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New software turns PC into TiVo TV recorder
NEW YORK (AP) -- TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box.
The kit will cost $199 when it goes on sale Oct. 15, and includes a remote and a TV tuner that plugs into the PC. The interface on the computer screen looks just like the one on a TV equipped with a TiVo box.
It's not the first software that allows TV recording on the PC. That's been possible for years on computers equipped with TV tuners, and some versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system include the necessary software. But it will be the first time that both the TiVo interface and functions have been replicated on a PC.
The Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC will go on sale initially in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, but it could open up some markets where TiVo does not yet sell its set-top boxes. Joshua Danovitz, vice president and general manager of international business at TiVo, said the plan is to launch it in Europe next year, including in Nero's home country, Germany. Britain is the only European country where TiVo currently has subscribers. NEW YORK (AP) -- TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windo... more -
Selezioni sul TiVo, compri da Amazon
Più in là della televendita c'è solo il teleacquisto ed è ciò che promette la nuova partnership tra TiVo e Amazon. Le due compagnie lavorano già da tempo insieme per portare i contenuti video di Amazon UnBox sui set top box TiVo ed ora porteranno in tv anche i prodotti del negozio online.
In Italia, dove non esiste un esatto equivalente del TiVo (oggetto che da solo ha dato vita ad un mercato arrancante e che è diventato sinonimo della sua propria categoria di prodotti), ciò che più ci si avvicina è MySky. Si tratta di un decoder per ricevere canali televisivi dotato di un hard disk interno, cosa che consente la programmazione di registrazioni, l'archiviazione e anche la visione dilazionata, cioè su un programma in diretta si può premere pausa e poi ricominciare a vederlo quando si vuole come fosse registrato. In più TiVo consente anche di saltare le pubblicità.
Proprio la possibilità di non vedere gli spot pubblicitari è ciò che fa infuriare gli inserzionisti riguardo il TiVo, ma ora la pace potrebbe tornare con l'iniziativa Product Purchase: Ogni volta che su alcuni show selezionati compare un prodotto in vendita disponibile su Amazon, lo spettatore potrà comprarlo dallo store online attraverso il telecomando. I primi programmi selezionati saranno popolari talk show come quello di Oprah Winfrey o di Elle DeGeneres, e trasmissioni come Colbert Report e Burn Notice.
La procedura può essere completata sul momento collegandosi al proprio account Amazon con un PIN apposito, oppure l'oggetto può essere solo inserito nel carrello per essere acquistato in un secondo momento. Ad ogni modo, data la natura del TiVo, durante l'acquisto il programma va in pausa e finita la procedura può ripartire. Proprio il problema dell'interruzione della visione era stato infatti all'origine del flop di una tecnologia simile alla fine degli anni '70, il Qube box.
Evans Young, direttore dei servizi broadband di TiVo, si è detto fiducioso sul fatto che gli spettatori acquisteranno al volo: «Chi guarda e ha un impulso d'acquisto può comprare immediatamente e non deve più ricordarsi di farlo quando andrà al pc». Più in là della televendita c'è solo il teleacquisto ed è ciò che promette la nuova partnership tra TiVo e Amazon. Le due compagn... more -
TiVo To Gets Its Own Shopping Channel
Online shopping addicts beware. A TiVo-Amazon partnership will soon allow TiVo customers to purchase items via Amazon.com without ever leaving the couch.
With Product Purchase, TiVo users can click over to Amazon on the TV screen using their remote control and purchase items discussed on a certain TV show.
Want a few of Oprah's favorite things? Intrigued by a book mentioned on The Colbert Report? Click over to TiVo's Universal Swivel Search function, find the items, and purchase them directly.
The service launches Tuesday and is available on broadband-connected Series 2, Series 3, and TiVo HD DVRs.
It will launch in conjunction with four specific TV shows: the Oprah Winfrey Show; The Colbert Report; The Ellen DeGeneres Show; and Burn Notice. But if a "product is seen or advertised on any TV show or network, and sold by Amazon.com it can be merchandised to viewers through TiVo," Evan Young, director of broadband services for TiVo, said in a statement.
Jessica Loebig, a TiVo spokeswoman, confirmed that the merchandise available will not be restricted to those four shows, and other items will be suggested at the end of other shows. Right now, however, the products available for purchase are just CDs, books, and DVDs, she said.
TV advertisers will be able to merchandise specific products through TiVo advertising features such as Interactive Tags, Gold Star Sponsorships, and Program Placement, TiVo said.
"If a guest on the Daily Show or Oprah has a new book, CD, or DVD out, you can purchase it on Amazon.com using your TiVo remote without missing a second of TV, whether the viewer is watching live or recorded," Young said. "The viewer with an impulse can buy right away and no longer needs to remember to do so the next time they are at their PC."
Viewers can purchase the item immediately or add it to their Amazon.com shopping cart for later checkout.
Scott Merlino, senior manager of business development at Amazon, said the project will let advertisers "break free of traditional shopping channel limitations and reach a specific, targeted audience regardless of which network or show they are watching."
"Now, a record label can merchandise and sell a new artist's CD on a show where the music is featured, or a publisher can merchandise an author's book during a talk show when the author appears as a guest -- the marketing possibilities are endless," Merlino said. Online shopping addicts beware. A TiVo-Amazon partnership will soon allow TiVo customers to purchase items via Amazon.com without ever... more -
Youtube Arrives To The BoobTube Through The TIVO
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced the availability of YouTube videos on the TV via a TiVo® DVR. A partnership between the two companies allows broadband-connected subscribers with TiVo Series3™ and TiVo HD DVRs, to access hundreds of millions of user generated videos hosted on YouTube. Whether you like to watch the new up-n-comers, or classic YouTube favorites, TiVo subscribers are in control of the content they want to watch, whenever they want to watch it.
"With YouTube content now available on TiVo, on top of all the movies, music videos, songs and TV shows that are simply unavailable on cable and satellite, TiVo subscribers have more choice on their TV sets than any other TV viewers in the world,” said Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo Inc.
YouTube on the Web attracts millions of viewers a day, and now TiVo offers consumers the opportunity to experience YouTube content where it is more comfortably consumed – in front of the TV set. TiVo users can now search, browse and watch their favorite YouTube videos through TiVo’s famously easy-to-use interface. Soon, users will also be able to log into their YouTube accounts directly through the TV to access their videos, channels and playlists, making the experience even richer.
“YouTube brings video where the audience is - across the Web and onto mobile devices, TVs and video games,” said Hunter Walk, YouTube’s director of product management. “The partnership with TiVo extends our ability to make YouTube accessible anywhere and lets people watch what they want, when they want it.”
Over the next few weeks TiVo will roll-out a software upgrade to Series3 and TiVo HD DVRs which will enable this feature. For more information on how to view YouTube videos on the TV via a TiVo DVR visit www.tivo.com/youtube. TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced the a... more -
TiVo aggiunge Youtube ai suoi decoder gratuitamente!
In Italia ancora non è sbarcata questa nuova azienda ma spero proprio che prima o poi arrivi e ora vi spiego il perché di tanto entusiasmo. TiVo è un’azienda Americana, simile a SKY, se si deve fare un paragone, offre servizi di televisione a pagamento in alta definizione. Per usufruire di questo servizio ogni utente deve sottoscrivere un regolare contratto, grazie al quale gli viene fornito anche un decoder.
Questo decoder, come dicevo, consente la visione di alcuni canali in alta definizione , ma da ieri è stata aggiunta la possibilità di visualizzare sul proprio decoder Youtube, il noto sito di VideoSharing acquistato da Google negli anni scorsi. Quest’ opzione non è disponibile per tutti gli utenti, solo chi possiede un decoder TiVo HD DVR serie 3 (foto Sopra) potrà usufruire di questa novità.
L’inserimento di questa nuova funzione non comporterà nessun costo aggiuntivo per gli abbonati, infatti, l’aggiornamento del servizio sarà effettuato gratuitamente. Tra le varie funzioni inserite con quest’aggiornamento gli utenti potranno anche gestire le proprie playlist direttamente dal decoder, inoltre, potranno visualizzare tutti i video che desiderano, basterà avere una connessione ADSL.
I termini dell’accordo tra Google e TiVo non sono stati resi noti. Insomma, TiVo non è nuovo a certe iniziative, negli ultimi anni sono state inserite altre funzioni simili a questa. Il costo di un abbonamento mensile a TiVo è di 13$, insomma, un servizio che in Italia tarda ad arrivare. Voi che ne pensate? Secondo voi un possibile arrivo di quest’azienda in Italia come sarà preso? In Italia ancora non è sbarcata questa nuova azienda ma spero proprio che prima o poi arrivi e ora vi spiego il perché di tanto entusi... more -
TiVo to stream YouTube videos
Beginning Thursday, TiVo will offer thousands of its subscribers the ability to stream YouTube videos onto their television sets through their broadband-enabled TiVo boxes.
It's TiVo's first deal for streaming online content, though the company has partnerships with 60 Internet sites that provide content to TiVo. Unlike with those relationships, TiVo users won't be able to store YouTube video clips, just watch them and bookmark them for easy retrieval later.
Tara Maitra, GM of content services at TiVo, said the company's users have downloaded 27 million pieces of content from the 60 Internet partners. Beyond Amazon Unbox, product reviews from the likes of CNET and comedy shorts from such sources as the Onion and Break.com are popular.
Apple, via its Apple TV, which isn't nearly as popular as TiVo, also allows users to play YouTube videos on TV screens, though neither Apple nor YouTube will say how often the feature is used. Beginning Thursday, TiVo will offer thousands of its subscribers the ability to stream YouTube videos onto their television sets throu... more -
TiVo, trimestrale con profitti quadruplicati
La società TiVo, settimana scorsa, ha riportato alla stampa e ai propri investitori i risultati del trimestre, da cui emerge un utile davvero notevole. I profitti netti della compagnia sono infatti quadruplicati rispetto alle precedenti rilevazioni di un anno fa grazie, soprattutto, a un taglio radicale dei costi operativi.
La società ha conseguito utili per 3,6 milioni di dollari, pari a 4 centesimi per azione, nei tre mesi conclusi il 30 Aprile. Una differenza del 336% rispetto agli 835.000 dollari, o 1 centesimo per azione, ottenuti dalla società nello stesso periodo dello scorso anno. La società TiVo, settimana scorsa, ha riportato alla stampa e ai propri investitori i risultati del trimestre, da cui emerge un utile ... more -
TiVo predicted Syesha Mercado elimination on Idol - WRONG!
The makers of TiVo have been closely analyzing their data for the past four weeks and have accurately predicted who would be eliminated each of the last four weeks from American Idol. This week they predicted that Syesha Mercado would get the boot. The makers of TiVo have been closely analyzing their data for the past four weeks and have accurately predicted who would be eliminate... more
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TiVo can predict "American Idol" losers. (Goodbye Syesha!)
"Entertainment blog TMZ reports that TiVo has hit on sure way to predict who's going to win -- and who's going to lose -- the biggest contest in the land. Yes, I'm talking about 'American Idol.'
TiVo anonymously monitors usage statistics in a pool of 20,00 of its users. The company can tell when viewers replay an "Idol" contestants' songs, and when viewers skip over it. Replaying, obviously, is a good sign. If people are fast-forwarding through your songs, you're going home." "Entertainment blog TMZ reports that TiVo has hit on sure way to predict who's going to win -- and who's going to lose ... more -
Tivo data predicts American Idol winner
Four weeks in a row, a Tivo-based system has accurately picked who would get kicked off American Idol by analyzing data on which contestants get fast-forwarded and which contestants get replayed. Four weeks in a row, a Tivo-based system has accurately picked who would get kicked off American Idol by analyzing data on which conte... more
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"TiVO for Porn" Shown Off In Vegas
$10/month unlimited subscription with no hardware costs? DVD-quality streaming video with a custom Linux-based UI? SD and HD support with HDMI-out? Keyword searching, customized playlists, and 24x fast forward/rewind? Is it the TiVO of the future? Only if you like porn: meet FyreTV $10/month unlimited subscription with no hardware costs? DVD-quality streaming video with a custom Linux-based UI? SD and HD support... more
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Netflix Partners With LG to Bring Movies Straight to TV
Netflix, the DVD-by-mail company with more than seven million customers, has a new strategy that may one day make those red envelopes obsolete.
The company wants to strike deals with electronics companies that will let it send movies straight to TV screens over the Internet. Its first partnership, announced Wednesday night, is with the South Korean manufacturer LG Electronics to stream movies and other programming to LG?s high-definition televisions.
The partnership will extend a novel feature from Netflix, announced a year ago, that allows paying subscribers to watch any of 6,000 movies and television shows on its Web site free. But that service can be accessed only with a personal computer. Netflix, the DVD-by-mail company with more than seven million customers, has a new strategy that may one day make those red envelopes ... more
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