TV Agent subscribers can now get the daily TVLIST??.ZIP files sent to
them via email (as well as from FTP, or from BBSs, or in the Planet
Connect and Skylink satellite datastreams.)
Two new files are emailed each morning around 9 AM. One of them is for
the day one week ahead, and the other contains listings for tomorrow,
(it includes schedule updates made as late as yesterday.) So, today
11/22 the files TVLIST23.ZIP (*fresh* listings for tomorrow) and
TVLIST29.ZIP (advance listings for next Saturday) will be emailed to
subscribers who request this service.
If you request all 132 current C-band analog channels in the TV Agent
listings, each TVLIST??.ZIP will be about 290K. You can leave out some
of the channels, and also delete programs by type and title. You can
specify the order in which the listings will appear.
There's more info about this service in the file TVBYMAIL.ZIP at the
FTP site
  ftp.planetc.com/tvlistings
There's a demo of TV Agent TVADEMO.ZIP in
  ftp.planetc.com/tvlistings/demo
It's fully functional except it only works with listings for the first
8 days of any month (TVLIST01.* - TVLIST08.*) -- if you are
downloading the demo, also download at least two (consecutive) of
those daily files from the demo directory.
Better yet, skip the demo, just subscribe! TV Agent is less than HALF
the price of the printed guides, which have shorter program
descriptions, and don't have details on as many programs, and are not
as up to date.
MAINLY, TV Agent cuts down on the amount you have to read by hiding
all the channels, program types, AND TITLES you tell it you're not
interested in.
AND, it remembers your favorite channels, types, and titles, AND
KEYWORDS, and prints the listings that contain them, or displays them
with hilites on screen -- like, it remembers what you marked last
week, so it is automatically marked next week. Each copy of TV Agent
remembers the personal preferences of 99 users.
Subscriptions:   $24.95/ year
                  Planet Connect
                  (423) 623-8300
                  1065 Cosby Hwy
                  Newport TN 37821
... TV Agent -- customization, details, timeliness -- 130+ TVRO channels
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