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[Paul Smith <paul AT foundryzero.com>]

David Minton wrote:

> As of yet, I don't think Tivo does the individual tracking that we fear, at
> least not that they are admitting. I just read a US News article about the
> president of Nielsen Media Research (the world-famous TV Ratings company),
> and it discussed Tivo--in that Tivo did not gather enough info to make their
> user stats useful to either Nielsen.
>
> David

	Whether it does individual tracking or not is open to speculation, but 
I can definitely tell that my Tivo is trying to record shows that it 
thinks I might enjoy. Sometimes it makes some really weird assumtions, 
though. Example: I like to watch soccer. Earlier this year MLS soccer 
and EuroCup 04 got rolling at about the same time, and my viewing habits 
went from seldom to several games a week all of a sudden. Around the 
same time, my Tivo concluded that I might also really enjoy some nice 
Mexican soap operas and Spanish-language variety shows as well.


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