RealNetworks®, Inc (NASDAQ: RNWK), the global leader in digital media delivery and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced a first-of-its-kind integration of the Rhapsody® digital music service with the TiVo® service giving TiVo subscribers access to over 3 million songs on demand right from the TiVo remote. This groundbreaking collaboration is intended to give broadband connected TiVo subscribers access to the award-winning Rhapsody® digital music experience via their television sets starting later this year.

Everything old is new again. People may not remember, but back in 2002, when the Series2 launched, TiVo announced three partnerships to bring content to the TiVo over the network. Radiance was going to provide video on demand. Jellyvision was going to provide gaming. And RealNetworks were going to provide audio content. But all three of the deals never materialized, back then.

Well, it looks like one of the three is back from the dead. I’ll check it out when the booth opens, but I’d bet this time it is implemented under HME.

In an ongoing mission to bring broadband content to the living room, TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders, announced that it will make available services providing the widest selection of music videos and songs on TV – - all with the click of a remote. Through joint alliances with Music Choice and RealNetworks TiVo® subscribers will have access to the leading digital music services and a library of millions of songs and videos on their televisions sets.

As expected, TiVo continues to add to the TiVoCast content partnerships. I think this is just the start, and 2007 will see them add a number of high profile content partners over the course of the year. Perhaps the NetFlix partnership will resurface, or something similar.

Roxio has a page up for their MacWorld specials: http://www.roxio.com/macworld There are two Toast 8 bundles involving TiVo – one with Toast and a TiVo Glo remote for $89.99 and one with Toast, a Glo Remote, and TiVo WiFi adapter for $119.00

http://www.tivo.com/roxio is also live now – but it just redirects to the TiVoToGo page, which now covers Mac too. No sign of the software being available on TiVo.com. They link to http://www.roxio.com/go/mactivotogo.com – but that page gives a 404 currently.