TiVo Delivers the Best of the Web to Any Television
FrameChannel on the TiVo® service allows users to customize content from
thousands of sources and display on the television set
WHO: Continuing to bring the best of the Web to your TV, TiVo today announced the availability of FrameChannel, a new application for any broadband connected TiVo DVR that brings personalized content from the Web directly to your television set.
WHAT: TiVo users can now personalize the delivery of local news, weather and sports, as well as updates from social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr all onto your TV. FrameChannel adds to the growing content already available on the TiVo service, combining cable, movies, web and music into one box.
• Make it Personal
o The FrameChannel application makes it easy to create a constantly updating slideshow of information, based on your location and preferences. You can customize the information feed further with your favorite RSS links.
o It’s free and easy to make your own TiVo FrameChannel by visiting http://tivo.framechannel.com.
• Make it Local
o With several quick start apps, you can receive the latest local news, weather, traffic, stocks or see the latest sport scores – all customized based on your zip code.
o Or, you can select from thousands of information choices through FrameChannel to add to your slideshow of customized content on your TiVo homepage.
• Make it Social
o Via the FrameChannel app, TiVo can deliver updates from your social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Digg.
o You can even create a slideshow of pictures from Facebook, Flickr, and other sites.
HOW: To get started, visit the TiVo web site for step-by-step instructions for viewing personalized web content on your TiVo box.
WHEN: FrameChannel is available immediately on broadband connected TiVo Series2™, Series3™, TiVo HD, and Premiere DVRs.
To request additional information, contact:
Jessica Loebig: jloebig@tivo.com, 408.519.9655
Matt McLernon: mclernonm@ruderfinn.com, 415.249.6775
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The iPad announcement is finally here and the FrameChannel team has been working on the ultimate screensaver app in its anticipation. To turn an idle iPad into a dynamic photo and information experience the FrameChannel app will be second to none
Internally, we often discuss the “sweet spot” for the FrameChannel service. Wikipedia defines a sweet spot as a place where a combination of factors suggest a particularly suitable solution. FrameChannel has been very successful with a variety of connected screens in partnerships with companies such as Sony, Viewsonic, Roku, Toshiba, Samsung, Philips, Kodak, and Motorola. But FrameChannel’s “sweet spot” may soon be defined with Apple’s likely centerpiece announcement this week of their highly anticipated Apple Tablet.
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You couldn’t walk very far at CES this year without seeing a product or prototype in the Tablet, Slate PC or Media Player space. With the anticipation of the Apple Tablet announcement later this month, many CE companies were trying to beat Steve to the punch by showing off their newest Slate PC. All great news for FrameChannel users as FrameChannel will be available on many of these devices in both a screensaver mode, turning your idle tablet into a decorative and informative connected screen while also offering an interactive mode, one click access to the content that matters to you most.
And for every tablet announced, it seemed there was a media player announced from Boxee to Roku to Popbox, many CE companies are getting in the space of allowing over the top access to internet content on your TV, bypassing the cable companies. FrameChannel is already available on many of these devices and others are lining up.
Based on the activity at CES, looks like a huge year for the FrameChannel service!
As noted on WirelessPictureFrame, this Apple Tablet is the most talked about device that has never been officially announced. Just as Apple reset the bar for the mobile phone industry, we are excited that they will do the same for connected screens as the opportunity for a FrameChannel interactive screensaver on a large touch screen device is something we’ve been talking about since FrameChannel was first dreamed up.
