Tired of waiting for that Comcast Motorola TiVo? Get a TiVo Series3 plus wireless adapter for $500… Direct from TiVo without rebates. $500 is nothing to sneeze at, but it’s the lowest price I’ve ever seen and a whole lot more palatable than the $800 MSRP. Too late for Sascha to reconsider? (via Gizmodo)
Comcast broadcast their earnings call this morning, and in addition to large profits (80% increase) they also announced 25% of their 25 million customers rent HD set-top boxes — having adding 500k+ subs this quarter. Wonder how many of those are Moto 6412 boxes that might see a TiVo upgrade later this year? Comcast’s PPV/VOD … Read more
Alex over at TiVo Blog has crafted a Mac Dashboard blog aggregator utilizing Yahoo Pipes (what?) allowing him to provide universal feed updates. The initial blogroll includes TiVoBlog ZatzNotFunny (only TiVo content) TiVoLovers Zeigen.com (only TiVo content) DavisFreeberg.com (only TiVo content) TiVo’s Official Blog (even though it isn’t updated that often) TVSquad (only TiVo content) … Read more
Bear Stearns is out today with some TiVo thoughts after a few references in Amazon’s quarterly statement and conference call: The Company launched “Amazon Unbox on TiVo,” available to over 1.5 million broadband-ready TiVo boxes and offering subscribers a great way to find, download and watch on their televisions thousands of movies and TV shows … Read more
TiVo’s annual 10-k has revealed that Comcast paid $16 million (fiscal year ending 1/31/07) for continued development of the upcoming Motorola TiVo build. TiVo presumably received funding the prior year, and will receive a recurring subscriber bounty once the platform is deployed. I wonder if Cox sent Comcast a thank you card for footing the … Read more
As of March 1, Tivo dialed back the number of phone numbers available for daily guide data updates. Given our increasingly wired (and wireless) households, all the broadband features, and the occasional free TiVo adapter promotion… it’s obvious TiVo wants us to connect via the Internet. For those of you still using landlines and having … Read more
The title just about says it all… So go get ‘er: Thank you for your interest in the new TiVo Spring 2007 Service Update, featuring new options for recorded programs and improved TiVoCast support!
After Day 2 of the Search Engine Strategies Conference 2007, Bear Stearns concludes TiVo is in a good position to ride the coattails of online video advertising (spending increased 82%). Bear Stearns writes: While online video advertising will compete with DVRs, especially in a converged world, there are similarities — targeting “in-market” purchasers, interactivity, measurability … Read more