Customers who sign up for EarthLink's DSL (digital subscriber line) Internet access will be offered a TiVo Series 2 device and TiVo's service, with rebates on the cost of the DVR, according to an EarthLink representative. The companies will start offering the option to new and existing EarthLink customers later this spring, the representative said Tuesday.

The deal gives TiVo a prominent partner for getting its technology into people's living rooms, said Naveen Chopra, vice president for corporate development at TiVo. The company has had high-profile agreements in the past with companies like DirecTV, but DirecTV no longer distributes TiVo boxes to its customers. TiVo and Comcast are scheduled to begin their own partnership later this year.

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