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Search Engine Strategies Conference & TiVo, Part 1

After Day 1 of the Search Engine Strategies Conference 2007, Bear Stearns believes TiVo is uniquely positioned to capitalize as companies reevaluate their return on advertising investments. Bear Stearns writes: As TiVo gains distribution across the Comcast and Cox subscriber bases, and DVRs reach critical mass, we believe advertisers will be attracted to the “new” … Read more

TiVo Series2 Software Update 8.3 Rolling

Looks like TiVo is quietly rolling 8.3 out to a few select customers. Expect a full rollout (with priority registration?) in the near future. The build message reads: We just upgraded your Tivo service with the Spring 2007 Service update. This update includes more options for programs in your Now Playing list and integrates support … Read more

Immigration: The Human Cost This is what Web video was made for. Forget real news, video blogs and gadget demos, turn your browser to the Onion News Network. In case you missed it, the Onion debuted its online video broadcasts late last month. And if you’re a fan of the print version, the short-form videos … Read more

Comcast DVR Ads Spread to Bay Area

Jeremy was disappointed to discover Comcast dropped banner ads onto his DVR this week:

I noticed I’d lost about 1/8th of my overall screen space to a new “advertisement slot.” Worse yet, I’ve lost 2 (of 6) lines of the visible grid area, meaning I have to spend roughly 1/3 longer than before just to scroll through channels.

Assuming he’s stuck with them, JT provides several interesting suggestions on how Comast (or is it Motorola?) might improve their ad-serving implementation. Until then, he wonders where that Comcast-Motorola-TiVo is… While he’ll get a better interface (one day), the ads won’t be going away:

make the TiVo(R) service and advertising capability widely available to Comcast customers

combine TiVo’s unmatched DVR features and innovative advertising capabilities with the power of Comcast’s advanced digital television services

TiVo and Comcast will make TiVo’s interactive advertising platform available across Comcast’s customer base

NY Times Grades TiVo’s Internet Features

I was just discussing yesterday that TiVo’s biggest challenge (in relation to One True Media movie sharing) is getting the word out and educating consumers on the features they offer above and beyond the typical CableCo DVR. Pogue’s large piece in the NY Times does a nice job explaining the basics of many of these … Read more

Amazon Unbox on Multiple TiVos

HDTiVo has discovered a method to download Amazon Unbox videos to multiple TiVos simultaneously (using XP and IE7). No telling why you’d want to do this (unless you have kids) since the license and content are transferable, but like many hacks that isn’t the point. After clicking the download button on the downloads page with … Read more

TiVo v EchoStar: A Response in Georgia

One TiVo stockholder’s take… EchoStar responded to Judge Duffey’s order to show cause with a lengthy set of documents outlining their reasons for believing the various documents in question are immune from discovery. Generally they take the position that the documents are simply internal work product that was never communicated to EchoStar. Without access to … Read more

TiVo v Echostar: Movement in Georgia

One stockholder’s take…

In the ongoing legal maneuvering over the disclosure of documents relating to the Merchant & Gould “Opinion Letter” (of non-infringement), Judge William Duffey of the U.S. Circuit Court in northern Georgia issued the following order on 3/22:

ORDER DIRECTING that Echostar and Homer Knearl SHOW CAUSE by 3/30/07, why the following documents should not be produced: MG PRIV 16, 27, 32-35, 37, 55, 68, 69, 72, 73, 75, 85, 88, 95, 105, 177, 179, 180, 271, 274, 276, 287, 291, and 305. Echostar or Knearl must state in detail for each document the privilege asserted, and the grounds for that privilege, including a description of the identity and role of each author, recipient, cc recipient, or bcc recipient of the document. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if any portion of the above documents was submitted to the Court in redacted form, unredacted copies be provided for in camera review by 3/30/07. These documents shall be marked in such a way as to allow the Court to discern easily which portions were previously redacted. Signed by Judge William S. Duffey Jr. on 3/22/07. (kt) (Entered: 03/22/2007)

The clarified rules of discovery issued by a U.S. Court of Appeals last year for this situation require documents to be produced to TiVo only if they were communicated by the law firm to the client (i.e., Echostar), or if they reference a communication with the client.