TiVo Follows Through on Web Video Promise

6:10 am on March 20, 2008 | Category: Television, Web Services

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Just one week after announcing that it would offer YouTube videos to its home DVR customers, TiVo is making good on the promise, making web video available through its devices for the first time.

Customers will be able to install TiVo’s Desktop Plus PC software on their home computers, then subscribe to RSS feeds of their favourite online videos, and transfer content to a TiVo digital video recorder on demand.

“Through the addition of new applications such as Web video, we continue to build toward our goal of making TiVo the one-stop shop for content, through one box and one integrated user interface,” commented Tivo’s vice president and general manager of content services, Tara Maitra, in a statement. “With our combination of premium content available through Amazon Unbox, millions of songs via Rhapsody and, soon, YouTube videos, we feel like we’re connecting consumers to entertainment in a way no one else can.”

The web video service is initially available only to Windows PC users, but TiVo is currently working with Roxio to enable Mac compatibility in the near future.

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