TiVo switches off UK sales

SmackCrackAndPot writes "On the TiVo Community forum, there is an announcement that TiVo will be switching off UK sales. This was previously reported in November at BizTech Library. It's probably not too surprising, after the BBC spammed TiVo owners with a new comedy show."

Comments

interesting.

[xao gypsie]

i find it funny *pun intended* that it took british comedy, of which i am a big fan, to remove tivo, when seemingly no amount of litigation and pointless court hearings can do it anywhere else.

at least thats my take on things.
xao

Re:interesting.

[leviramsey]

The least they could do is make the TiVOs record Coupling. If the BBC wants to force me to watch Kate Isitt for hours on end, who am I to complain?

The poor children heard urinal cake humor.

[$$$$$exyGal]

Some with families were angry that a post-watershed show had been automatically recorded and could be accessed by children.

For crying out loud, those people are just looking for something to complain about (which I'm sure you /. folks will understand ;-)). It's not like the show is filled with porn, it looks like the show is like any other brain-dead sitcom. I can just imagine the 10 year old boys waking early on Saturday morning and finding this illicit show on their Tivo. As they watched the tittilating comedy with jokes about urinal cakes, their eyebrows twitched nervously, and they repeatedly looked over their shoulder to see if Mom or Dad were walking in.

Jeesh.

--naked

Re:The poor children heard urinal cake humor.

[ksdd]

Mmmmm...urinal cakes...

Insane...

[Eric_Cartman_South_P]

...before you know it one day major internet providers will start cutting t

Dossa and Joe

[Anonymous Coward]

"It's no wonder why it's Britain's longest running sitcom and today we're showing all 7 episodes"

Worst Episode Ever...

Re:"Post-watershed"

[Anonymous Coward]

Yup, because we wouldn't want kids below the age of 18 or 16 knowing anything about condoms. Or "female sanitary protection" products. Their parents might have to talk to them about those icky subjects. Much better they be shocked when they start to menstruate in the locker room - or fail to.

Re:ehh... BBC = no commercials?

[stratjakt]

Who buys a TiVo in a country with like 2 TV channels?

Whats the selling hook? Pause live cricket matches? They're so boring they're self-pausing.

Re:"Post-watershed" term

[dmanny]

Or at least this particular usage of the compound "post-watershed" I was unfamiliar with this compound phrase as well and google provided a fairly low (750) set of matches, most referring to broadcast regulations in the UK, the rest actual watersheds in the sense that I did recogize. I can only speculate but...

A geographic watershed is a region that drains to a single river/lake etc. It is bounded by a line of high ground that differentiates it from the surrounding other watershed areas.

The phrase "watershed event" is used to denote a particular point at which things become easier - i.e. "The advent of peer-to-peer filesharing was a watershed devent for the distribution of music". :-)

So it would seem that this usage of watershed is referring to a point of demarcation -- in this case a time of day.

We are separated by a common language. Sometime I should put my experience on using a Haynes automotive service manual to pull an engine. Language provided an amusing mis-step.

So I conclude, perhaps incorrectly, that is the point after which programming goes downhill.