Münster (Germany) – The electronic program guide TV-Browser will remove 16 private tv-channels on  1st of january, including German channels ProSieben, RTL Television and Sat.1. According to a press note by the TV-Browser-Team the collecting society VG Media will start to collect a charge fee for the usage of channel-program-data in EPGs beginning next year. It will be charged between 0.02 and 0.04 € cents per page-view and a fixed fee at at least 2000€. The Open-Source-project can 't and doesn't want to pay this charge fee. The developers are consdering right now to just show certain progamm-highlights of these mentioned channels . Additionally a  petition has been started to convince VG Media to abandon this charge fee.
The electronic programme guide, TV-Browser , announced their intention to remove 16 private tv-channels on January 1st , 2008. These include the German channels ProSieben, RTL Television and Sat.1. According to a press release by the TV-Browser team, the collecting society VG Media plans to collect a usage fee for channel-program-data in EPGs beginning next year. Users will be charged between 0.02 and 0.04 € cents per page-view with a minimum fixed fee of at least 2000€. The Open-Source-project can not and does not wish to pay this fee; developers are considering showing certain programme highlights from the channels in question. A petition has been started to convince VG Media to abandon this charge fee.
R
Münster (Germany) – The electronic program guide
The electronic programme guide,
R
will
, announced their intention to
A
January
R
of january, including
, 2008. These include the
R
note by the TV-Browser-Team
release by the TV-Browser team,
R
will start
plans
R
charge fee for the usage of
usage fee for
R
It
Users
R
and a fixed fee at at
with a minimum fixed fee of at
R
't and doesn't want
not and does not wish
R
charge fee. The developers are consdering right now to just show certain progamm-highlights of these mentioned channels . Additionally a
fee; developers are considering showing certain programme highlights from the channels in question.
A
A