Here I was thinking of scenarios for using a website or widget to log into your PVR (hard disk TV recorder) remotely to set up and record programs away from home.. 'oops i forgot to set it to record Scrubs and at training tonight. I'll miss it'.
Ice TV in Australia already did, and have a Yahoo widget, and even an i-touch app.
Drool.. Want!
Ice TV in Australia have recently won the right to keep their EPG listings despite efforts by one of Australia's commercial TV stations. Its a case of the music industry again, the TV stations fear TIVO and PVRS as they are still stuck in the rut of on air ads that tehy fear people will fast forward or skip over.
Rather than adapt, they are fighting it. One TV station purchased the rights to distribute TIVO in Australia and killing ad skip functions. A veritable TIVO-tatorship is being created.
Hopefully we'll see Freeview introduce these innovations around its upcoming PVR offering..
One day too hopefully we'll see TV stations let people access programmes when they want, how they want to and not in a linear path. e.g. log in, get last weeks episodes of Dr Who you missed.
Broadcaster to content provider.. make the leap.. c'mon
I'm tempted to move back just for this.. almost...
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