Yahoo Buys Up Meedio Technology

 
By Sherri April 20, 2006




Bolstering its plans to become a major force in portable information and entertainment, Yahoo has bought most of Meedio's technology. The Meedio company makes software that transforms PCs into DVRs and digital media organizers, linking them to TV sets.

The deal includes most, but not all, of Meedio's technology. The move appears to be designed to shore up Yahoo! Go's television component.

The Meedio deal will let Yahoo further its goal of extending its reach beyond the browser and onto "the connected devices throughout consumers' lives," a Yahoo spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail message.

Earlier this year, Yahoo made a big splash with the introduction of its Yahoo! Go initiative, whose goal is to extend the access to Yahoo online services and content beyond the PC to other devices. The TV portion of Yahoo Go isn't available yet, but Yahoo has said it will allow access from TVs to photo albums, online radio stations, music clips, as well as search for video on the Web. Yahoo does have an existing agreement with TiVo, the popular provider of DVR devices and services, to let TiVo subscribers access Yahoo services through the TiVo TV-based interface.
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The Yahoo! Go service basically is designed to tie customers' computers, television sets and cell phones together in a package that enables instant access just about anywhere a person may travel. Its full implications are not known yet, but it sounds like it's going to shape up to be one worth paying attention to - especially for those with busy lives and a penchant for technology.

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