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Google, DirecTV Team on TV Search Option

Will McCahill — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:00:00 CST

Google and DirecTV are testing a service in which viewers can search for programs from the satellite provider or Internet videos, using a keyboard and a set-top box that runs Google software. Only company employees are using the equipment, sources tell the Wall Street Journal —which points out that Google’s...

DVR Viewers Give Ratings Boost to Grey's , Others

Harry Kimball — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:27:28 CDT

TV networks dismayed at low ratings early in the season are getting a ray of hope in the form of the once-feared DVR. Sure, ad buyers won’t pay out when a viewer watches Grey’s Anatomy on TiVo, but that and other shows are gaining a massive audience days after the...

You Skipping Ads? TiVo Plans to Sell That Info

Harry Kimball — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:59:23 CDT

Watch out Nielsen, here comes TiVo. The company that allows you to skip ads and store shows on its digital video recorder plans to sell your viewing habits to stations and advertisers, USA Today reports. Unlike Nielsen, TiVo can sell second-by-second breakdowns of the shows and ads people watch. But...

Blockbuster to Rent Movies on TiVo

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:22:20 CDT

Blockbuster kicked off its latest reinvention effort today, announcing a new plan to beam on-demand movies through TiVo DVRs. One senior VP called the deal “step one in getting to the places that consumers care about.” Blockbuster will also sell TiVo DVRs in its stores, as part of a move...

Time to Give Netflix Its Dot-Com Due

Ambreen Ali — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:47:02 CST

Despite plenty of naysayers, Netflix boasts success like few other dot-coms, Chris O’Brien writes in the San Jose Mercury News . The movie-rental service reported record earnings despite the recession, “a neat trick that eBay and Yahoo could only dream of emulating.” Netflix’s innovative distribution system, inventory management, and prescient web-to-TV...

TiVo Adds Domino's to Its Menu

Sarah Quinn — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:46:00 CST

Hungry? Don't get up from the couch. TiVo customers can now order Domino's pizza right on their TVs, the Wall Street Journal reports, in a promotion that pops up when a customer forwards through a Domino's commercial. The promotion has two goals: Beefing up the pizza chain's bottom line—shares...

TiVo Brings Netflix to a TV Near You

Laila Weir — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:34:35 CDT

Starting in December, TiVo owners will be able to watch Netflix movies and TV episodes on their televisions, Ars Technica reports. Consumers will need to own a compatible TiVo device and subscribe to both services to get access to over 12,000 movies and shows. The companies first discussed a...

DVR Second Only to Cell Among Gizmos: Survey

Kevin Spak — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:37:01 CDT

Consumers prefer digital video recorders to nearly every other appliance and gadget they own, a survey finds. The group asked 1,012 DVR owners across four countries to rank their gadgets and appliances. The respondents overwhelmingly elected the DVR their second-most essential gadget (behind their cell phones), and third-most valuable...

TiVo-Amazon Deal Offers Onscreen Buying

Clay Dillow — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:28:47 CDT

TiVo and Amazon have teamed to introduce a “product purchase” tool that will allow viewers to buy the products being plugged onscreen, the New York Times reports. Soon, when Oprah Winfrey plugs a book or David Letterman talks up his musical guest, TiVo customers will be able to order said...