TiVo is teaming up with Germany-based Nero, a digital media technology company, to make the home more digital. This will be achieved namely with the ability to get TiVo service on your computer. TiVo's looking to take advantage of the continued merging between the television and the PC, not to mention the growing number of PC television tuners that are expected to be purchased in the coming years (estimated at 50.8 million worldwide).
[img src="" caption="" credit="" alt=""]Needless to say, it's about time that the DVR service brought more options to the table when it comes o the home computer. And this partnership will also make TiVo more competitive with recently acquired Sling Media, makers of the Slingbox, which already offered a multi-device approach to DVR.
There are no details yet on exactly how transparent, integrated and accessible the full TiVo service will be for use with a PC, but it's clear that TiVo is still trying to keep up with ongoing trends, piling on more features to give its customers more options--like media-sharing and music, for example.
The sector for PC DVRs is still smaller than the TV market alone, so I imagine that an integrated solution for multi-device access would be an important consideration in regards to its partnership with Nero. It could also lend itself quite nicely to TiVo's recent advertising efforts, which let consumers voluntarily give up their data for TiVo to hand over to advertisers.