I came home to a service message on my TiVo informing me that the TiVo privacy policy has been updated pertaining “primarily to the addition of new functionality that will enable TiVo subscribers to download content to their Series2 DVR.”
I went on the web to see their full privacy policy and read this tidbit:
If you affirmatively elect to use the Online Scheduling feature of the TiVo Plus service or download content to your TiVo DVR using a TiVo content delivery service (”CDS”), TiVo will collect the Personally Identifiable Viewing Information associated with fulfillment of your individual request(s).
Hmm. A January press release from TiVo tells us
To provide consumers even more convenience and control over their entertainment experience, TiVo is developing a new content delivery service that will enable TiVo® Series2™ subscribers to search and access broadband content.
Maybe I’m just chompin’ at the bit here, but combine that with the news that Netflix is “close to offering online movie downloads”, and maybe we’re gonna be able to download movies with the click of a TiVo remote soon. Wouldn’t that be awesome?
There’s been talk for some time about a partnership between Netflix and TiVo. And it makes a lot of sense to me. And hey, it’d get me to switch from Blockbuster to Netflix in a heartbeat.