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On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 01:13:19PM -0700, Todd Turner wrote:
> I discovered that zap2it.com's parent company
> (Tribune) is beta testing a new subscription based
> guide, that is a raw data dump of your guide info. It
> is XML based, and runs as a web service. The product
> is called Data Direct. Not sure when it goes G/A.
>
>
> todd

If it's good data and the subscription is reasonable, I might be a
customer some day. Even w/o mythTV capability, the searchable data base
of upcoming TV listings is far superior to anything available on paper
or a listings channel.

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This is great, but they really should stop f'ing with their guide
website too.

On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 15:13, Todd Turner wrote:
> I discovered that zap2it.com's parent company
> (Tribune) is beta testing a new subscription based
> guide, that is a raw data dump of your guide info. It
> is XML based, and runs as a web service. The product
> is called Data Direct. Not sure when it goes G/A.

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From: Todd Turner <todd_a_turner@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:13:19 -0700 (PDT)
> I discovered that zap2it.com's parent company
> (Tribune) is beta testing a new subscription based
> guide, that is a raw data dump of your guide info. It
> is XML based, and runs as a web service. The product
> is called Data Direct. Not sure when it goes G/A.

That's perfect. Any URLs you could share?

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> I discovered that zap2it.com's parent company
> (Tribune) is beta testing a new subscription based
> guide, that is a raw data dump of your guide info. It
> is XML based, and runs as a web service. The product
> is called Data Direct. Not sure when it goes G/A.


Sure would be nice if this news came with a link, then someone ambitious
might even start looking at the data and writing a grabber.

Of course if it is anything like their "Weather Direct Data" well... ick.

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> Sure would be nice if this news came with a link, then someone ambitious
> might even start looking at the data and writing a grabber.

has anyone ever looked into the grabbing methods other software programs
use, particularly those that might come with a TV card that run on
windows....the ATI all in wonder cards come with grabber software that goes
out to a web site and steals content.... i think they use TVGuide.... their
software doesnt require any sort of subscription, and a co-worker of mine
says its very reliable and he never has problems... so the question is, do
they have a special agreement and/or server that they use to get these, and
if so, why couldnt someone reverse-engineer it and make a grabber that uses
the same server?
-d

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> This is great, but they really should stop f'ing with their guide
> website too.

There is an old adage; something about beggars and choosers that I think
applies here.

You are getting something for free. The simple fact that you want the data
proves it has some value. I think we are all very lucky they don't go out of
their way to mess with grabbers.

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