Rovi's Passport set to get remote DVR, VOD search
FROM MCN: Next release set for first half of 2010
By Todd Spangler of Multichannel News -- Video Business, 10/26/2009
OCT. 26 | FROM MCN: Rovi plans to add Web-based DVR scheduling, video-on-demand search and whole-home VOD in the next versions of its Passport interactive program guide.
The company, previously called Macrovision Solutions, plans to make the new features of Passport available for service providers in two releases in the first half of 2010 running natively on various set-top boxes.
The "remote record" feature would let subscribers set recordings on their DVR from any device that can connect to the Web. Another Internet-enabled feature for Passport is a VOD pick list feature that allows users to browse on-demand content via a Web application and bookmark programming for later viewing.
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