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By: TiVo Lovers Blog » Blog Archive » TiVo Blog makes PC World’s ‘100 Blogs We Love’ List

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:04:10 +0000

[...] to Alex! TiVoBlog.com is a blog I’ve followed for a long time (apparently since November 17th, 2004 - damn, time flies) and I’ve had a number of exchanges with Alex over the past few years. [...]

By: TiVoBlog.com » Blog Archive » TiVo Releases New Ad Feature

TiVoBlog.com » Blog Archive » TiVo Releases New Ad Feature — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:41:39 +0000

[...] TiVo has released a new advertising feature to approximately 1,000,000 of its’ subscribers. As far as I can tell, this is the feature that November of ‘04. If anybody has a screenshot of it let me know. I would be more then happy to post it on this site. In the mean time we will have to wait and see how it works. [...]

By: Eoghann

Eoghann — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:59:13 +0000

But the “pop ups” referred to are nothing like the pop-ups you get while browsing. They’re a banner that appears on screen just like the thumbs up icon sometimes appears already.

There aren’t any extra buttons you have to hit, there’s nothing slowing your fast forward. Everything works just like it did before unless you voluntarily choose to see more.

By: TylerDurden

TylerDurden — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:23:53 +0000

This idea stinks. When I first heard this news, I considered cancelling TiVo and getting Replay. That’s only delaying the inevitable since Replay will soon follow suit. Also, I have put some chunk of cash into self-upgrading my TiVo (larger hard drives, wireless access). Our only option is to continue to hack our DVRs and remove this option or find a way to block them just as we do pop-up ads while surfing via PC. That’s what I am going to do anyway. Where there’s a will there is a way. TiVo is forcing my meddling hands…

By: TVHarmony

TVHarmony — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 05:09:58 +0000

Fast Forwarding Ads in Tivo
I feel obligated to add my two cents on the now famous decision to put banner ads in Tivo when a user fast forwards past commercials. There are some pithy comments here at Build Your Own PVR, TivoBlog.com, Thomas Hawk,…

By: Solar Flare

Solar Flare — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:47:52 +0000

Tivo Hysteria
Well aren’t we all getting into a tizzy over nothing?

It seems that Tivo is going to extend its advertising a little further. Not only will there be star items on the menu, but when people are fast forwarding through commercials (no mention of the …

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:04:50 +0000

I found this blog looking for metions of the TiVo ad pop-ups. Since it didn’t seem to exist I just used the RSS2 feed to create a syndicated feed for Live Journal users: http://www.livejournal.com/users/tivoblog/

I don’t think this is that big a deal. It is a minor change, and I’m far more interested in TiVoToGo than this.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:09:44 +0000

This might not be so bad. As long as the ads are small banners and they dissapear as soon as I stop fast fowarding. Hopefully this will open up a major stream of revenue for TiVo!

This is true however; the only thing that irritates me is that TiVo is adding a bunch of “features” that the consumer really doesn’t want/need. I hope that once TiVoToGo comes out it will quench my thirst for new features :).

By: Jack_Mehoff

Jack_Mehoff — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:38:39 +0000

This might not be so bad. As long as the ads are small banners and they dissapear as soon as I stop fast fowarding. Hopefully this will open up a major stream of revenue for TiVo!