TiVo today announced a new feature that will come to many TiVo DVRs this summer: KidZone. This is a feature with the ability to restrict shows that kids can watch. Parents will be able to specifically approve shows for kids, and that’s all that will be available to them. In addition, the TiVo will be able to help parents decide which shows might be appropriate based on ratings.
As with pretty much all new TiVo features at this point, KidZone will only be available to TiVo Series 2 DVRs – those that don’t have the DirecTV service integrated into them. TiVo says this feature will be available “mid 2006.”