Spanish cable operator Ono has reported an additional 22,000 TiVo customers during the third quarter, taking the total number of subscribers of its next-gen DVR service to 56,000. Although the service currently has the capacity to reach 6.5 million households it has not yet taken off in Spain. The company says it is getting very […]
Walmart, the biggest retail chain in the US, is to start selling the Boxee TV on November 1st. Boxee unveiled the product earlier this month, saying that it should be considered a “No Limits DVR.” The device, which connects to the television, has no onboard storage, but acts as a DVR, thanks to cloud storage. […]
TiVo’s lawyers were busy again in the tiny town of Marshall, Texas (pop 23,523), where it likes to file its patent infringement cases. This goes back to 2009 when TiVo bought a championship steer for the record sum of $10,000 at the local county show, and renamed it TiVo. Two weeks later the jury awarded […]
Boxee TV is launching a new device to combine over-the-air with a cloud DVR and streaming services. Boxee TV will have two tuners and record two shows at a time, with each recording loaded to the cloud, where it can be stored for an unlimited time. Boxee TV will goes on sale for $99 on […]
DirecTV has launched its new advanced and intuitive HD DVR, the DirecTV Genie – enabling a whole new suite of TV viewing capabilities. The DirecTV Genie delivers an innovative set of features that include the ability to record five shows in HD at one time; up to three times more HD recording capacity than cable […]
Sling Media, part of EchoStar Corporation, has introduced the Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350, two completely redesigned retail Slingbox products that deliverup to Full 1080p HD-quality, live streaming of TV shows, sporting events, recorded programming and premium content to smartphones, tablets, laptops and connected devices. In addition, the Slingbox 500 introduces new features, including Wi-Fi […]
Mediacom has chosen TiVo to provide its next-generation consumer video experience utilising TiVo’s whole-home, multi-screen suite of products. Mediacom, the eighth largest US cable operator, plans an initial deployment in early 2013 with the rollout to continue across its footprint over the course of the year. The TiVo whole-home solution selected by Mediacom will deliver […]
In a move designed to give its customers even more flexibility, BSkyB’s Sky+ personal video recorder is launching a brand new Catch Up TV service, offering more personal storage and new ways for customers to interact with their favourite TV shows. Sky says the wave of new features marks the latest stage in the ongoing […]
The court verdict that awarded at least $250 million to TiVo from telco giant Verizon means that the ‘time warp’ patent-holder has now earned more than $1 billion for its IP, part of its DVR time-shifting technology. And the cash will continue to come in. Most of the awards are also tied into royalty payments […]
Verizon Communications has agreed to pay TiVo at least $250.4 million to settle patent litigation, sending TiVo shares up almost 10 per cent. Under terms of their agreement, TiVo said Verizon will initially pay $100 million in cash and recurring quarterly payments totalling $150.4 million through to July 2018. In addition to the guaranteed compensation, […]