Dish Network told to pay USD 200 million to TiVo
U.S. District Court judge David Folsom has told Dish Network and EchoStar to pay around USD 200 in penalties to TiVo.
This penalty is for violating a permanent injunction for using a modified technology that enables a user to rewind and pause live television broadcast.
The [...]
TiVo posts a loss
Digital video recorder service provider TiVo has come out with their latest revenue report and they have posted a small loss.
The company said that they struggled in the quarter as paid subscriptions declined against the backdrop of the economic downturn.
Thankfully, the loss was smaller than what the market analysts had [...]
Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. collaborating
After Microsoft Xbox 360, Netflix is now collaborating with TiVo.
The two companies are collaborating to bring more media content to their subscribers.
TiVo subscribers would be able to stream movies from Netflix catalog.
This service would start in December this year.
Netflix said that the collaboration was delayed as they could not [...]
EchoStar pays up to TiVo in patent infringement case
TiVo has said in a statement that they have now received the $104.6 million as directed by the courts from EchoStar.
This payment is related to a patent infringement case that went in favor of the company earlier this month.
The case was related to the TiVo’s “Time Warp” [...]
TiVo and Amazon partners for shopping on television
TiVo and Amazon have announced that they are expanding their partnership to bring shopping capabilities to TiVo.
TiVo users would soon get the capability to order products from Amazon.com on TV sets.
This service would be accessible from the TiVo remote itself. They have called this new service Product [...]
ReplayTV acquired by DirecTV
DirecTV has announced that they have acquired most of the assets of ReplayTV.
The financial aspects of this acquisition deal were not revealed to the media.
ReplayTV was one of the early rivals to the TiVo but struggled to compete against them as they have now become one of the dominating companies in [...]
TiVo now offering photos from Photobucket and Google Picasa
TiVo has now announced that they are collaborating with Photobucket and Google to offer photos on their set top boxes.
Users would now be able to get access to photos hosted on Photobucket and Google owned Picasaweb services.
TiVo has been working hard on improving the services offered through [...]
NBC Universal to advertise through TiVo
NBC Universal has announced that they are now collaborating with TiVo. The media giant would now use ratings data and other advertising products from TiVo Inc.
This would give them the data on how often customers skip advertising on their television screens.
Mike Pilot, president, NBC Universal Sales and Marketing spoke on [...]
Comcast now offering TiVo- enabled DVRs
The largest cable operator in the US, Comcast has now announced that they are now offering TiVo- enabled DVRs in New England market.
The two companies said in a statement that these would be made available to the customers in the coming months.
TiVo and Comcast had signed a collaborative agreement in [...]
