TiVo-Like Service Coming To Australia

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 27, 2004 @08:12PM from the escape-the-primetime-shackle dept.

rosy writes with good news for Australian television watchers: "CNET.com.au is reporting that a TiVo-like service will be available in November this year. Dubbed ICE ("Intelligent Content Engine") and developed by Peter Vogel, the technology will be built into set top boxes and personal video recorders to skip ads or lower the volume, view electronic program guides, etc. The article states that the service will cost $2-3 per week with the service launching initially in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong."

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who wouldn't pay for no ads by BoFiS · 2004-07-27 20:19 · Score: 5, Insightful

I'd pay that just to have advertisements taken out of my daily TV...infact it's one of the main reasons I like the ReplayTV 4000-series, you can just have it skip the ads all-together.

And for those of you who enjoy commercial breaks so you can run and get more chips or ice cream...remember, you can always just pause it!