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August 2008 After starting our Windows Media Center guide service (Free*EPG) in June 2006, we've seen a lot happen in the EPG world, especially in Australia! Over the years the number of homes with media centers have sky-rocketed and we hit over 10,000 active users in August 2008! Our original service launched in 2006 provided a simple interface for Windows Media Center users in Australia to download their EPG. Only Sydney was supported in the early days, until we decided to incorporate data from the ozTiVo community which saw us distribute data nation wide. Today, our servers receive thousands of download requests every day for that precious EPG. In most organisations this would be fantastic news with hundreds of new user subscriptions rolling in every month, but not for us ... [Un]fortunately epgStream.net is a not-for-profit organisation and we are funded through the kindness of our subscribers, so it can be financially lean some months! The increase in user subscriptions to our service has placed more demand on our server and bandwidth resources, but there hasn't been a corresponding increase in donations. We don't require a lot of financial support, but Needless to say donations had run dry a few times leaving us "out of pocket" when our regular hosting bills arrived. October 2008 As of Sunday, 19th October 2008 our Free*EPG guide service will be discontinued. Read more about it here: http://forum.epgstream.net |
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| ( If you're an existing Free*EPG user ... ) ? | |
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Users who want Windows Media Center or XMLTV guide data should now use our XMLTV: Guide Pack |
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In August 2008 we've decided to take a different tact and allow our subscribers to fend for themselves by providing them with a range of
XMLTV and Windows Media Center client utilities bundled together as the
XMLTV: Guide Pack This type of client-based solution removes the dependancy on centralised service providers (like us and IceTV) so that long after we are gone, you can still use the XMLTV: Guide Pack to get your TV guide from new sources from around the world as they appear. |
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| ( How Easy Is It To Install ) ? | |
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Actually very easy to install and gets better with each new revision! We've gone through great pain and effort to evolve your TV guide solution from a bunch of batch files, registry patches and hours of heart-ache into something professional and streamlined.
Check out the basic installation guide here |
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solution to download their guide (see below).
