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Program Tivo over AOL

Posted by timothy on from the assimilation dept.

mynametaken writes: "Saw this article about AOL and Tivo partnering to offer services. The gist: Terms of the pact call for San Jose, Calif.-based TiVo to integrate AOL features like instant messaging (IM) and live chat into its new TiVo Series2 DVRs, which were introduced earlier this year. Also, both companies are working to provide AOL members who are also TiVo subscribers with the ability to schedule recordings on their TiVo from the AOL service. I know that being able to program a PVR remotely is a big request. It looks like we'll have to have AOL to do it, though."

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  1. all is good until by lingqi · · Score: 4, Funny

    AOL program introduces a small bug (probabbly something to do with calendar) (see previous story) and all the Simpsons we want to record turns out to be "Dawson's creek" instead...

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  2. No OS equiv? by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmm.. if it's programmable via AOL, couldn't someone develop another application that does the same thing? How hard would it be to fugure out the protocol?

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  3. Come on security holes... by saintlupus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can hardly wait to fill other people's TiVo drives with dreadful Cinemax softcore porn.

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    1. Re:Come on security holes... by PinkStainlessTail · · Score: 3, Funny
      I can hardly wait to fill other people's TiVo drives with dreadful Cinemax softcore porn

      You'd be like the Santa Claus of dreadful softcore!

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  4. I'm confused. by gklinger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me get this straight. AOL-TimeWarner owns Turner Broadcasting. Turner Broadcasting says PVR users are thieves and yet AOL is making it easier for me to use my PVR?

    1. Re:I'm confused. by Knobby · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't worry, the Senator from Disney will clear it all up with his next bill.

  5. Turner's gonna be pissed... by zaren · · Score: 4, Funny

    Turner Broadcasting thinks PVR users are theives, though... and AOL owns Turner Broadcasting!

    Maybe they can set up their system to skip recording anything that's on a Turner station...

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    1. Re:Turner's gonna be pissed... by SDrifter · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, it's brilliant. Now, they'll know exactly who's recording their shows! And when they find out...

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  6. But Instant Messenging is theft! by eyeball · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just wait till Turner Broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner figures out that instant messenging distracts the viewer from watching commercials during ad-supported basis. That project will be dead quicker than you can say "what a freakin jackass."

    Seriously, I could see television executives, using legislation or lawsuits, require all set-top boxes to freeze up during commercials and not allow the user to do anything but watch.

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  7. Re:I'm glad someone noticed this... by smnolde · · Score: 5, Funny

    The left hand is whacking the Turner idiot off and the other is choking him for autoerotic asphyxiation... sooner or later something's gonna go really wrong with a fucked up arrangement like that.