[mythtv] Obtaining TV Listing Data and also Gist.com Closing

[Dwight Hubbard]

> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:41:08PM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote:
> [ quoting me ]
>> > TitanTV.  They are, in fact, already working with UltimateTV, which
>> is a GPL project, and I gather from some comments on their website,
>> in conjunction with the tone of the message at
>>
>> Huh? Microsoft has a product named "UltimateTV". There are
>> many pages on the web that have "UltimateTV" and "GPL" on
>> the same page but I'm not finding anything that says something
>> called "UltimateTV" is open source.
>
> Perhaps I've misremembered the name -- as the portion of my post which
> you've clipped noted, their website is not answering the phone
> tonight...
>
>> > Well, crap.  Can't paste in a link,
>>
>> Could you type it in please? ;-)
>
> which is why I couldn't paste in a link.
>
> Damn good thing you put that smiley there, pardner.
>
> They're partnered with close to a dozen PVR companies, one of which is
> "UltimateGuide" (sorry).  Go to
>
> http://www.titantv.com/ttv/Home/Home.aspx
>
> and click the top left link ("PVR Support"); I can't get a real link;
> their website designer is too clever by half.

I'll have to tell him when I see him next time.

> The commentary from the president that I was talking about *does* have a
> real link; it's at:
>
> http://www.titantv.com/ttv/menu/note.aspx
>
> "We developed TitanTV.com on the premise that no viewer should have to
> pay to see what's on TV. More importantly, if you're willing to record a
> show to watch it at a time more convenient to your hectic lifestyle, you
> shouldn't have to pay for that recording either. When you watch, the
> advertiser wins.regardless of whether you watch while the program is
> being broadcast."
>
> That sounds to me like they ought to be on "our" side.
>
> Cheers,

I recall the web developer for titantv being a bit frustrated that they
where being forced to implement the same encryption crap all the other
services seem to be implementing (that was two months ago so my memory is
a bit foggy though)

Since decisionmark is a subsidiary of a newspaper I suspect they are also
getting their listings from the tribune.