Title says it all. Read below.

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/12/eyetv/index.php

Elgato Systems announced Monday that it has “terminated the licensing agreement” between itself and Miglia Technology. With the agreement terminated, Miglia can no longer ship, sell or advertise TV tuner hardware bundled with EyeTV, according to Elgato.

EyeTV is Elgato’s Digital Video Recorder (DVR) software for Mac OS X. It enables devices such as Miglia’s to work with the Mac, viewing and recording television programs. Elgato also sells its own line of EyeTV-branded hardware interfaces that come bundled with the EyeTV software.

Miglia — a UK-based company that sells its products in Europe, North America and Asia — has a number of hardware devices that enable Mac users to capture over-the-air digital television broadcast signals, analog signals and so on. The company’s products include everything from HDTV-compatible devices to tiny USB receivers and more.

End users that have purchased hardware from Miglia already bundled with EyeTV can continue to count on Elgato for support, confirmed Lars Felber, Elgato spokesman. “It’s not the customer’s fault that the licensing agreement between Miglia and Elgato has ended,” said Felber.

Felber declined to comment further on Elgato’s decision to terminate its business relationship with Miglia.

Miglia declined to comment Monday, but indicated they would put out a statement on Tuesday.

Wha??? Some serious stuff must have hit the fan...

Any word on what actually went down?

This is indeed interesting. A bit scary too (I own a Miglia TV Mini HD.... didn't manage to get an Eyetv 500). I checked the website and it doesn't say anything particular about what software they're supplying with their hardware. Deep in the support site they still have EyeTV there, but I suspect that's kind of legacy...

I'm wondering if this will be good news (more individual software packages = more competition = more features?) or bad news (crappy alternative software) in the long run...

My guess is that you could still buy EyeTV and it'd work, it just wont be bundled anymore.

It's going to be VERY interesting to see how Miglia responds. It's not like there's another Mac alternative to EyeTV.

Perhaps they've been developing some sort of in-house software and there's going to be actual competition for El Gato's software.

This isn't exactly news, but, I wouldn't worry too much about this because of developments like this: http://www.sagetv.com/betadownload.html

Not really any new info, but here's a response from Miglia:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/03/13/miglia.on.elgato/

Thejokell's link is good, but I'll quote the official statement out of that release:

"The licence agreement between Miglia and the software supplier for EyeTV has not been renewed, Miglia will no longer ship products that contain this application in its TV solutions," said Miglia CEO Simon Ellson.

"Customers that use this application with their Miglia TV product should have no concerns about ongoing support or upgrades, for updated information, please check the support section of our site."

"From time to time we have chosen to bundle other manufacturers software with our own hardware where it has been appropriate, this policy will continue."