Category Archives: DVR

Charter TiVo – Today Ft. Worth, TX, Tomorrow the World!

Posted on Sunday, November 6, 2011 by MegaZone

OK, not quite today, but soon. Back in January Charter & TiVo announced an agreement under which Charter would offer TiVo hardware to their customers, just as RCN, Suddenlink, and Grande Communications do. And with their quarterly financial announcement last … Continue reading →

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Train Your Dog to Destroy Your TiVo Remote… Wait, What?

Posted on Saturday, November 5, 2011 by MegaZone

I’d file this under “Incredibly Bad Ideas.” Michael over at The WeaKnees Blog spotted this at his local Best Buy. It is a dog’s chew toy, clearly designed to look like a TiVo peanut remote. Ignoring what’s almost certainly a … Continue reading →

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EchoStar Preparing a Network DVR

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by MegaZone

EchoStar hasn’t been very successful in breaking into the US STB market. They, of course, continue to supply hardware to sister company Dish Network, but one of the objectives of splitting the companies apart was to allow EchoStar to provide … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media has 222,000 TiVo Customers as of October 26th

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by MegaZone

When I made my post about all Virgin Media customers having TiVo in 4-5 years just about an hour ago I forgot that Virgin was announcing their latest financials. Well, they did and the news is good, especially in relation … Continue reading →

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All Virgin Media Cable Customers to have TiVo within 4-5 Years

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by MegaZone

Recently, when speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Virgin Media chief executive Neil Berkett had a number of complimentary things to say about customer response to Virgin’s TiVo service. Such as “People who have it absolutely love it; it’s a … Continue reading →

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