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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
TiVo, Amazon to push download directly to TV
TiVo Inc. announced on Tuesday that many of its customers can now order pay-per-view movies and television shows from Amazon.com's Unbox download service directly from their TV, without a personal computer.
TiVo upgraded the "Amazon Unbox on TiVo" service to allow customers with high-speed Internet connections to select one of about 10,000 movies, shows or other video, using the TiVo remote control.
For TiVo, the new capabilities help to distinguish it's DVR units from less expensive models now offered by cable and satellite providers.
This is continued good news for the movie downloads market as it opens more doors for consumers to get great content and view it in the more comfortable family room setting.
Amazon Unbox competitor HungryFlix.com has offered movie downloads for Apple TV since the device's introduction in March.
TiVo upgraded the "Amazon Unbox on TiVo" service to allow customers with high-speed Internet connections to select one of about 10,000 movies, shows or other video, using the TiVo remote control.
For TiVo, the new capabilities help to distinguish it's DVR units from less expensive models now offered by cable and satellite providers.
This is continued good news for the movie downloads market as it opens more doors for consumers to get great content and view it in the more comfortable family room setting.
Amazon Unbox competitor HungryFlix.com has offered movie downloads for Apple TV since the device's introduction in March.
Labels: apple tv, digital download, internet video, iptv, movie downloads, online video, tivo
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