Yahoo Inc and TiVo Inc are teaming up to blend some of their services, a move that further fades the lines between offices and living rooms, TVs and PCs.
Under a partnership that was to be announced yesterday, the two will collaborate to offer Yahoo's Internet-based content and services through TiVo's digital video recording devices.
Users of Yahoo's TV page will now be able to click on a record-to-TiVo button directly from a TV program listing to remotely schedule recordings.
And in the coming months, Yahoo's traffic and weather content, as well as its users' photos will be viewable on TVs via TiVo's broadband service and easy-to-use screen menu.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
TiVo subscribers already have the ability to remotely schedule recordings from the TiVo Web site, but this will give the DVR pioneer a way to potentially tap Yahoo's large user base and gain some much-needed customers.
The California-based TiVo has about 3.6 million subscribers but it accrued fewer new customers in its last fiscal second quarter than it did the previous year, according to its financial report released in August. And though it posted its first profit in its eight-year history during that quarter, some analysts question whether it can continue to grow as satellite and cable companies develop their own DVR technology that offer lower subscription fees.
Meanwhile, Yahoo is seeing tremendous growth as more people turn to the Internet for news, entertainment, communication, and other services. But it is also under constant pressure from Google Inc and Microsoft Corp to expand its own offerings.
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