ALVISO, Calif. – DVR manufacturer TiVo today announced a partnership with Yahoo! TV to enable users to remotely program their digital video recorder to record programs.
Yahoo! TV users can now request, via TiVo’s scheduling technology, recordings of their favorite TV shows on their TiVo Series2 devices from anywhere they access Yahoo!. Subscribers with a TiVo Series2 box and a standard Yahoo! user ID can use the service starting today.
“(C)onsumers using Yahoo! TV can easily program their TiVo devices remotely to record that new show they read about or catch their favorite show they discovered is being re-aired. In the coming months, TiVo and Yahoo! will also make some Yahoo! services, including photos, traffic, and weather available as part of the TiVo service,” said David Katz, head of sports and entertainment for Yahoo!.
"Beginning today, we’re giving Yahoo! users — whether they’re at the office or away from home — the ability to easily schedule recordings for later viewing,” added said Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo Inc.
Users, however, have to allow for an hour lag-time if their TiVo has a broadband connection, 36 hours if dialup.
