As we all know, TiVo collects annonymous usage information about their customer’s viewing habits. According to this article, the top 3 TiVo’d moments of the 2004 summer Olympics were:

1. USA Olympian Paul Hamm’s gold medal performance on the high bar on
August 18
2. Review of Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima “questionable” dolphin kick in the
100m breaststroke event on August 15
3. Chinese Olympian Fan Ye’s accident while dismounting the uneven bars
on August 17

One of the other interesting parts of article had to do with the fact that TiVo usage increased dramatically during the games.

Additionally, live viewership of television broadcasts among TiVo users increased 20 percent during the Olympic games as compared to the week prior to the start of the games and usage of TiVo pause, rewind, fast forward, instant replay, and slo mo functionality was up almost 17 percent in the same time period.

Based on some discussion on this site, I knew that the Olympics were a big hit for TiVo however; I didn’t expect the numbers to be as high as indicated by this article. What’s the next big event for TiVo users?