I’ve had nothing to this effect, at least, not yet. Our TV guides are free for all to use, so I can’t see why they’d do this. That said, I believ other countries, of which Australia is probably one, also offers this for free.
The only proviso I can see regarding our guides is overseas organisations. We have a stupid system over here which makes it compulsory that every household in which a TV receiver of any kind is present must be covered by a TV licence. Blind and, in some cases, vision impaired people receive a 50% discount. Over-seventy-fives currently unilaterally receive their licence for free, although this is changing as of next year. This change means that only those pensioners who receive pension credit benefit will receive their licence for free. Everybody else will have to pay the full fee, whether they’re 75 or 175 years old. But, I digress. Regarding Plex, I wil check their website as I haven’t received anything telling me that this is changing over here. However if the guides on Ice TV really are so much better, I may just switch. I haven’t had a lot of luck with live TV on my Plex Server, although I probably haven’t played with it enough. So I guess that’s something I should do. All I’ve done so far is watch live TV and, to my shame, I’ve been using the HDHomerun app for that. Although I have resisted paying the $35.00 a year to subscribe to their recording service. From: <grtd...@internode.on.net> Reply-To: <techno-chat@techno-chat.net> Date: Thursday, 13 June 2019 at 02:20 To: "Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!" <techno-chat@techno-chat.net> Subject: [Techno-Chat]: A note to Plex TV users Hi, As other list members may know I use the Plex TV service with a Plex Premium pass along with a Silicondust TV tuner to record and time shift/watch Live TV. I received an eMail from Plex regarding changes to the way that Plex will interact with Programme Guides come the end of June 2019. In Australia for example the current @Freeview@ programme guide will no longer be available so users of the Plex PVR will have to subscribe to a third party programme guide service such as Ice TV. Instructions are laid out in the eMail and links are given on where to find further instructions on changing the settings in your Plex PVR to make full use of the Ice TV programme guide etc. As a special offer Ice TV is offering Plex Premium Pass subscribers a 3 months trial of the Ice TV service. Plex also mentions that these changes will affect Plex Pass Premium Subscribers in other countries and regions though the eMail I received didn’t specify exactly where these regions were so if you’re a Plex user then keep an eye on your In-Box. As a footnote I’ve made the necessary changes to my Plex system to make use of the Ice TV programme guide and I wish I’d started using Ice TV for programme information and scheduling long ago rather than use the @Freeview@ programme guide service which I’ve found to be very inaccurate for both programme information and programme start/end times. Ice TV on the other hand is continually adjusted for those times when programmes overrun or channels may prefer to pad out a programme with commercials to make the programme longer thus keep a good audience for longer, advertise new shows and all the other dirty tricks our TV networks get up to <smile>.
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