Action Engine Corporation announced that TiVo® Mobile scheduling, a new service feature for subscribers to schedule their recordings directly from their mobile handsets, was honored as Best in Personal Software in Entertainment (non-game) by Mobile Village. Action Engine’s work on the TiVo Mobile scheduling service feature was selected for the Gold Star Award by readers of MobileVillage®, the 14-year leader in market development and news services about mobile technology.

TiVo, the creator and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR), selected Action Engine as the technology provider to power the TiVo Mobile scheduling entertainment service. Using this mobile service, TiVo subscribers can now schedule recordings for their TiVo Series2™ or Series3™ DVRs directly from their mobile handsets. The service is currently being sold exclusively through the Verizon Wireless Get It Now? catalog.

“Action Engine continues to impress our readers with their success in transferring big brand media services, like TiVo, smoothly onto mobile phones,” says MobileVillage Editor Gary Thayer. “Media companies are beginning to recognize that it is a mistake to simply superimpose their current services on mobile devices without redesigning for such devices. Action Engine’s user-friendly approach towards delivering a better mobile experience makes the services they power, like TiVo Mobile, stand apart from the competition.”

The Mobile Star Award was based on the application where Action Engine’s award-winning On-Device Portal Platform™ allows TiVo subscribers to easily find and then schedule TV recordings directly from their wireless phone. Customers can use their wireless phones as a ‘virtual remote control’ to search hundreds of program listings and schedule the programs to be recorded on their TiVo DVR at home.

“The TiVo project is further evidence that Action Engine is one of the few mobile technology leaders that offer media companies the wide device support and superior usability that is needed to drive repeat usage. We are pleased to see that the readers of Mobile Village are reacting so positively to our advanced technology solutions, and we look forward to launching more award-winning mobile services in the near future,” said Scott G. Silk, president and CEO of Action Engine.

A list of winners in each of this year’s award categories is posted at http://www.mobilevillage.com/awards.htm.

Source: Action Engine