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From: Warren.King@p0.f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Warren King)
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Subject: Re: Tv schedules
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Date: 3 Dec 90 16:55:18 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

> Greetings,
> 
> Does anyone know of any sources anywhere, either by phone recording or
> modem, for cable schedules such as Home Box Office, Show Time, etc?
> If
> there's not a source somewhere, there should be.  Thanks.
> 
Lee,
    In our area there are two sources that provide information like 
that, both are relatively new.  One is called the Yellow Page EXPRESS 
and is provided by a nationaly company called Perception Electronic 
Publishing.  The provide by means of a phone call to a central computer 
sports, news, reviews & previews, general interest, horoscopes, and 
weather as broad catagories.  You have to have a touch tone phone to 
enter the numbers for the catagory you want.  If you do not have this 
service in your area and want to see what it is like, call (804)431-8800 
you can then enter the access code 1961 to hear the listing of Cable for 
that day.
    We also have another service that is sponsored by the local 
newspaper and does almost exactly the same thing.  Here it is called 
InfoLine and can be accessed by calling (804)640-5555 with the same 
procedure of a 4 digit selection code for the area you are interested 
in.  I believe this one is also run by a national outfit as well called 
the CityLines Network.
    Sorry I can not give you numbers on the companies themselves so that 
you can contact them to find if they have plans to expand in your area, 
but I am sure that your local phone company and newspaper have been 
solicited by them and could probably provide you with that contact.
         -Warren-

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