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<blockquote data-quote="2BitSculptor" data-source="post: 728750" data-attributes="member: 65661">About 4 years ago, Zap2It changed it's access policies. It might have been through pressure from the various commercial HTPC software companies. That's why the Zap2It plugin was stopped, because it was no longer a free and open service (as I understand it). Not all broadcasters provide the same level of completeness in its' EPG information. Even Zap2It has issues with complete and useful information at times. Nonetheless, a couple MythTV devs got together to contract with Zap2It for access for independent and open source enthusiasts (like us) ... thus was born Schedules Direct.It seems the US, a free democratic society, is not so free with it's information if there is a buck to be earned.If there can be an efficient standardized way to scrape the US broadcast channels for complete EPG information, then WHOOHOO let's do it.- Chuck</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2BitSculptor, post: 728750, member: 65661"] About 4 years ago, Zap2It changed it's access policies. It might have been through pressure from the various commercial HTPC software companies. That's why the Zap2It plugin was stopped, because it was no longer a free and open service (as I understand it). Not all broadcasters provide the same level of completeness in its' EPG information. Even Zap2It has issues with complete and useful information at times. Nonetheless, a couple MythTV devs got together to contract with Zap2It for access for independent and open source enthusiasts (like us) ... thus was born Schedules Direct. It seems the US, a free democratic society, is not so free with it's information if there is a buck to be earned. If there can be an efficient standardized way to scrape the US broadcast channels for complete EPG information, then WHOOHOO let's do it. - Chuck [/QUOTE]

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