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TiVo in Australia

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

PVRWire covers TiVo in Australia here and here…still got the same problem though the rest of us here in Australia have, a reliable TV guide (yes, there is ICE TV, but its no good for me in Country WA)!
“The company imported their first TiVo in early 2005 from America “to see what all the fuss […]

DirecTV joining TiVo, Dish in portable market?

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

PVRWire is running a story that that DirecTV is joining up with TiVo and Dish Network in the portable media market. Reportedly, at CES next month they’ll be announcing a partnership for providing content to portable devices. Developing…

NBC may sue TiVo for PSP and iPod support

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

TUAW reports that NBC might be suing TiVo.

Tivo’s PSP, iPod Support Draws Industry Fire

Friday, November 25th, 2005

Bad news for the folks at Tivo, with news that TV companies are not happy.
In Variety:
Several TV and studio execs told Daily Variety that they were considering legal action against the company, whose main product has huge brand awareness but is increasingly being pushed aside by no-name DVRs offered by cable and satellite companies
(via Real […]

TiVo Plans RFID-Aware PVR

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

New Scientist has found a patent application from TiVo that suggests the company is “working on a PVR that will recognise one of several individual users, and respond to their personal preferences.”
The patent application describes the invention as “a multimedia mobile personalization system provides a remote control that detects a user’s electronic tag, e.g. […]

TiVo to Bring TV Programming to Apple Video iPod and PSP

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

TiVo Inc. today announced an enhancement to its current TiVoToGo feature that will allow TiVo subscribers to easily transfer recorded television programming to their Apple iPod or PSP devices.
The enhancement will include exclusive capabilities such as TiVo auto-sync that will allow subscribers to choose if they want new recordings of their favorite programs easily transferred […]

Yahoo plans to connect services with TiVo

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Yahoo and TiVo have partnered to schedule downloads to TiVo boxes from any Internet connection.
Starting Monday, consumers will be able to schedule recordings on their TiVo box from a special Yahoo portal. Subscribers would need a valid Yahoo account with a yahoo.com e-mail address as well as a valid TiVo user account.
Additional content sharing between […]

TiVo swings to profit

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Investors.com reports that TiVo Inc. said after the market closed Wednesday that it delivered a second-quarter profit as revenue rose 46% , helped by increased subscribers to its digital video recording service, but said it no longer expects to reach sustainable profitability by the fourth quarter.

TiVo Tests Internet Download Service

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

TiVo has struck a deal with the Independent Film Channel to transmit several of the cable channel’s shows through a broadband connection as part of a trial program. Participating customers will begin receiving the shows next week. More at Yahoo.

TiVo Banner Ads released

Friday, August 5th, 2005

PVR Blog has the shots and the news here