TiVo Mobile Website Let's Users Schedule their TiVo from Mobile Phones

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on November 25, 2008 12:38 PM

TiVo Inc. is now offering TiVo Mobile, a free mobile website for searching for TV shows and scheduling user's TiVo DVRs from their mobile phones.

The site is optimized for easy use on a small screen. Site visitors can search for programs by actor, title, director, and keyword, with additional functions including Daily Recommendations and Most Popular. The TiVo Mobile site also features an "If you like this..." tool to help users find new shows.

TiVo subscribers have the option to schedule recordings on their Series2 or Series3 TiVo boxes directly through the site, bringing a new level of ease to recording TV.

Anyone can browse, search and discover television shows, whether or not they have a TiVo DVR at home. The TiVo Mobile site extends on-the-go functionality to a large audience, bringing the freedom of TiVo scheduling to places it has never been before.

The new application joins an unmatched set of service features available to TiVo lovers, including content from Amazon Video on Demand and Jaman, as well as videos from YouTube direct to the TV set. Coming this December, thousands of movies and TV episodes can be instantly streamed from Netflix. The new mobile site also nicely complements remote scheduling through TiVo.com and TiVo Desktop Software, which allows viewers to transfer their shows to an Apple iPod, Sony PSP, or other portable players.

M.tivo.com is in beta beginning today and will be available on a wide scale within a few weeks.