[GTALUG] MythTV: Major Service Changes at Schedules Direct

[David Collier-Brown]

The tv-listings supplier I use with MythTV is changing to delivering the 
data from their own servers, and in addition is prototyping a json version.

At the moment, it's not obvious if I need to change anything: anyone 
following this and have experience to share?

--dave


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Major Service Changes at Schedules Direct
Date: 	Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:01:42 -0700
From: 	Schedules Direct <noreply at schedulesdirect.org>
To: 	David Collier-Brown <davecb at spamcop.net>



Greetings David Collier-Brown!

Schedules Direct has been operating since 2007 to provide a stable
environment for non-commercial media applications to receive TV listings
data, but that does not mean things never change! :)  This may be our
first email-blast since 2007!

We have been informed that Gracenote (formerly Tribune Media Services)
will be ending the guide data service currently used by most members of
Schedules Direct. Their plan is to end support for this service on
November 1, 2014.   Schedules Direct was already hard at work
implementing replacement services.

Please check with your application's support page for your best
solution.   Some applications have chosen to use a new SD-JSON service
that offers a richer data set, while others have chosen to use the
SD-DD service, which is meant to be a drop-in replacement for
Gracenote/Tribune's service.

If your application is no longer supported, there's no reason to worry.
Most apps can continue to function with a change to your system's hosts
file. (details in the SD forum).

Last week I asked Tribune to update their DNS to force half of the
traffic to the SD-DD servers.  The concept was for people with problems
to fail half the time now, rather than 100% come Nov 1.   If you're one
of the folks having problems, check with your application team or us to
help resolve it.

For the most up-to-date news, look for links on the SD website
http://schedulesdirect.org

Robert Eden
President, Schedules Direct






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