Tridgell was also a leader in hacking the TiVo to make it work in Australia, which uses the PAL video format.

In October 2004, it was announced that Enterprise was the 25th most popular Season Pass on the TiVo television recording system in the United States.

Because 31 March 1999 was a blue moon, the engineering staff code-named this first version of the TiVo DVR " Blue Moon ".

TiVo was launched in Australia in July 2008 by Hybrid Television Services, a company owned by Australia's Seven Media Group and New Zealand's TVNZ.

The first ReplayTV model was introduced in January 1999 during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, at the same time as a competing DVR model from rival company TiVo.

The price of the original ReplayTV units was higher than comparable TiVo units by approximately the same amount as TiVo's lifetime subscription, so a lifetime subscription was essentially priced into the units.

ReplayTV won the " Best of Show " award in the video category with Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen as an early investor and board member, but TiVo was more successful commercially.

On the same day it was announced that TiVo would be arriving in New Zealand by Christmas 2009 ( Hybrid launched it in Australia in July 2008 ).

This was the most rewatched moment in TiVo history.

Any data collected was aggregated anonymously much like other serialized and identifiable devices such as TiVo have been employing since 1999.

It was founded by Steve Shannon, a former executive of ReplayTV, a TiVo competitor that was to became a unit of D & M Holdings, and is now owned by DirecTV.

The commercials received critical acclaim, and according to The Hollywood Reporter was the most watched part of the Super Bowl by TiVo viewers.

He picked the gamertag Major Nelson after a character by the same name on the 1960s U. S. television comedy I Dream of Jeannie after it was recommended to him by his TiVo.

TiVo ( ) is a digital video recorder ( DVR ) developed and marketed by TiVo, Inc. and introduced in 1999.

TiVo provides an on-screen guide of scheduled broadcast programming television programs, whose features include " Season Pass " schedules which record every new episode of a series, and " WishList " searches which allow the user to find and record shows that match their interests by title, actor, director, category, or keyword.

Unlike a videocassette recorder ( VCR ), which uses removable magnetic tape cartridges, a TiVo DVR stores television programs on an internal hard drive that can only be removed by disassembling the device.

What distinguishes TiVo from other DVRs is the sophisticated software written by TiVo Inc. that automatically records programs — not only those the user specifically requests, but also other material in which the user is likely to be interested.

In cases such as TiVo and Google, there has been an informal agreement between the modders and the company in which the modders agree not to do anything that destroys the company's business model and the company agrees to support the modding community by providing technical specifications and information.

This is because internet-based TV listings sites and the on-screen interactive program guides ( IPGs ) built directly into most of today's cable and satellite set top terminals, as well as into digital video recorders like TiVo, have mostly obviated the need for a dedicated TV listings channel by providing the same information in a speedier manner, and often in much more detail and with greater flexibility.

* Media FileSystem, the filesystem used by TiVo

The graphic identifies the source of programming even if it is time-shifted — that is, recorded to videotape, DVD, or via a digital personal video recorder such as TiVo by possibly station identification.

Season Pass can also refer to the term coined by the manufacturers of the TiVo personal video recorder for their function which allows a user to program the device to record all of the episodes of a series, even if their airings are rescheduled or pre-empted.

YouTube and other internet based video services allow users to watch network shows on demand on their computers by using TiVo and other set-top boxes such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.

* Personal video recorder by TiVo and Replay.

After exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 1999, Mike Ramsay announced to the company that the first version of the TiVo digital video recorder would ship " In Q1 ," ( the last day of which is 31 March ) despite an estimated four to five months of work remaining to complete the device.

* Mike Ramsay ( TiVo Inc .), co-creator of TiVo and co-founder of the company, TiVo Inc.

* DVR devices such as TiVo became popular, making it possible to record television broadcasts to a hard drive-based digital storage medium and allowing many additional features including the option to fast-forward through commercials or to use an automatic Commercial skipping feature.

The shows are distributed through a wide range of platforms and distribution partners, including Virgin America's in-flight entertainment system, CNET TV, iTunes, BitTorrent, YouTube, PyroTV, Miro, TiVo, and Zune.

This is important for products such as Moxi & TiVo CableCARD DVRs, televisions with picture-in-picture and CableCARD-equipped personal computers, which need to be able to record one show while the user is watching another.

A TiVo DVR serves a function similar to a videocassette recorder, in that both allow a television viewer to record programming for viewing at a later time.

This model featured a tuner to allow watching television in a PIP ( Picture-In-Picture ) window while waiting for pages to arrive, allowed one to capture video stills from video camera, VCR or broadcast television as a JPEG, and included a video tuner that allowed one to schedule a VCR in a manner like TiVo allowed several years later.

The company also introduced Nero LiquidTV / TiVo PC in partnership with TiVo, Inc. the same year, bringing the TiVo DVR experience to the PC.

TiVo also provides a range of features when the TiVo DVR is connected to a home network, including film and television show downloads, advanced search, personal photo viewing, music offerings, and online scheduling.

Since its launch in the United States, the TiVo has also been made available in New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and Spain.

They began the first public trials of the TiVo device and service in late 1998 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

TiVo also integrates its DVR service into the set-top boxes of satellite and cable providers.

In late 2000, Philips Electronics introduced the DSR6000, the first DirecTV receiver with an integrated TiVo DVR.

In early 2000, TiVo partnered with electronics manufacturer Thomson Multimedia ( now Technicolor SA ) and broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting to deliver the TiVo service in the UK market.

TiVo ended UK unit sales in January 2003, though it continued to sell subscriptions and supply guide data to existing subscribed units until June 2011.

TiVo branded products returned to the UK during 2010 under an exclusive partnership with cable television provider Virgin Media.

TiVo also launched a special 2009 Christmas TiVo DVR that has a 320Gb hard Drive and comes with the HNP free.

TiVo Australia also launched Blockbuster on demand and as of early December launched a novel service called Caspa on Demand.

TiVo also went on sale in New Zealand on 6 November 2009.