The Progress & Freedom Foundation's Adam Thierer examines the impact of personalization technologies in his new report entitled "Parental Control Perfection? The Impact of the DVR and VOD Boom on the Debate over TV Content Regulation."

In this report, Thierer focus on the extent to which new video technologies, such as digital video recorders (DVRs) and video on demand (VOD) services, are changing the way households consume media and are helping parents better tailor viewing experiences to their tastes and values. He provides evidence showing the rapid spread of these technologies and discusses how parents are using these tools in their homes. Finally, he argues that these developments will have profound implications for debates over the regulation of video programming. As parents are given the ability to more effectively manage their family’s viewing habits and experiences, it will lessen — if not completely undercut — the need for government intervention on their behalf.

This 16-page report can be found online: Progress on Point 14.20. The Progress & Freedom Foundation, October 2007.