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I’m surprised it has taken them this long. My guess is they were waiting for more video content to be re-encoded at higher quality.

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Today, TiVo started rolling out software upgrades to put YouTube video on TiVo Series3 and HD boxes. This takes away a slight advantage from AppleTV (AAPL), which already lets you do this (but doesn’t let you record TV and skip commercials).

There’s no direct cash payment here, but there is a marketing component to the deal, meaning YouTube will promote TiVo service, including a TiVo channel and promotion on the YouTube homepage. A YouTube spokesperson confirmed that TiVo “will receive promotional impressions on YouTube,” but said details had yet to be worked out.

via Silicon Alley Insider

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