TiVo’s Tom Rogers To Speak At Citi’s Conference

Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 by MegaZone

TiVo dropped a press release today to announce Tom Roger’s appearance at the upcoming Citi’s 19th Annual Entertainment, Media, and Telecommunications Conference.

TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced that it will present at Citi’s 19th Annual Entertainment, Media, & Telecommunications Conference on January 7, 2009. The webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of the TiVo website at http://investor.tivo.com under the events calendar tab.

Conference Details:
Citi’s 19th Annual Entertainment, Media, and Telecommunications Conference
Phoenix, AZ
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
10:30 AM MT
Tom Rogers, CEO and President

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Domestic Blu-ray Players Land In China

Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 by MegaZone

It looks like a last stake my be driven through the decaying heart of HD DVD. The last gasp for HD DVD was the China-specific variant CH-DVD, renamed CBHD (China Blue High-definition Disc) in July. While it was reported at the time that Shanghai United Optical Disc was setting up a disc production line and preparing players for market, it seems that has not yet come to pass.

And now DIGITIMES is reporting that China Hualu Panasonic AVC Networks, a joint venture between China-based China Hualu Group and Panasonic, has launched three Blu-ray player models for the domestic Chinese market. The three models are the BDP0801, BDP0810 and BDP0821, with retail prices of 1,999 yuan (US$292), 2,299 yuan and 2,499 yuan respectively. The BDP0801 is an entry-level BonusView/Profile 1.1 model, as is the BDP0810. The BDP0821 is a full-featured BD-Live/Profile 2.0 player.

The article says the CBHD camp still plans to launch players around the end of the year. But seeing as the article is from 12/29 they don’t have much time left to pull that off. And, of course, no western studios have pledged to support CBHD even if it does launch.

Picked up from Blu-ray.com.

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Save On High-Def Laughs With Amazon BD Comedy Sale

Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 by MegaZone

Amazon is having a sale on Blu-ray comedy titles. Save up to 54% off 36 titles, like Click, This Is Spinal Tap, Dogma, Super Troopers, and Young Frankenstein.

Via Blu-ray Stats News Log.

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How TiVo Recruits

Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 by MegaZone

The timing is a little off, coming the same month as TiVo announcing layoffs, but Talent Management has an article on how TiVo recruits new staff.

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Catching Up With Requiem

Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 by MegaZone

I’ve been remiss in keeping up with Requiem news since my last post, back in October. At the time I reported on the release of Requiem 1.8.1 which enabled FairPlay DRM removal on the Mac for iTunes 8.0.1, but didn’t work on Windows. In the meantime iTunes 8.0.2 has been released, which breaks Requiem – so don’t upgrade to that if you want to use Requiem.

But Requiem 1.8.2 was also released, which enables DRM removal in iTunes 8.0.1 under Windows. The discussion thread in the Hymn project forums has the details. If you need iTunes 8.0.1 you can get it for Windows or Mac from OldApps.com.

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again, I do not support or condone piracy. I stress that Requiem strips the DRM but does not strip personally identifiable information. If you share the freed files they can be linked to your iTunes account. I support the use of Requiem solely for personal fair use, being able to use the music on non-Apple devices – like streaming to a TiVo or loading them on your non-iPhone smartphone.

I’d link to Requiem, but Apple sends out cease and desist notices to sites that do, so I’ll just say use Google, it is available via BitTorrent.

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