TiVo Expands to Broadband Search
TiVo announced today that they are now offering the capability to search not only cable and satellite programming sources, but now broadband content as well. The boundary between traditional TV programming has now been breached. It only remains to see how TiVo users will respond to the increased content offerings.
At the heart of this new feature is strategic partnerships that TiVo has formed with NetFlix, Amazon, YouTube, and others. The amount of content between these companies is staggering. If there was ever any doubt – the days of channeling surfing are over. Instead, TV and video content has been in the words of the CEO of TiVo has been “Googleized”.
Congresses Attempt to Protect Content in a Digital Age
I ran across this U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing from way back in 2002. Chaired by Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of South Carolina, the committee attempted to address the growing concern regarding piracy of digital programming – both over the air as well as served up online. Fortunately, cooler heads in the form of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) prevailed and the overbearing restrictions proposed by Sen. Hollings in his opening statement never took hold.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002
Washington, DC.
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ERNEST F. HOLLINGS,
U.S. SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA