We finally have an answer to that age old (or two day old) question: how much will MythTV, GB-PVR, and Media Portal users have to pay for access to TV listing data. Now that Zap2it Labs is set to shut off its free TV guide data service on September 1st, two groups are stepping in to provide that data. Neither can afford to provide the data for free. We don't know how much CTpvr will charge, but Schedules Direct has announced their pricing: $15 for 3 months of data.
The goal is to eventually bring that figure down to $20 per year. But until Schedules Direct has a better idea of how many subscribers they'll have, they need to set a price that will let them continue to provide the service without going into debt.
The service hasn't been rolled out yet, but you can register for the Schedules Direct mailing list to be alerted when the service goes live.
[via Slashdot]
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