[mythtvnz] EPG or lack there of

[Robin Gilks]

> Without wanting to comment on the merits of any claims made by Sky or
> other parties...
>
> On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 15:43 +1300, Brett Miller wrote:
>> How long will it be until the dvb-s EIT data is neutered as well. It
>> only still exists due to legacy sat receivers in so many homes ?
>> The dvb-s could move to mheg5 EPG as well.
>
> Only Freeview uses MHEG-5. Sky uses EIT for almost everything, tho
> no-one seems certain about exactly what data the Series Link stuff is
> using.
>
> I suspect the reason why Sky hasn't switched to encrypted private
> streams (either EIT-like or MHEG-5) for listings data is the lack of
> hardware to decode more than a couple of NDS-encrypted streams in the
> vast majority of boxes out there.
>
> And any alternative is also going to be more expensive to engineer than
> sending letters from time to time.
>

Sounds like its time for an epgsnoop update - I'm on rev 45. Is that the
latest? it doesn't seem to have all the extra meta data stuff ...

-- 
Robin Gilks