WTFH: TiVo goes Web 2.0

Posted March 30, 2006 at 07:48 PM by Adam Berger

Section: Web, Web 2.0, Features, WTFH

What the future holds is a column written every Thursday by Adam Berger about the future of technology.

Here at Gadgetell we really are getting hooked on Web 2.0 software and platforms. TiVo must have been paying attention when designing their new KidZone parental control features. The service seems to be much more throughout and thorough than most current parental controls, but the coolest part maybe the third party filters that work in conjunction with the system.

TiVo announced deals with the Parents Television Council and Common Sense Media to provide third party filters/recommendations for television content. Go to the PTC section and you can view all the PTC-approved programs and schedule them for downloading. The choice of these two groups for the launch is not accidental, the PTC is very conservative and Common Sense is more progressive.

The customization of KidZone lets you pick the group you agree with and share their programming choices. There really is no limit to this. TiVo can eventually/hopefully turn into a collaborative learning device where you not only share you personal recommendation and approvals (like Trechie approved shows) but collaborate with friends and family to find a common ground whe searching for a program. People can also tag programs like del.icio.us and post their own content to servers and share it across the world like Flickr. Isn’t Web 2.0 so great…

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