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e-commerce
The Singularity arrives as TiVo adds Domino's Pizza to menu
For decades, mankind's brightest minds have struggled to crate the ultimate convergence device, a machine so powerful that it could play Simpsons cartoons and order an extra-cheese combo at the same time. Today, November 17, 2008, that convergence has arrived. First Obama/Biden, now Tivo/Domino's. It's a great time to be alive. More »
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By Paul BoutinComment by WeaKnees: If it's a starting point for TiVo to develop partnerships with other companies that also bring revenue to TiVo. If... more » | Other threads
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blackberry
CrackBerry addictions hit home with new TiVo feature
Research in Motion — makers of those ubiquitous BlackBerry thumbtypers — is teaming up with TiVo to make applications that lets you schedule TV shows with just your phone. An application to let you access video content saved on your TiVo is also in the works. It's yet another in a wave of "lifestyle" applications recently released by the Canadian mobile device maker, likely an effort to stem corporate users from buying the more flexible, and consumer-friendly, Apple iPhone or new devices with Google's Android mobile operating system. [News.com] (Photo by Marlon E)
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Comment by mind_at_large: you need to change your company....mine is cool with new installs more » | Other threads
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amazon.com
Amazon.com and TiVo enable couch-potato lifestyle
Finally realizing the dreams of advertising professionals since the 1950s, Amazon.com and Tivo announced new features to closely integrate shopping with TV watching. Viewers of talk shows — where pitching movies, music, or books vaguely masquerades as entertainment — will now have an opportunity to buy exactly what's being discussed on TV! Fancy the newest obsession of Oprah in her book club or like the CD being flogged by David Letterman's new favorite band? Just buy it with one click of TiVo's remote, and Amazon will deliver. If you like obvious product placements now, you're going to love the future. [NYT]
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Comment by mrfomoco: Hmm, impulse ordering? [Note to self: if they're listed, buy shares of Extenze.] more » | Other threads
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tivo
If in case you don't succeed, patent, patent again
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a ruling against satellite TV company EchoStar, saying the company infringed on a DVR patent owned by TiVo. The ruling, which included an $94 million damage award and bans EchoStar from selling the product in question, says that EchoStar infringed on the "software" claims of the patent, but not on the "hardware" claims. EchoStar says that no customers will be affected by the ruling and that it already has a fix in place. After the ruling, TiVo's stock rose almost 30 percent to a new 52-week high. Why? More » -
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Sony wins Blu-ray, loses online-video war
I'm as ready as anyone to declare Sony the victor in the epic high-definition disc battle. Its Blu-ray, now supported by Warner Bros., looks set to best Toshiba's HD-DVD. In Hollywood, where they still care about the industrial process of shipping plastic discs by the millions to retail stores, this matters. In the Valley, we've long since moved on. Sony executives still dream of formats, hardware, and an empire of lock-in. To them, "software" means the creative content screened in theaters, dropped into CD players, or played on a videogame console. That's why they're doomed to lose the real war. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by gkanapathy: Really, WMA and Fairplay aren't a "format"? They don't constitute a way to create an "empire of lock-in"? From what it... more » | Other threads
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replaytv
DirecTV buys TiVo's forgotten rival
One-time DVR pioneer ReplayTV has been sold to DirecTV. This follows competitor EchoStar's purchase of Sling Media back in September. The most interesting question is what happens to TiVo now. More »
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Comment by geoffvague: I'm a DIRECTV TiVo subscriber. I got a notice that there was a DIRECTV TiVo upgrade coming in the spring.... more » | Other threads
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tom rogers
TiVo chief decides TV networks are his friends
Remember when TiVo ran ads where TV viewers defenestrated network executives? CEO Tom Rogers doesn't, either. Vultures have circled over the hardware maker ever since cable companies realized they, too, could make digital video recorders. Rogers has taken the hint. With an extreme business makeover, he's now selling Tivo as a media company built around selling ads, not skipping them. Now TiVo is offering networks a sweet deal: Give TiVo money in exchage for second-by-second ratings and a nifty gimmick that plants an advertiser's banner ad onto the screen of anyone fast forwarding through commercials.
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Comment by Mike Malone: The banner ad thing may be new(ish) but the ratings info definitely isn't. This has been part of TiVo's business... more » | Other threads
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earnings
TiVo loses less money than it used to
TiVo said that revenue at the DVR maker rose 14 percent to $75.5 million. The company lost only $8.2 million last quarter, down from an $11.1 million loss on $66 million in sales last year. Most of this increase in revenue has come from licensing fees. TiVo is increasingly sharing its technology with other companies, including Comcast. The company said its partnership with Comcast should start generating revenue shortly. TiVo shareholders had better hope so. -
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your privacy is an illusion
TiVo, in its ongoing struggle with natural selection, plans to share fun facts about its subscribers, like age, income, and ethnicity, with advertisers. Can't it be content with telegraphing customer viewing habits? Who does it think it is, Facebook? [WSJ] -
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Comcast rolls out TiVo boxes — but when does TiVo start rolling in dough?
Comcast is finally starting to introduce digital video recorders with TiVo software, two years after announcing plans to do so. Existing boxes will be upgraded to make TiVo available, first in New England — all the better to record those Red Sox playoff games — and soon around the country. Comcast will charge subscribers a small extra fee for Tivo service. TiVo didn't respond to requests for comment, but we suspect its share of the payments are incredibly small compared to the hefty monthly fee TiVo charges its own subscribers. Any new cash, however, would be a boon for TiVo. Satellite and cable companies — including Comcast — have eaten into TiVo's market share by renting cheap DVRs to their customers. A relevant portion of a recent TiVo SEC filing is after the jump. More »
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Comment by BarelyFitz: I can't believe I've been waiting on this for two years. more » | Other threads
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followup
TiVo discovers money can't buy it love
TiVo has cancelled a Pay Per Post advertising campaign promoting its new TiVo HD digital video recorder. One wonders: Was it because of concerns expressed here and elsewhere? Or was it because Pay Per Post, a startup which pays bloggers to tout customers' wares in posts and videos, isn't actually that effective? Regardless, TiVo's effort appears to be an experiment gone wrong. Even though TiVo embraced a spirit of disclosure — each paid video was supposed to include a five-second "bumper" segment explaining that it was a paid post promoting TiVo's "Hook Up with TiVo" campaign — the mere fact of working with Pay Per Post may have ruined TiVo's good intentions. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Tim Faulkner: @gibson424: Yes, that is what they paid for. Twice. When they paid PayPerPost, and when they pulled them when the... more » | Other threads
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pay per post
TiVo pays to get "hooked up"
TiVo's latest advertising campaign, "Hook Up with TiVo," personifies the new Tivo HD as seeking personal companionship. The taste is questionable; the feel, desperate. Could it be that TiVo's marketers are realizing that the company's buzz is fading? The ads themselves, featuring Chris Harrison, host of ABC's "The Bachelor," to select the perfect match for the device, are bad enough. But it gets, unbelievably, sleazier than Harrison. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Trackback: TiVo has pulled the plug on their advertising relationship with PayPerPost. Following this forum thread, it appears that TiVo did... more » | Other threads
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online video
Tivo seeking cash for its living-room war machine
Everyone wants a piece of TiVo's living-room real estate. The maker of digital video recorders is going to have a tough time fending off Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Netflix-in-a-box VuDu, Apple TV, and a host of other video-recording gadgets from its turf. No doubt this pending threat influenced TiVo to signal its intention to raise $100 million in fresh financing to fund expansion and development. It's going to need all the help it can get. One intriguing note: One of TiVo's listed financing options is debt. It's rare for a tech company to borrow money, instead of just selling shares, and the credit environment is hardly favorable. But it could be a last-ditch financing avenue if Wall Street has no appetite for more TiVo shares.
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Comment by jinxremoved: it's true. If they're already extremely diluted, selling more shares makes it harder to attract and retain talent. more » | Other threads
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the future
The mindset of the Class of 2029
Every year, we at Beloit College publish a "mindset list" to identify the worldviews of the year's entering college freshmen. The "class of 2029" refers to students entering college this fall, in 2025. Most of these students are 18, which means they were born in 2007. For them, Anna Nicole Smith, Steve Irwin, Ray Charles, James Brown, Saddam Hussein, and Robin Williams's career have always been dead. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by originalmouse: while a few of these are true there are so many that could have replaced the wholely uninteresting majority. the... more » | Other threads
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dvr
TiVo's turf becomes the latest Sony-Microsoft battleground
Sony's recent announcement that its PlayStation 3 console will soon act as a digital video recorder in Europe is little surprise to anyone following the industry. It's long been believed that the PS3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 could act as DVRs. The real question is how this move will affect a soon-to-be crowded DVR marketplace. TiVo, the best-known DVR brand, has struggled financially as cable and satellite distributors released their own recorders. Although its future may be a bit brighter thanks to a recent licensing deal with Comcast and the potential of a renewed DirecTV contract, there's more competition for TiVo than ever — and from the unlikeliest of places. More »
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Comment by lordargent: So now, if I want to take my console over to a friends house to play it. I have to... more » | Other threads
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linkedin
Steve Sordello, ex-Tivo CFO, has resurfaced at IPO-aimed LinkedIn, just as Valleywag suspected. [Reuters]
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lazy valleywag
TiVo's CFO takes a season pass
TiVo, the troubled DVR maker, will soon be on its fourth CFO in less than 18 months. Looks like Steve Sordello, the company's most recent finance chief, has crunched the numbers and found them wanting. He's left for an undisclosed - but "well known" - venture-backed startup. One possibility: LinkedIn, which insiders say plans to hire a CFO this year. Anyone know exactly where Sordello's headed - and what he found wanting about TIVo? -
smugmug
TiVo owns thumbs
SmugMug CEO Don MacAskill tells me that his photo sharing site got a TiVo nastygram: More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by ResearchZilla: first of all, the new tivo would be NOTHING without the brilliant mind of arthur van hoff, god of yesteryear... more » | Other threads
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