TiVo reports their earnings this Wednesday and Forbes.com is running an AP earnings preview article. As I’d expect, the two main focuses are on the EchoStar appeal victory and the Comcast software roll-out, both of which happened during the last financial quarter. The analyst forecast is for a loss of 11 cents a share. TiVo has been beating analyst forecasts for the last several quarters, so we’ll see if they can repeat that. They’re also expecting a net loss of 67,000 subscribers, as DirecTV continues to shift users off the old DirecTiVo platform.

Personally, I’m curious to see if TiVo CEO Tom Rogers has anything to say about TiVo & DirecTV now that the Liberty Media acquisition of the latter is complete. He’s hinted at a possible reconciliation once the deal was closed during past financial calls. I’m also curious about the pending Australian roll-out, which is supposed to happen this month.

Spanish distribution company Manga Films, which had earlier indicated an intent to release on HD DVD, has instead dropped all HD DVD plans and will be releasing films on Blu-ray, with their first titles, John Rambo and Mr. Brooks, due in July. John Rambo appears to be the localized title for Rambo, the latest in the series. From ZonaDVD.com via Blu-ray.com.

Also, Stefan Baustert, chief execturive of Germany’s Singulus Technologies AG, which produces Blu-ray pressing systems, stated that the “chance has significantly increased that we will deliver more than the previously planned 15 Blu-ray machines in 2008″. He also said that it was probably that Singulus could reach a worldwide market share for Blu-ray machines of roughly two-thirds. So it sounds like we’ll be seeing a notable increase in production capacity for Blu-ray discs over the course of 2008, and that Warner’s announcement has sparked further growth in the market. Via Forbes.com