Not such great news if you own a TiVo or were (perhaps improbably) planning to buy one this weekend: there will be a bunch of service outages next week for systems maintenance. Danny over at Gizmodo has the full details; we can’t imagine too many people use their TiVo to record daytime TV, but it’s still something to keep an eye on. [Gizmodo]
2010 has been the first year where shows we’ve recorded to watch later have been included in official ratings. It’s no surprise that drama tops the list of shows we want to catch even at a distance, but the figures are still far from complete. More »
Since late last year, Australian TV ratings have also included data on people who record shows and watch them later. Which shows are most likely to benefit from that switch — and why is the data about time shift still pretty suspect? More »
Foxtel subscribers have been able to download programs to view on their PC since last October. By this October, the pay TV provider will also offer download services for its iQ PVR, as well as scheduling from PCs and iPhones. More »
TV Tonight sums up the current state of TV right now more neatly than we probably could: with all three commercial channels planning to hold their relative handful of decent shows until after Easter and then screening them against each other, you need either a decent PVR filled with content or Channel BT right now. The network care factor has officially reached zero. [TV Tonight]
To date, TiVo’s main offering in the video-on-demand space has been movies in partnership with Blockbuster. That’s about to expand dramatically however, with the release of new higher-capacity TiVo-branded PVRs and a host of download options. More »
Nielsen has recently reported that 46 per cent of viewers aren’t skipping commercials in shows recorded on their personal video recorders (PVRs). That number seemed ridiculously high to us, so we’re asking you: Do you watch, skip, or run to the kitchen on commercials? More »
Foxtel is reportedly joining the online broadcasting brigade, allowing subscribers to catch up with some of its shows via a dedicated site. More »
