[mythtvnz] Gaps in EPG data for Saturday night for clock change

[Steve Hodge]

On 10/1/06, James Gray <james6.0@gmail.com> wrote:
> Would anybody be interesting in paying a small monthly fee for a
> quality, reliable XMLTV EPG? I have heard licensing may be expensive
> (Personally, I don't believe a program guide can be copyrighted, but
> if TV3/TVNZ do, I'd rather not end up in court), but if I could find
> enough subscribers I may be able to offset that.

I don't object to paying a small amount for listings data, up to say
$30 per month. But it would have to provide a significant benefit over
getting the data for free from Sky's satelite feed via my DVB-S card.
Something like accurate indentification of series and episodes. I
don't know if that is feasible for a third party to produce.

If Sky restricted their feed (by encrypting it) I'd be more interested.

As for price, TV3 alone ask $2000 per month to republish their
listings (http://tv3.co.nz/FAQs/tabid/62/articleID/71/Default.aspx).
You're going to need a lot of subscribers to offset that.

Cheers,
Steve