Let’s face it, most social apps and interaction on television platforms are tedious silos… including TiVo’s very own Twitter app that launched on Virgin Media in 2011. However, TiVo CEO Tom Rogers has communicated that family and friends will “soon” be able to share viewing recommendations. And we wonder if, instead of managing this through a television UI, it’d be handled via the so-called “second screen.” A number of clues indicate that may be the case… Beyond TiVo’s upcoming TV Everywhere portal, a commissioned tivo.com redesign concept by Haraldur Thorleifsson and hosted on Dribbble includes a Friends tab indicating “TiVo is social. See what your friends are watching.” Of course, this text is most likely a placeholder. Yet, likely indicative of what TiVo’s been percolating. Indeed, TiVo Director Evan Young conveyed at the 2nd Screen CES Summit that the company has been researching things like user profiles, yet is taking a thoughtful approach – intending to add value in a non-creepy manner.
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Still doubt we'll ever see Season Pass sharing or our own "Guru Guides" ... Whatever they come up with, I hope it's not linked to Facebook and wonder if it's based on the Pique initiative?
"TiVo Director Evan Young conveyed at the 2nd Screen CES Summit that the company has been researching things like user profiles, yet is taking a thoughtful approach – intending to add value in a non-creepy manner."
May I humbly suggest an integrated camera and microphone?
Now that Intel is supposedly backing off on that front, TiVo could corner the market.
Did TiVo give you any indication during their demo at The Cable Show about when they would be rolling out their TV Everywhere portal with partner MSOs, such as RCN? Everyone from TiVo and RCN I've asked seems to be under a gag order on the subject.