GIST (TV Listings Service) is dead

[Mark Holtz]

From www.gist.com...

Shortly, Gist Communications, Inc. ("Gist") will cease operating its free and subscription ("Gist Gold") online television listing services.

Accordingly, Gist will be canceling all Gist Gold users' subscriptions, and shall refund all Gist Gold users' subscription payments to their respective PayPal accounts. We anticipate that all refunds shall have been made by June 15, 2003.

Gist would like to thank all users of Gist.com and, more recently, Gist Gold for their patronage. We have appreciated your business.

If you have any questions or concerns about your PayPal refunds, you can e-mail us at GistGold@Gist.com.

Gist will continue to develop and sell its Electronic Program Guide software to global television service providers.

[HTguy]

I'm kind of sorry to see them go. Gist used to be my prefered online listing service but I said goodbye when it became necessary to subscribe for custimization.

Before Gist it was TvGrid.com, then Click TV. They're all gone now.

Currently TitanTV seems to be the best online service, especially since they upgraded to allow custimization. They have some sponsers (like Zenith) so hopefully they'll be able to stay around.

[TNGTony]

Excite and TV Guide still have pretty good listings.

See ya
Tony

[gcutler]

proof that many of these web sites have no financial future and will disappear. But of course not as many as we saw fail in the past.

[Jacob S]

At least they are paying their customers back and no filing for bankruptcy ripping them off. Thats how I got ripped when I bought my computer, ripped of 2 years of internet access so thats about $500.

[gcutler]

Originally posted by Jacob S
At least they are paying their customers back and no filing for bankruptcy ripping them off. Thats how I got ripped when I bought my computer, ripped of 2 years of internet access so thats about $500.

What ISP did you have that ripped you off?