[THIN] Re: OT: Some good news for Tivo Owners...
- From: "Jim Kerr" <jim@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:05:38 -0500
Sweet. I'm looking forward to this. I already use the heck out of Tivo2Go. I
rip the shows off the Tivo and transfer them to my notebook so I can catch up
while traveling. :)
On another note, are you going to be at Thin City this year? If so I will see
you there.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Kenzig http://kenzig.com
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 8:40 AM
Subject: [THIN] OT: Some good news for Tivo Owners...
I love my tivo's...this will make them even cooler. (BTW I have 2 Philips
RS6000 Directv Tivo's, series 1 with paid full lifetime membership and HU cards
that I can no longer use because I cant get directv at my new house, that I
will sell very cheap ..email me with an offer at web @ kenzig.com if you are
interested)
Jim
Yahoo, TiVo Team Up to Blend TV, Web
By MAY WONG, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago
Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) and TiVo Inc. are teaming up to blend some of
their services, a move that further fades the lines between offices and living
rooms, TVs and PCs.
Under a partnership announced Monday, the two will collaborate to offer
Yahoo's Internet-based content and services through TiVo's digital video
recording devices.
Users of Yahoo's TV page will be able to click on a record-to-TiVo button
directly from a television program listing to remotely schedule recordings.
And in the coming months, possibly before the end of the year, Yahoo's
traffic and weather content, as well as its users' photos will be viewable on
televisions via TiVo's broadband service and easy-to-use screen menu.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Edward Lichty, TiVo's vice
president of corporate strategy, said TiVo hopes the collaboration will set the
foundation for a long-term relationship.
TiVo subscribers already have the ability to remotely schedule recordings
from the TiVo Web site, but this will give the DVR pioneer a way to potentially
tap Yahoo's large user base and gain some much-needed new customers.
The Alviso, Calif.-based company has about 3.6 million subscribers but it
accrued fewer new customers in its last fiscal second quarter than it did the
previous year, according to the company's financial report released in August.
And though the company posted its first profit in its eight-year history during
that quarter, some analysts question whether the company can continue to grow
as satellite and cable companies develop their own DVR technology that offer
lower subscription fees.
Meanwhile, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo, the leading destination on the Web,
is seeing tremendous growth as more people turn to the Internet for news,
entertainment, communication, and other services.
But the Internet giant is also under constant pressure from rivals Google
Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to expand its own offerings.
For both companies, TiVo in particular, the ability to let its subscribers
access Yahoo's content from their televisions marks a significant development
in the company's year-old campaign to expand beyond basic digital video
recording services to becoming more of an entertainment hub, Lichty said.
Bringing Internet access to the TV screen is nothing new. Most previous
efforts - notably WebTV - were dismal failures. But Lichty thinks the
Yahoo-TiVo offering will be different.
"It's not about having a Web browser on your TV and having a keyboard on your
lap. It'll still be focused on the TV experience and navigating with the remote
control," Lichty said.
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