Digital Home Thoughts: Intel Recruits TiVo To Viiv Cause

"Intel has persuaded TiVo to support its Viiv media centre PC platform. According to reports, the PVR pioneer will ensure programmes recorded on its set-top boxes will play on Viiv-based machines. Intel today said it will be partnering with around 40 content companies to promote Viiv, and TiVo is one of them, a number of online reports claim, some citing Kevin Corbett, Intel's VP in charge of content services. Certainly, when we spoke to Intel VP and general manager, sales and marketing group, Anand Chandrasekher yesterday, he said some 250 companies will be joining Intel to launch Viiv, which is expected to come to market in Q1 2006. That number includes content providers and big names from the consumer electronics world, he said, without naming names."

Very interesting. I am happy to hear of all the cool investments that TiVo is making to secure its future. After a few months/years of floundering, it looks like TiVo appears to be getting a vision. Anyways, I found this cool and crazy video that hypothesizes about the future of some of the major technologies of our age that I think is related. Amusing though how Google apparently wins over all else and Microsoft and Yahoo are completely discounted.