Zap2It Labs Discontinuing Free TV Guide Service

QuijiboIsAWord writes "Zap2It Labs, which provides free TV listing data for personal use, has long been the main source of program guide information for users in the US and beyond. They've announced via their webpage that, due to abuse of the service, data will no longer be available after September 1st. There is no other direct source, and no option to pay for the service even if the users wanted to. Without a data feed of this type, users will be reduced to scraping websites at best. Is this going to be a killing blow for MythTV?"

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celeb posting

[Anonymous Coward]

Man, I'm soo going to get flamed for this...and the Board and the Foundation are going to give me hell for this PR misstep...I don't care anymore. Here goes. Hey there, um, Linux guys, this is...um, this is a certain somewhat well-known former CO/owner of a large software firm. I'm doing a celeb posting today, because I realized...I can actually do what I want. And I want to say, while the Free TV listings are going out of the biz, I'm going into the biz of fucking another company. I'm gonna buy M...it's get better, and we'll give it higher synergy to work with users....

Actually, I was found dead in my home today at 2:30 PM...check CNN. I guess you must realize that to write the above stuff, I must be full of emotionlessness and callousness...don't mess with me, I guess.