Tag Archives: TiVo

Virgin Media Announces Second Quarter Results, Says Nice Things About TiVo

Posted on Monday, August 1, 2011 by MegaZone

Last week Virgin Media announced their second quarter results, as covered in their press release. While the overall results were positive, I’m particularly interested in what they had to say about their newly launched TiVo service. They have a little … Continue reading →

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ONO Bets on TiVo to Reverse Subscriber Slide

Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011 by MegaZone

It looks like it is a good thing that ONO is on track to launch TiVo in Spain come September, they’re counting on the premium service to reverse a slide in subscriber count. While they’re the largest cable operator in … Continue reading →

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TiVo Australia Customers Warned to Expect a Week of Sporadic Outages Due to Maintenance

Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011 by MegaZone

Hybrid Television Services, licensee and operator of the TiVo service in ANZ, has begun warning customers to expect sporadic service outages starting Wednesday, August 3rd and continuing through Monday, August 8th. There is a silver lining to the cloud; the … Continue reading →

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TiVo Cites NY Times In Urging FCC to Intensify CableCARD Oversight

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

Apparently TiVo felt the same way that I did about a recent NY Times Gadgetwise Blog entry detailing the author’s difficulties in getting a TiVo Premiere provisioned with Time Warner Cable. The entry is typical of user complaints about cable … Continue reading →

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Cable MSOs Get A Week’s Reprieve from New FCC Rules

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

Remember the new FCC rules which, among other things, mandated CableCARD self-installs starting August 1st? Well, due to a technicality, they’re now going into effect August 8th instead. Basically, while meant for August first, they take effect 30 days after … Continue reading →

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