American Airlines Offers Chance to Win TiVo Entertainment Center With New ‘Shows on the Go’ Sweepsta

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 by MegaZone

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TiVo and Information Resources Inc. Launch Groundbreaking TV Advertising Research Services

Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), today launched the IRI TiVo Consumer Insights Suite(TM), comprised of two new services, providing advertisers and brand marketers with the ability to fully understand the impact digital video recorder (DVR) technology has on consumer viewing patterns and subsequent product sales, as well as the ability to quantify the effectiveness of specific advertising campaigns and brand recognition programs in TiVo(R) DVR households.

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TiVo FCC filings

Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 by MegaZone

User dt_dc posted about this at TiVoCommunity.com. TiVo has filed in opposition to two petitions, one from Charter and one from Verizon. There is a pending FCC requirement that would force all cable operators to use CableCARD on their own boxes, and Charter petitioned for a waiver on “low-cost, limited capability” boxes. Verizon petitioned for a waiver as a new entrant to the market. TiVo filed in opposition of Charter and in opposition of Verizon.

Interestingly, it also indicates that they spent $12 million on R&D for the Series3.

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Lifetime Series2s still out there.

Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 by MegaZone

User bubba1972 over at TiVoCommunity.com posted this. If you go to http://www.skymall.com/DriversEdge and search on ‘TiVo’ they have a 40-hour S2 with lifetime for $599, an 80-hour S2 with lifetime for $669, and a Humax DRT400 with lifetime for $879. Based on those prices compared to TiVo’s bundle pricing, it looks like lifetime is valued at around $599.

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Disc in the works would play both new DVD formats

Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 by MegaZone

A patent application has been filed for a disc that would play two competing high-definition DVD formats, which, if successful, could help appease a battle that has divided Hollywood and confounded consumers.

I’m kind of surprised to see this patented, since this doesn’t actually sound like a new idea. A long time back the BD camp talked about hybrid BD/DVD discs with both on the same side – the BD layers ‘over’ the DVD layers. Since HD-DVD has the same physical structure as DVD, it isn’t a big jump to putting BD over HD-DVD. There would probably need to be a material difference since different wavelengths of light are involved and you need the materials to work optically.

Personally I think the studios would just be prolonging the pain. If Warner stopped supporting HD-DVD it could help starve out HD-DVD. Don’t release titles and the players won’t sell, then they can release on only BD which will cost less than hybrid discs like this, or two different discs. (Three with DVD.)

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