Originally published December 3 2005
Yahoo and TiVo launch programming service
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The service will enable TiVo Series 2 set-top boxes to be scheduled over the internet through the Yahoo TV page. The recordings must be set an hour or more ahead of time for a broadband connection or at least 36 hours for dialup.
Yahoo and TiVo launched a service on Monday that enables TiVo's digital video recorder (DVR) to be programmed through a Yahoo portal so users can schedule shows to record through Yahoo's TV listings.
The two companies also plan to expand the partnership in the next few months to display photos stored on the Yahoo Photos site on their TiVo boxes, along with local traffic and weather information.
Yahoo, along with other search engines like Google and blinkx, has been moving to expand its range of video services as the Internet and TV continue to converge.
"Our goal is to provide our users on any platform with whatever content they are most interested in," David Katz, Yahoo's vice president for entertainment and sports programming, told The New York Times.
Shares of Yahoo were down $0.25 to $37.62 in recent trading, while shares of TiVo were up $0.32 to $5.44.
Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo advises users to pre-schedule the recordings at least an hour ahead of time if the TiVo box is connected to a broadband connection on their home network, or at least 36 hours if it is connected via dialup.
The deal should help Alviso, California-based TiVo compete better against the DVR services offered by cable operators like Time Warner Cable, but it may not be enough to compensate for the lapse of its deal with DirecTV to market TiVo's service with its satellite TV service (see DirecTV Scuttles TiVo DVRs).
In other Yahoo news on Monday, Yahoo announced plans to purchase the remaining shares of Yahoo Europe and Yahoo Korea.
Yahoo will own 100 percent of Yahoo U.K., Yahoo Germany, Yahoo France, and Yahoo Korea after a $500-million cash deal with Softbank Holdings to purchase Softbank's stake of 30 percent in the sites.
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