The mobile device continues to morph into a remote control for the home network and all the gadgets that capture and distribute content. TiVo and Verizon Wireless have tied up to launch TiVo Mobile scheduling, a downloadable application that lets Verizon users operate their TiVo deice and schedule recordings using select mobile phones. TiVo developed the service together with Action Engine, a mobile software provider.
Users of the scheduling service, which is available for $1.99 monthly access on some Get It Now-enabled handsets, will also have access to premium entertainment content that is updated daily. The offer includes a customizable channel lineup, the most popular and most recorded shows and a current list of recommendations from TiVo.
Rafat adds: This comes a year after it was announced initially…also, another case of myopic short-term vision from Tivo. Regular readers know I am not a fan of exclusive operator-content player deals, and Tivo, which is struggling to move beyond its core base of users, should have been developing an off-deck app for this (technical complexities with scheduling a DVR remotely might have prevented this), or at least tied up with all major operators.
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