aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Monday, May 21, 2007

TiVo expands its Internet search

The new feature will be pushed out over the next 8 weeks:

TiVo will narrow the gap between Internet video and conventional TV viewing this week by introducing what it calls the first “TV-centric on-screen search tool” to find programming in both realms.

The DVR pioneer’s system, called Universal Swivel Search, will let its subscribers who like a TV show or movie search for other programs they might like based on elements in common, including the title, actors and subject matter—as well as suggestions from other fans. [...]

Rogers says that search tool may prompt more Web sites to make video available via TiVo.