Ceci est une ancienne révision du document !
Having used this software nearly every day since I started using Ubuntu 11.10, I would have rated it 5 stars in the Software Centre, but this is not possible as it is not in the Software Centre and I downloaded it myself.
The latest version can be downloaded for free from: http://tvbrowser.org/, and comes in a .deb version which can be opened and installed easily using the Ubuntu software centre, or, if you are using a Debian based distribution, the software package manager. It is platform independent but does depend on Java or similar, so I guess that may put some folk off. It is open source and contains no advertisements unlike most web-based TV guides.
What is it?
The site tells you all about it, but, as its name suggests, TV Browser is a digital TV guide which you can customize with your favourite channels. It offers various plugins. These can add various options like e-mail, calendar reminders, or Internet Movie Database (IMDB) ratings, and it can also, I believe, work with TV cards as an EPG and scheduler.
Who develops it?
It appears to be German based, although it is possible to download TV listings from around the world—I use TV listings from the Radio Times in the UK, for example, but check the site for your particular location. The current authors as listed on the website are as follows: René Mach (Release-Manager, Developer) Michael Keppler aka. Bananeweizen (Developer) Björn Balazs (Usability-Consultant) Nelson Darkwah Oppong (Grafic artist) Klaus Blessing (Beta-Tester)
Summary and Conclusion.
TV Guide is a useful piece of software to plan your TV viewing and help ensure that you don't miss or forget to record your favourites – thanks to its reminders, favorites, and search functions. It is also highly customizable to suit your tastes in viewing, and could also help you if you are using your PC as a media centre which records TV. I would rate it as five stars if I could, but, as I mentioned, I am unable to do so in the Ubuntu Software Centre, hence this much-overdue review—Happy viewing.