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Pandora Now Safe, But Some Costs Involved

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Twitter Users Agree: TiVo Search is Sloooow

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TiVo’s User Experience veep Margret Schmidt, @tivodesign, queried her Twitter followers last night:

Broadband-connected TiVo DVR users: do you use “Search by Title” or “TiVo Search” in “Find Programs” to find shows? Why?

The Next Round of Netbooks

Sony Vaio W series netbook

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs:

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Details on On Demand Online, aka TV Everywhere
Comcast and Time Warner held a joint press conference to announce details around the On Demand Online initiative. Specifically, Comcast will begin a trial next month to test out its authentication system and gather feedback on the new web video service.

July 1st Tru2way Deadline

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Ready to plug in that tru2way TV set you’ve got sitting in your living room? Yeah, probably not.

Netflix Forces Jinni To Disable Ratings

Netflix SiloI love Netflix, but more than once their data policies have forced me to reconsider whether or not I should continue my subscription. You see, I believe that when you rate a movie, the data should belong to you. After all, you were the one that spent the time to input the rating and it’s personal to your tastes. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that once you get past 100 ratings, you can’t even find two rating profiles that are identical.

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