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    BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Imagine this, you sit on couch, pick the remote and turn on the TV to watch YouTube videos. It will come true later this year as TiVo makes a deal with YouTube.

    On Wednesday TiVo Inc. announced that it would deliver videos from Google Inc's popular Web site YouTube directly to television screens via its digital video recorders later this year.

    “TiVo’s strategy is to bridge the gap between Web video and television and make as much content available as possible for our subscribers,” said Tara Maitra, the vice president and general manager for content services at TiVo.

    The service would be available for high-speed Internet subscribers who have TiVo Series 3 DVRs and users would be able to log onto their YouTube accounts directly from their TiVo boxes, according to TiVo Inc.

    Though many companies are trying to merge the online viewing experience with the living-room big screen, no one dominates the market yet. Apple introduced a new version of Apple TV with similar features in January. Now TiVo becomes the latest contender.

    (Agencies)