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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. Unauthorized Clients by G0SP0DAR · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will it work with Trillian? www.trillian.cc AOL has been a prick lately about third-party clients...

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    1. Re:Unauthorized Clients by Da+w00t · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No, AOL has been picky about nasty clients, not good clients. Throughout the entire trillian fiasco, all gaim users using the oscar or toc protocol did not have any problems. AOL was directly targeting trillian.

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  2. Security Flaws? by YourMissionForToday · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I love how EVERYTHING has to be hooked up to the Internet now. I don't want to turn on my TIVO and see that some Hax0r has told it to record 60 hours of paid programming and Dawson's Creek. Yes, the TIVO connects to the Internet anyway, but this is a potentially huge problem. I'm hoping one day that my oven connects to the Internet so that hackers can use it to burn my apartment down.

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  3. I love TiVo but... by keep_it_simple_stupi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think they're missing their target audience here. I mean sure, the techno illiterate (AOL users) will be able to use a TiVo, but are they really going to be the ones that want this functionality? They need to make this service available to everyone who uses the "real" internet.

    Just my $.02

  4. Re:No OS equiv? by ajs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There will likely be no protocol.

    Or, to be more correct about it, you will talk to AOL, AOL will talk to TiVo and your TiVo box already calls up TiVo WCHQ each night to report on your recent service to the overmind, so the schedule changes from your AOL service will just be added into the mix. Presumably this will mean that you can only cause things to be recorded from AOL that are 24 hours or more out (or they can tell you to "force a dial in" after you submit your info to AOL). I can't imagine how else they would do it, since your TiVo only has access the outside world when it dials in anyway.

    TiVo Web is a much better way to go.

  5. two sides of the same mouth by BenSnyder · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Looks like AOL-Time Warner needs to get their story straight. I mean, first PVR users are theives, and now the same conglomerate wants to add functionality to their PVR?

    It doesn't make sense to me unless they're just dying to insert pop-up ads over actual TV shows.

  6. Re:Ughh, Tivo and AOL by kindbud · · Score: 3, Insightful

    However, I don't think it's a good idea to team up with AOL.

    Oh no, getting access to 23 million+ naive consumers who have at least $20 disposable income per month is usually the death knell for any fledgling business. Yessirree.

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  7. Don't hold your breath... by burnsy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This was a cover story for the fact that AOL pulled out of joint devlopment of an AOLTV\TiVo box for Time Warner cable subs.

    Think about it, how would you IM with without a keyboard?