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TivoToGo & Multi-Room Viewing Coming in November for Tivo Series3 & TiVoHD

September 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Tivo

Link: TivoToGo & Multi-Room Viewing Coming in November for Tivo Series3 & TiVoHD
"I know you’ve been anxiously awaiting TiVoToGo and Multi-Room Viewing on your Series3 and TiVoHD boxes.
I wanted to let you know that development has been progressing smoothly, and all is well. You can expect TTG & MRV to be available for Series3 and [...]

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A Variation on the DVR, Without Ad Skipping

August 19th, 2007 · 5 Comments · TV, Tivo

Link: A Variation on the DVR, Without Ad Skipping
"’We have a particular sensitivity to the needs of business in every stage in the value chain, because we’re part of a diversified media company,’ Mr. Stern of Time Warner Cable said."

This fascinating new-economy corollary to "the customer is always right" must make Time Warner Cable subscribers [...]

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Tivo Posts its First Profit

May 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Tivo

Ha ha! Eat it, haters.
This morning I was preparing a big long post about how analysts seem to be approaching this company with all of the critical thinking power of a herd of lemmings in springtime, focusing on this supposedly risky competitive landscape while completely missing the fact that four years into the age of [...]

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Amazon Unbox: Day 2

March 14th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Amazon, TV, Tivo

We’ve watched our second free Unbox movie on Tivo and I have to say I’m warming up to it. I still don’t think it’s a better value than Netflix (we’re particularly missing DVD special features, which we enjoy mightily and Unbox doesn’t provide). But when I am sitting at my desk at 2pm and I [...]

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Amazon Unbox for Tivo

March 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Amazon, Tivo

I tried the new video-on-demand service Amazon Unbox for Tivo yesterday, mainly because of the $15 free credit. Linking the Tivo to my Amazon account was easy as was the download. Amazon’s web site has a long way to go to beat Netflix in terms of discoverability of titles, though. They should really create a [...]

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Back in Love with Tivo

December 3rd, 2005 · 2 Comments · TV, Tivo, Web/Tech

We’ve finally stabilized our home entertainment situation after a month or so of unfortunate mishaps and incidents. Without going into too much boring detail, our DirectTV/Tivo combo box died and we were left with a perplexing choice: another combo box? Or go with the new and reportedly second-rate DirectTV DVRs? Or do we go with [...]

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Dear Tivo:

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments · That's Pretty Messed Up Right There, Tivo

You know, I love you and everything, but a six hour web site downtime is total amateur hour. You should be totally embarassed about this. I’m embarassed for you, anyway.
Are you not a public company with a million plus customers? If you require people to use your Web site to start using your products (as [...]

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