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Originally Posted by magnuslu View Post
Indeed, finding a good and reliable data source is the main issue. There are a few. I have looked at www.elmarcador.com and they follow an impressive list of results. I'm just worried that parsing HTML pages will make the interface too fragile. Their RSS feed seems to be broken.

I contacted a data service provider, but they charge EUR 750 per month (!) for the data feed and there is no way I would be able to recuperate that amount. It is mainly used by betting firms, I understand.
So, we would either need

1) A sports data service provider that gives free API access

OR

2) find a way to cover or avoid the charge for the data

1)
So far I only found either expensive (http://www.oddsminer.com/)
or unusable (http://www.footytube.com/openfooty/api_overview.php)
services

2)
Damn, there must be a way of doing it, there are several apps for other plattforms doing just what we are looking for (iPhone: http://www.supportware.nl/iphone/EN/myfootballpro.htm and http://www.sport1.de/de/themen/mobile/ for example)

Maybe it is possible to cooperate with someone who has the needed data? For example by branding the app with the data providers logo?

What do you guys think? Any ideas, comments, thoughts...???
 

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