TiVo came up with a new solution to help customers keep in touch with their favorite TV programs, even when they’re out of town. Thanks to the TiVo Mobile service, cell phone owners can browse a phone-optimized website and schedule recordings to their TiVo box even wherever they are not in their living room.

The website, which is optimized for small screen, offers an interface users will find easy to use, and everything from search function by actor, title, director or keyword, to Daily Recommendations and Most Popular.

“TiVo started out making television a more convenient, personal experience, and this is the next step to give television lovers total control over their media,” Jim Denney, vice president of product marketing at TiVo Inc. explained.

The service basically allows users to schedule recordings directly from their mobile phones on their Series2 and Series3 TiVo boxes. The mobile website is accessible to both subscribers and non-subscribers, regardless of carrier, the company said.

TiVo Mobile is available at m.tivo.com in beta as of this week, and will be deployed on a larger scale within the next few weeks. The company said the service “extends the on-the-go functionality to a large audience, bringing the freedom of TiVo scheduling to places it has never been before.”

This adds up to other existing services from TiVo, which include content from Amazon Video on Demand and Jaman, but also videos from YouTube. Furthermore, TiVo will allow its subscribers to stream movies and TV episodes directly from Netflix.