[davidgol]

forgive me if I'm missing something ... (nice way to start hah?)

... but why not just use free*epg (see: epgstream.net) to feed you the oztivo guide. They now 'syndicate' this guide from oztivo (legally) and do all the pre and post processing for you (what brp does), so all you have to do is point MCE to it, and it downloads like a real, native guide. No extra messing around required. I had it up and running in about 2 minutes, and I've never needed to touch it. There's no scheduled tasks - it all just works inside MCE. Couldn't be easier. And they do foxtel, FTA, .. everything.