Elonka wrote:
] ] TiVo estimated that halftime viewership among its
] ] customers was up 12 percent from 2003.
] ]
] ] The play-it-again company also reported that usage of its
] ] replay technology spiked a whopping 180 percent, the
] ] biggest surge ever measured, following the broadcast TV
] ] debut of Jackson's right mammary gland "as hundreds of
] ] thousands of households [TiVo'd] to view the incident
] ] again and again."
]
] Um, this was news to me. TiVo maintains records of everything
] that its customers view, including everything they ask for
] replays of?? Is the FBI now going to be accessing this
] information to determine who's watching which TV shows??

Only if you are percieved as a terrorist threat.

But don't worry, you won't know. No one will be allowed to tell you.

:)

Elonka wrote:
] ] TiVo estimated that halftime viewership among its
] ] customers was up 12 percent from 2003.
]
] Um, this was news to me. TiVo maintains records of everything
] that its customers view, including everything they ask for
] replays of?? Is the FBI now going to be accessing this
] information to determine who's watching which TV shows??

[ They assure you that they're only collecting anonymous data which doesn't tie your name, customer id or IP to the viewing data. Your level of trust in the system is, of course, up to you... but their stated privacy policy can be found here : http://www.tivo.com/5.11.asp

It's the third link down. -k]

Elonka wrote:
] ] TiVo estimated that halftime viewership among its
] ] customers was up 12 percent from 2003.
] ]
] ] The play-it-again company also reported that usage of its
] ] replay technology spiked a whopping 180 percent, the
] ] biggest surge ever measured, following the broadcast TV
] ] debut of Jackson's right mammary gland "as hundreds of
] ] thousands of households [TiVo'd] to view the incident
] ] again and again."
]
] Um, this was news to me. TiVo maintains records of everything
] that its customers view, including everything they ask for
] replays of?? Is the FBI now going to be accessing this
] information to determine who's watching which TV shows??

You knew this was coming. All info is available for a price. Who needs Nielsen anymore? IMO Data mining will be a big niche to work our way into for a few years after all of out jobs have been outsourced to Delhi.