Category Archives: DVR

Warner Bros. To Bring TV Content To TiVo, Sling, Veoh, Joost, And Dailymotion

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 by MegaZone

The Warner Bros. Television Group has signed distribution deals with TiVo, Sling, Veoh, Joost, and Dailymotion to bring their programming to these platforms in a free, ad-supported format. The new distribution availability will launch in mid-September, bringing the studio’s content … Continue reading →

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TiVo Settles Lawsuit

Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 by MegaZone

No, not the Dish Network/EchoStar lawsuit, but rather a suit from Lycos. Back in January 2007 Lycos sued TiVo, Blockbuster, and Netflix for patent infringement over their recommendation engines. The San Jose Mercury News reports that TiVo has settled the … Continue reading →

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A Blast From The Past – AOLTV

Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 by MegaZone

Wow, I haven’t thought about this in a long time. Back in 2001-2002 TiVo and AOL were working together on a box called AOLTV. It was kind of a hybrid of WebTV and TiVo, a TiVo box which would also … Continue reading →

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Taiwan’s TiVo Units Support HME

Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 by MegaZone

In the past one of the differences between TiVo units in the US and the TGC (TiVo Greater China) units sold in Taiwan is that the latter did not support HME (Home Media Engine). But this series of photos just … Continue reading →

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InteractiveTV Today Interviews TiVo’s Tara Maitra

Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 by MegaZone

InteractiveTV Today (itvt) recently interviewed Tara Maitra, VP and General Manager of Content Services at TiVo. Tara is in charge of TiVo’s broadband strategy – TiVoCast, Unbox, YouTube, Rhapsody, etc. – so the interview is worth reading in its entirety. … Continue reading →

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