TV.com Community Can Now Schedule and Record Their Favorite Shows on TiVo Directly From TV.com

 

SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 - TV.com, the place where television lives online, and TiVo Inc., the creator of and a leader in television services and advertising solutions for digital video recorders (DVRs),  today announced an agreement that lets the TV.com community find and schedule TV shows to record on their TiVo DVR directly through TV.com.

 

TV fans come to TV.com to keep up-to-date on shows that interest them the most through the site's in-depth show coverage, videos, polls, and community conversations. TV.com users that have a TiVo® Series2^TM or Series3^TM, TiVo HD or TiVo HD XL DVR, are now able to schedule recordings directly to their DVR via TV.com.  Recording single episodes or entire seasons of their favorite shows is easy - users simply click the "Record to TiVo" button on TV.com show pages and the request will be sent directly to their TiVo DVR.

 

"TV.com enhances the television experience with content, information and community features that complements our audiences' favorite TV shows. In fact, more than 20% of our community is on TV.com while watching TV," said Jeff Clark, Vice President of TV.com. "We are thrilled to be working with TiVo, a pioneer in home entertainment, to bring this new functionality to our community, making it even easier for consumers to watch their favorite shows and discover new ones."

 

"Working with TV.com to offer our subscribers the ability to easily schedule recordings while away from the home illustrates our commitment to delivering the consumer the best way to watch television," said Tara Maitra, general manager and vice president of content services and advertising sales at TiVo Inc.

 

TV.com continues its goal to be the most comprehensive television site on the Web for community, content and information. According Nielsen VideoCensus (April 2009), for the month of April, TV.com hit an all-time high in unique views, and posted its fourth consecutive month for record highs in streams and minutes spent on the site. TV.com posted significant year-over-year growth across all key video metrics including a 2211% increase in unique viewers, 9282% increase in streams, and 24,704% increase in minutes spent on the site. TV.com also continues to post increases month-over-month (11%) and year-over-year (39%) in unique users on the site, according to Nielsen NetView (April 2009 Data).

 

About TV.com

TV.com is one of the leading unbiased destinations for premium entertainment and community around TV.  The site features video content such as full episode streams, video-clips, live-event coverage and behind-the-scenes footage, plus expert editorial content like entertaining features and weekly podcasts. The site also provides in-depth show summaries, episode guides and downloads, bios, photos, news, and more on nearly 20,000 TV series. This content is greatly enriched by one of the largest and vocal community of TV fans who express themselves via show summaries, reviews, ratings, blogs, forums, polls, and videos.

 

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