so the beta is currently stopped while they figure out what is wrong.
Forums open on scheduledirect.org
Schedule Direct has added forums and has also made an announcement about the current situation.
The most interesting info is that they are now just waiting for the lawyers to finish the terms of service and the privacy policy, then they should be ready to go live. And they will be ready before September 1st. Once [...]
Schedules direct announces pricing - 5$ a month but expected to drop soon
Schedules Direct has announced pricing for the electronic program guide listings which they have licenced from TMS.
The initial price will be $15 for three months. That may sound a bit steep, but this is just a safe price in case they don’t get the expected number of people to sign up. Remember, this is a [...]
Schedules Direct licenses TMS Data for MythTV
Schedules Direct has just announced that they have licensed television program information for the US and Canada from Tribune Media Services.
This will bring relief to the many MythTV users getting more and more nervous about the potentially missing data after September 1st.
The data will be offered to non-commercial users in the US and Canada and [...]