Like a brutal child irretrievably mashing together differently-colored chunks of playdough, TiVo's forthcoming amalgamation of online and offline media is the boost they needed to get me interested in paying for a DVR subscription. Facing up to competition from cable and dish providers at one end and from the likes of Microsoft and Apple at the other, TiVo will now offer web video podcasts sourced from both major networks and subscribers.
The podcasting service, TiVoCast, will include a sharing mechanism to allows subscribers to set up "private channels," distributing their own content to friends and family. Best of all, TiVo will provide show recommendations from celebrities: a feature against which the rest of the slate simply fades into insignificance.
thro' Wired