On Nov 8, 2006, at 8:56 AM, Ben Scott wrote:

 I do wonder about the guide data for MythTV.  I guess it's freely
available on the 'net right now?  Will that last, I wonder, if MythTV
really started to gain market share.  (Say, because turn-key MythTV
boxes enabled more adoption.)  I'm always suspicious of a free lunch.

TANSTAAFL.

http://labs.zap2it.com/

attempts to explain their business model. Certainly, their front end (their web pages) are funded by commercials. They set up the XML format backend API to keep hobbyists from scraping and parsing the front end. Not sure where the ROI is, other than they ask you to fill out a survey every few months.

Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com


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