TiVo Adds Blockbuster Offering
You say Netflix, I say Blockbuster. Tomato, tomahto.
With so many boxes adding Netflix access, TiVo wanted to give a little love to Blockbuster's OnDemand service. The company that's synonymous with DVR has announced that they will add Blockbuster's content to its Series 2, Series 3, TiVo HD and TiVo HD XL products later this year.
TiVo currently streams Netflix content to some of its boxes. However, Blockbuster is offering something a little extra in return -- shelf space. Once the deal goes down, you should be able to walk into a Blockbuster store (assuming that you ever do that), and find TiVo DVRs.
Appropriate TiVo users will be able to buy and rent titles from Blockbuster's offering. There's no word on exactly when the partnership will kick in, but TiVo says the service should start sometime in the second half of 2009. -- Rachel Cericola