From Cnet, a longish piece on the intersection of search and Tivo, with an emphasis on reporting from anonymous sources claiming something of a competition between Yahoo and Google to do an exclusive deal with Tivo for “bridging television and the web.”
From the piece:
A partnership between TiVo and a major Internet search engine would offer expansion opportunities for both. TiVo has long talked about becoming the “Google of TV,” eventually enabling its 3 million subscribers to search for and watch any broadcast or broadband media. Though TiVo opened the door for video downloads straight from the Web, it does not yet offer such a feature.
Meanwhile, Google and Yahoo are investing heavily in video services.
For my riff on tv and search merging, head here. For my interview with Tivo CEO Mike Ramsay, head here.
According to “EPIC” they are not investing enough yet 🙂