I dont see what the problem is giving MCE the tivo guide. Its a win - win for both parties involved. Sure the MCE people 'gain more' than the TiVo people, but life is never fair, being so stingy is unwarranted.

With the influx of people using the programme guide (MCE people), there would [hopefully] be more people contributing to the programme guide - making it more reliable for both parties.

Tivo/MCE both do pretty much the same thing, just with different hardware.