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Earlier this week we got word that TiVo was planning to shut down its TiVo rewards program. The program provides customers with points that can be redeemed for prizes like remote controls or even TiVo boxes when they convince friends, family members, or complete strangers to sign up for service.

Now TiVo has confirmed that it will end the program on May 28, 2008. So you've still got time to refer a few friends and get a few prizes. Any TiVo points you have when the program ends will expire, which is fine as they'd be kind of useless without a rewards program to use them on.

MegaZone from TiVo Lovers reports that TiVo does plan to implement some sort of new customer loyalty program later this year. But the company conducted a survey and found that 98% of their customers say they'd recommend TiVo to others even without a rewards program. Something tells me that means the new loyalty program isn't going to include giveaways of big ticket items like TiVo HD set top boxes.

TiVo appears to be eliminating its TiVo Rewards referral program. TiVo had been giving out points to anyone who could convince friends, colleagues, or complete strangers to sign up for TiVo service.

The program works much the same way as a game of skee ball. If you get a few points, you can trade them in for a lousy toy like a TiVo Christmas ornament or set of coasters. A few more points will get you a remote control, and a whole heck of a lot of points will get you a fancier prize like a Slingbox or a TiVO HD.

While a member of the TiVo Community Forum indicates that the rewards program could shut down as early as February 28th, Dave Zatz spoke with a TiVo representative who said the date would be May 28th. Either way, if you've got some unused points to use, you might want to start checking out the list of available rewards.