[IMDB Studio Briefing] New TiVO wrinkle: spam TV

[Gordon Mohr]

http://us.imdb.com/StudioBrief/#3

# Personal Digital Recorder May Not Be So Personal
#
# Some British owners of the TiVo personal video recorder 
# have expressed outrage after learning that their recorders 
# seized online and were used to automatically record an episode 
# of the BBC sitcom Dossa and Joe without their knowledge or 
# approval and that the show will remain on their hard disks for 
# a week. Britain's The Register reported Friday that some viewers 
# have branded the transmission and recording "spam TV." TiVo 
# responded that the program used space on TiVo's hard drive 
# reserved for such promotions and that viewers who don't want to 
# watch the programs can simply ignore them. Dossa and Joe debuted 
# a week ago to strong critical praise but disappointing ratings.

Just think, someday your TiVo can be filled with an endless
parade of brief "test" clips from far-east spammers and hackers. 

- Gordon