TiVo in Australia will be accompanied by a video on-demand service, allowing users to order movies and possibly television shows through the TiVo box, says Seven Network's director of digital media, Rohan Lund.
Although its primary function is to record free-to-air television, TiVo's ability to connect to the internet opens up numerous other options, he said.
Seven is partnering with TiVo to bring the device to Australia by early next year.
It will go head-to-head with Foxtel iQ, which costs up to $15.95 on top of Foxtel's cable service and, like TiVo, allows users to pause and rewind live television and access on-demand shows.
But where Foxtel iQ offers 12 hours of new pre-packaged content each week, it is understood the TiVo service will let users download from a list of latest-release movies.
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