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Free App: TiVo for BlackBerry

Do you have a TiVo DVR hooked up in your living room? Do you have a BlackBerry? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then you'll probably be interested in this new app. TiVo and RIM, the BlackBerry maker, have unveiled a free app that will allow people to control their TiVos from their BlackBerry.

Idol's Bad Timing Drives Fans Online

All day on Google Trends, the list of top trending search terms has carried several variations of keyword phrases related to Adam Lambert’s performance of a Donnie Darko soundtrack version of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World.”

Blockbuster To Offer Movies On TiVo

Blockbuster said today it would start offering movies and TV shows over TiVo's DVRs. Users will have access to about 10,000 movies and TV shows that can be purchased or rented on TiVo Series 2, Series 3 or HD series device. Films on Blockbuster's OnDemand service will be available for $2 to $4 for rental and purchased movies start at around $10.

Netflix Forms A Partnership with TiVo

It looks like Netflix is about ready to get another big boost to its competitiveness in the quest for online video domination. The video service has announced a deal which will see it streaming content through TiVo.

YouTube Now On TiVo

Starting today TiVo will offer its subscribers access to YouTube videos on their television sets through their broadband TiVo boxes.TiVo's deal with YouTube is the company's first for streaming online content. TiVo does have partnerships with 60 online sites that offer content. Users will not be able to store YouTube videos, but they will be able to view them and bookmark them to watch later.

TiVo Adds Disney Content

TiVo said today that its subscribers will soon be able to download Disney movies through their DVRs directly from their TVs.Titles will be available to rent through an agreement with Disney and CinemaNow. The movies will be available for a 24-hour rental period in standard definition, some titles will also be available in high definition.

TiVo Wins Patent Dispute

Just off the wire, Dish Network has failed to convince an appeals court to overturn TiVo's earlier patent win against the company. TiVo's earlier win is upheld.

TiVo Comes Under Attack

Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit | Lawgarithms | ZDNet.com Denise Howell has an informative write up on a copyright debate held last week at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood.Participants in the debate included TiVo VP and general counsel Matt Zinn, Executive Director of the Copyright Alliance Patrick Ross, Fred von Lohman from the EFF and moderator Doug Lichtman of UCLA Law School.Two things I found interesting in the article.

TiVo To Offer Online Video

TiVo has announced that its users will be able to select video from the Internet for playback on televisions through its digital video recording service.The new feature, unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show, will allow subscribers to use "Season Pass" to record video content available on Real Simple Syndication, or RSS feeds. The online videos could range from broadcast nightly newscast to more specialty videos pulled from blogs or independent Internet sites.

DVR Owners Skip Most Ads

One in four online consumers use a digital video recorder (DVR), according to survey from ABI Research.