Sony Unveils World’s First Blu-Ray Notebook Computer

Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 by MegaZone

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TIVO SIGNS FIRST UPFRONT DEAL WITH MAJOR ADVERTISING HOLDING COMPANY

Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator and leader in advertising solutions and television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced an upfront, multi-million dollar advertising agreement with Interpublic Media, which oversees the media services operations of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG), including Initiative, MAGNA Global, Universal McCann and a number of leading specialist media agencies .

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Sony, Panasonic partner on HD-on-DVD spec

Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 by MegaZone

Sony and Matsushita today launched a would-be standard for HD camcorders that used DVDs as their storage media. The two companies said they would promote the AVCHD specification on their own products – Matsushita doing so through its Panasonic brand – and encourage other camcorder vendors to do the same.

Basically it is a spec for recording HD on DVD-R simply by using the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec instead of MPEG-2, up to 16:9 1080p. The irony here is that using advanced codecs to encode HD on DVD is one of the proposals the Blu-ray Disc Association rejected as an addition to the BD family of specifications – that was something Time-Warner was pushing.

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Perspective: TiVo and do-it-yourself television

Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 by MegaZone

The proliferation of digital video recorders combined with the stunning popularity of online video has laid the basic foundation for the creation of a TV network that could, conceivably, compete with stations like MTV, Bravo or even CBS.

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TiVo Inc. Invites You to Join Its First Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Conference Call and Webcast

Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 by MegaZone

ALVISO, Calif., May 11, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) announced that its First Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Results conference call and webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time. Details are provided below.

Hosts: Tom Rogers, CEO and Stuart West, Acting CFO of TiVo
What: TiVo First Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Results
When: Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 2:00 PM PDT
Dial-in: 913-981-5522
Replay: 719-457-0820, Replay passcode: 9125140
Webcast: http://investor.tivo.com/medialist.cfm

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