[ale] Zap2it replacement

[Jeff Lightner]

What about advertising?  "subscription services" - ever notice that even
though you pay for cable the cable channels still have advertising?
That wouldn't bother me so much except the cable company makes the
channel pay to be included in their lineup - seems like they're getting
it on both ends.

It would be a lot like having to pay Google to do searches and still
getting the paid placement results.  IMO you shouldn't be allowed to
make both the input and the output revenue streams.   Some of the cable
channels are completely unwatchable due to the number of ads they have
and worse yet the fact that it is the same ads repeated ad nauseum.  At
least with Google we'd have the option of ditching them for another
search engine.

And while I'm on that rant - is it only me that gets blasted out of the
house when commercials come on?  Do these people really think we don't
use our mute buttons rather than adjust the volume on commercials to a
decibel level below that of a shuttle launch?  Can't they figure out
that turning off the sound is as bad as turning off the picture for most
ads?


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
David Tomaschik
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 7:03 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Zap2it replacement

As always, the question is:  who will pay for it if it's not a 
subscription service?

David



Rev. Johnny Healey wrote:
> By charging money, they're pretty much ensuring that more will pirate 
> the data.  I'm not saying that I think schedules direct is a bad idea,

> just that zap2it has pretty much blown what could've been a useful 
> source of information.
>
> -Johnny
>
> On 8/10/07, *Charles Shapiro* <hooterpincher at gmail.com 
> <mailto:hooterpincher at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     As you're probably aware, Zap2it labs plans to discontinue their
>     free TV listings service for MythTV users in September.
>
>     Looks like another group is planning to take up the task. They
>     won't be free, alas. But at least your MythTV box can still
continue
>     to work.  They have an announce list up now -- you can see details
>     on the web ( http://www.schedulesdirect.org/
>     <http://www.schedulesdirect.org/> ).
>
>     -- CHS
>
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