Google, Tivo Team Up to Track Ad Viewing Habits

[JMcEntegart]

Google and TiVo have announced a partnership that will see the DVR company provide Google with specific user data to help the search giant's advertising business.

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[sunflier]

Google says the aim of the game is to gain "substantially enhance"...blah, blah, blah.

Stay out of my friggin TV life and stay the hell off my computer!!!

 

[buwish]

Don't they realize that a lot of people simply fast forward through commercials if they have recorded it via DVR?

 

[city_zen]

[citation][nom]buwish[/nom]Don't they realize that a lot of people simply fast forward through commercials if they have recorded it via DVR?[/citation]
I guess they want to see which (few) commercials are NOT fast-forwarded (by mistake or otherwise)

 

[jisamaniac]

I have never in my life ever met someone who enjoyed watching commercials or ads online....

 

[zak_mckraken]

Let's face it: TV ads and publicity in general ain't going nowhere. That's what pays for our "free" entertainment. Now, if I can have less Snugg-wow ads and more ads that speaks to me, it's all good!

 

[matt2k]

i'm only influenced by billboards and newspaper ads. i get my tv shows without ads

 

[henrystrawn]

Advertising is a pet peeve of mine. I have disabled all active x. silverlight and flash in IE8. I wish some one would make a tool bar to enable and disable flash, so I could more easily watch video that is not ad forced. If there is a video I would like to see, I just open firefox with flash enabled.