Following up on his Series3 & TiVo HD comparison, EngadgetHD’s Ben Drawbaugh has done a hands-on review of Multi-Room Viewing and TiVoToGo with HD content on the TiVo Series3. Check it out.

Veoh’s Viral channel “is an internet television channel with programming geared toward internet television producers and their viewers.” On Thursday TiVo’s E. Stephen Mack announced this channel is now available via TiVoCast. As always, you can subscribe via the TiVoCast website or directly on your TiVo via: TiVo Central -> Find Programs -> Download TV & Movies

Since the 9.1/9.2 software update hit, some Mac-using TiVo owners have experienced troubling using Roxio Toast 8 or Popcorn 3 for TiVoToGo. Dave Zatz dug into the issue and received a confirmation from both TiVo and Roxio that they are aware of the issue. TiVo says the company is working on a “timely” fix, and Roxio said:

As a result of the recent TiVo DVR update and release of Leopard, some Roxio customers using Toast 8 and Popcorn 3 are experiencing technical issues which we are actively working to resolve. We plan to release updaters in the near future.

Dave has some suggestions for work-arounds, so check out his post if you’re having any issues.

Broadcast Newsroom has a new article on TiVo’s software development efforts for Comcast, which shed some light on the lengthy development process.

“The idea was” if you could somehow take a generic [set-top] box and download the TiVo software over the wire, if you could order it from your cable company like HBO” it would be an incredible product,” [TiVo CEO Tom] Rogers said.

However, according to Rogers, the development was “much easier said than done.”

“It was an enormous piece of rocket science to work with hardware, chips we don’t control,” he said.

There is something interesting in the article from a revenue standpoint as well:

TiVo hopes that through the cable partners it can drive additional interactive advertising revenue. As part of the deal with Comcast, Rogers said, “in every TiVo home, we have the right to sell the interactive overlay on every commercial, on every network” That’s an incredibly powerful franchise we can develop… so we can look to diversify our business model.”

Check out the full article for more.