TiVo has announced that Frontier Communications, a US service provider, has signed a multi-year product licence agreement and renewal of its entertainment discovery intellectual property licence agreement. This deal names TiVo as the exclusive provider of advertising for national advertising campaigns in Frontier Communications’ interactive programming guides’ programme listings grid and provides Frontier with a […]
TiVo Corporation has introduced Studio, Broadcast and Network Metadata Packages. TiVo’s enhanced metadata, incorporating themes, keywords, images and related programmes, will allow studios, broadcasters and networks to increase the visibility of their catalogues. “Studios, broadcasters and networks make large investments to bring the most compelling content to their viewers, but they frequently have large untapped […]
The Q4 (October-December) 2016 Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen – continues to document how growing content, platform and screen choices have caused a gradual shift in the way consumers apportion their viewing across devices. Australians are voracious consumers of broadcast TV and other video, and as of Q4 2016 had a dizzying array of options by which to […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 82 per cent of US TV households have a DVR, get Netflix, or VoD from a cable or telco provider — with 30 per cent of households using two of the services, and 14 per cent using all three. The survey also found that
DVR specialists TiVo is pulling the plug on its Australian and New Zealand set-top boxes. In a statement revealing the switch-ff date, TiVo said: “your TiVo device will have extremely limited functionality and we discourage customers from using it after 31 October.” TiVo added that it is “sad to report” that it has reached the […]
TiVo has reported a fourth-quarter net income of $9.8 million – a result that missed Wall Street expectations. The California-based DVR specialist posted revenue of $252.3 million in the period. For the year, the company reported net income of $21.7 million, swinging to a profit in the period. Revenue was reported as $489.6 million. TiVo […]
Vodafone Spain is set to launch a new set-top-box with TiVo and 4K technology integrated in the device, manufactured by French company Sagemcom. The device will allow the user to record TV content (up to 350 hours) and keep it in the cloud available then view it on any other STB in the home. It […]
A federal judge last week denied TiVo’s Research & Analytics (TRA) subsidiary from making a potentially $196 million (€182.6m) claim against a rival. TiVo wanted to sue Kantar Media and its TNS Media Research division for damages in a what was alleged to be a trade-secret misappropriation by Kantar. The claim also argued that Kantar […]
Sports programming is often cited as ‘DVR-proof’, but a new survey reveals that fans record live sports so they don’t miss great games, and to customise viewing experiences. Thuuz Sports’ survey of more than 1,000 pay TV subscribers indicates that the vast majority of sports fans with DVRs use them regularly to record games. Respondents […]
Describing the unveiling of its Virgin TV V6 set-top box as the industry’s “worst-kept secret”, David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at UK quad-play operator Virgin Media, also introduced a new HD TellyTablet created by Virgin Media, designed specifically as a personal Smart TV to watch television in HD quality. The Virgin TV launch event […]