This may have something to do with it. I have an account with the TVdb and got this email this morning:
TheTVDB.com users and developers,
For the past five years our site has been graciously hosted for free by the employer of one of our administrators. This has allowed us to offer completely free and unlimited access to all API developers.
Unfortunately he has recently switched companies and his new company will be unable to host the site for free. Thankfully we've secured a new hosting solution that delivers our content via a worldwide CDN for faster and more reliable delivery. As our content starts getting cached on the CDN, you should see great speed improvements with the site. There will likely be a few remaining issues we need to work out, so please be patient with us.
However, while this solution is relatively inexpensive, it is not free. We are asking our users and the projects that use our API to consider donating. Every little bit adds up and we appreciate the assistance no matter the amount. Right now we have a handful of loyal donors that cover a portion of the monthly cost, but we still have a long way to go. Please note that donating is completely optional and not required to continue free use of our API. We're not going anywhere, but even small donations will help the long term viability of the site.
I am still working on a rewrite of the site and we do have plans to offer premium services on the site in the future, while still allowing free access to the site's current functionality. Anyone that has donated in the past or donates from this point on will get those premium features free for one year. We will announce these premium services once they become available.
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Thank you,
Scott Zsori
TheTVDB.com
Can anybody else who has an account verify this?
Thanks for the quick reply. It doesn't look like anyone knows when it'll be working 100% again.
