ONLamp: Freevo: Freedom For Your TV | Linux Today

ONLamp: Freevo: Freedom For Your TV

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 30, 2005

“‘Freevo, for me, stands for freedom and the power to do
whatever I’d like with a TV interface,’ says Rob Shortt, a
29-year-old system administrator from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada. Shortt is one of the main developers of Freevo.

“Freevo is a media platform that brings together various
applications for video recording and playback. Under its open
format, the user can fully customize Freevo to suit his media
viewing needs. Its main feature is its ability to schedule and
record television broadcasts…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.