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YouTube stars may find themselves household names in a posher set of homes in the coming weeks. Tivo announced a long awaited integration with YouTube yesterday, enabling broadband-connected Series 3 or Tivo HD boxes to download YouTube videos to subscribers' big screen TVs beginning this week. Unlike the Unbox or TivoCast services, which download to the hard drive, the videos will be streamed from YouTube servers so they won't clog up your storage. The two companies have worked together to create a user-friendly interface to make navigation of YouTube's massive library of H.264-formatted videos as intuitive as can be expected from the makers of the idiot proof DVR. Select videos by featured videos, most recent, most viewed or top rated. Pause, fast forward and rewind using the Tivo remote. An informational screen allows you to search by title or artist or select works from the same publisher.
 
Web 2.0 learning platform for kids and parents Kidthing announced an agreement to offer a collection of classic children's songs and musical videos from the Wee Sing collective, created by Authors Pam Beall and Susan Nipp.