I normally count on Thomas Hawk and Davis Freeberg to cover the financials of digital media companies. Since they haven’t chimed in yet, I’ll give you the brief summary: TiVo’s revenue and sales are up, compared to Q2 2005, but they’re still in the red — to the tune of $6.5 million. The only real … Read more
Wow, Fox content is popping up everywhere (TitanTV, Yahoo, AOL, IGN). This morning my mom got an email linked to an Amazon “Fox Fall TV Sneak Peek” page of numerous series video clips. UPDATE: Looks like Fox is advertising on 50 (!) sites. Wonder how much a video campaign of this magnitude costs… (Thanks Mom!)
Never enough time… TiVo tastes some sweet revenge. (Wired) Yahoo television guide updated with video clips and pilot episodes. (Yahoo) What’s holding up international deployment of SlingPlayer Mobile? (SlingCommunity) Omnicom Media Group signs advertising agreement With TiVo. (TiVo) KnoppMyth updated. (PVRWire)
TiVo sues EchoStar. EchoStar retaliates by suing TiVo. Fast forward a year or so… EchoStar’s suit is stayed, pending analysis by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. ALVISO, Calif., Aug 28, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and the leader in television services for digital video … Read more
Never enough time… TiVo Series3 release date and pricing rumors abound. (HDBeat, PVRBlog) Learning to love the cable guy (yeah right). (NY Times) Cable companies lose round in CableCARD battle. (CNET) Toshiba HD DVD 2.0 firmware released. (HDBeat)
Speak Chinese? Me neither. But if we did, we might want to check out the relatively new tivousergroup.com: “Taiwan’s first unofficial TiVo website.” Like the TCF, they have a variety of forum categories — TiVo-specific, television content, and social. To those of you in Taiwan who’ve stumbled upon my TiVoToGo tutorials, welcome.
The TiVo Ministry pitched KidZone to clergy in Dallas and Atlanta this week while picking up the National Association of Evangelicals Seal of Approval. TiVo plans to visit other religious leaders later this month at the Islamic Center, Wiccan Church, and Temple Shalom.* Also this week, TiVo deployed on-box advertising to get the KZ word … Read more
Dave’s collection of ‘buds.