An anonymous reader writes:
A group of open source developers have been working behind the scenes to create a new service known as Schedules Direct to provide affordable scheduling data for North American users of MythTV. Today, they've announced an initial pricing plan of $15 for a 3 month block, non-recurring. Details are still fairly light at the moment, but there's a mailing list and a FAQ available on the site — one notable tidbit is that the developers "expect pricing to drop by the end of the initial term. Our goal is $20/year." This comes weeks before the planned shutdown of Zap2it Labs' Data Direct service mentioned previously on slashdot.