The gents at PVRblog are reporting that Tivo is beginning a new developer program. I’ll have to keep an eye on this, as it appears they may support the ability of amateurs to create content on the Internet which can be delivered directly to Tivo players. A quote:

TiVo announces new developer tools | PVRblog

TiVo Video Publisher will allow video creators to provide downloadable content for TiVo. They talk about how content providers will be able to package and protect their video, but I hope that the amateurs won’t be left out of the party. It would be great to be able to pull up my mom’s vacation video as easily as a movie from the big studios. If they play their cards right they could make a killing off of long tail videos.

Exciting stuff! Can you imagine having podcast feeds which are delivered directly to your Tivo player? It sounds like it may be within the reach of the APIs specified.

I’ll read up some more and get back later with information in my next podcast.