Yahoo! Plans to Connect Services With Tivo

Mango Man writes "According to the NY Times, Yahoo! and Tivo plan to connect their services to help differentiate themselves in their respective markets. The first feature offered will be modest: Tivo users will be able to find programs in Yahoo!'s listings and send them to Tivo to record." Ladies and gentlemen, begin your merger rumours!

Yahoo is already starting this...

[mprindle]

Go to the Yahoo TV listings. Click on a show and look for "You can record this program to your TiVo.". Click on the Learn More Link to register for the service.

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Re:What about illicit access?

[LiquidCoooled]

Theres about the same amount of precaution as you put into your email account.

Its certainly not anything serious, but if your free with your account details then expect to get burnt.

I would like something like this, being able to run a web app from anywhere in the world and configure my video would save my missus heartache ("OMG I forgot to set the tape" is a commonly heard phrase).

Re:Tivo question

[Dionysus]

Don't have a Tivo, but wondered, does it require a separate internet connection

Separate internet connection.

I fail to see how TiVo is any more vulnerable than an average Linux machine. It should be even less, since the machine itself makes the connection to homebase. It doesn't allow incoming connection (you can open a terminal through the serial port, but that's it).

Re:Tivo question

[kyouteki]

It acutally "dials home" with an internal modem nightly to retrieve data from TiVo's servers. Or, as an alternative, you can get a USB network connector and it'll grab stuff more or less instantly.

If you read the Yahoo-Tivo signup page, it'll say, "Your request will be automatically sent to your home the next time your TiVo box connects. Please allow one hour if your TiVo is connected to broadband through your home network, 36 hours if your TiVo uses dialup."