TiVo Watches the Super Bowl

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Posted by michael on Tuesday February 5, 2002 @01:47AM from the watching-us-watching-them dept.

Boone^ writes: "While millions of people were seeing a tremendous football game, TiVo was busy collecting statistics about the Super Bowl viewing habits of its subscribers. Based on a random sampling of 10,000 of the 280,000 subscribers, they found out that Pepsi/Britney was the subject of the most replayed Ad(s), and not surprisingly the play that got the most attention was Vinatieri's game-winning FG."

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Replaying the commercials by jmallett · 2002-02-05 01:50 · Score: 3, Funny

And we're shocked that the same male geeks who would actually fork over the money for TiVo enjoyed looking at Britney the most, too!
hmmm by InsaneCreator · 2002-02-05 01:55 · Score: 4, Funny

TiVo Watches the Super Bowl... ...and horny geeks watch Britney. :)
1. Re:hmmm by nettdata · 2002-02-05 02:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  >> TiVo Watches the Super Bowl... ...and horny geeks watch Britney. :)
  
  And to get the inside scoop on Britney, more specifically, her magically morphing chest, be sure to check out The Mystery of Britney Spears' Breasts! from our friends at Ifilm.com.
  
  Let's see Katz do a review on that!
  
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Tivo owners watch the Super Bowl? by Dimwit · 2002-02-05 01:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Tivo owners watch the Super Bowl? But...but...sunlight, outdoors...sports...

I don't know, it doesn't seem right. Shouldn't they be downloading Linux or trying to destroy the WTO or something?

What's this world coming to...

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1. Re:Tivo owners watch the Super Bowl? by hrieke · 2002-02-05 02:04 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Tivo owners watch the Super Bowl? But...but...sunlight, outdoors...sports...
  
  It was held at night, indoors, and we were all watching Britney.
  
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This is not a bad thing by johnburton · 2002-02-05 02:00 · Score: 5, Funny

I *want* tv companies to know what I like to watch, and advertisers to know that I almost always skip their adverts because they are dull and pointless.

I don't want them to know that the data comes from *me*, but I certainly have no objection to them knowing what is watched so maybe they'll make more programs I like.

This is a *good* thing.

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Re:Brittany by SteveM · 2002-02-05 02:16 · Score: 5, Funny

... I think we should give credit where credit is due!
So who's the plastic surgeon then?
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Hell With That! by Greyfox · 2002-02-05 03:09 · Score: 3, Funny

Did anyone fastforward through the game to watch the commercials?

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Re:service model economics = we don't want it by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-05 03:41 · Score: 3, Funny

Jeez. Again: NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU ARE INDIVIDUALLY DOING. NOBODY. NOT EVEN YOUR MOM. Go downstairs and ask her if you doubt it.

What do you tink is happening? "Ohhh, look, Johnny Slashdot watched The Man Show and reqound while the girls where on the trampoline. Let's go arrest him!!

Get over yourselves, people.