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Entertainment
Google And TiVo Team Up To Ruin TV’s Day
4:54AM John Herrman | With data, of course! Google, which sells TV ads, is now subscribing to TiVo’s user data, so they can make their ads more “accountable”, and more like web display ads. This is good, right? Depends on who you ask. More »
Peripherals
802.11n Wi-Fi Adaptor For Tivo Lands At The FCC
4:05AM Kyle VanHemert | An AN0100 802.11n wireless adaptor for TiVo is up on the FCC’s site. While there’s not much information on what the add-on will bring to the DVR, the promise of increased bandwidth suggests more robust network streaming for TiVos in the future. Here’s hoping. [Engadget]
Entertainment
4:31PM Nick Broughall | It looks like iiNet has just stretched its lead over other unmetered data offerings by adding TiVo’s on demand content to its Freezone. More »
iiNet Now Offering Unmetered TiVo
4:31PM Nick Broughall | It looks like iiNet has just stretched its lead over other unmetered data offerings by adding TiVo’s on demand content to its Freezone. More »
Entertainment
3:56PM Nick Broughall | If you own a TiVo, you’ll probably notice a slight change happening over the next week or so, as the option to “Watch TV” is twisted to instead say “Watch Freeview”. Confusion FTW!! More »
TiVo Now Pushing The Freeview Mantra
3:56PM Nick Broughall | If you own a TiVo, you’ll probably notice a slight change happening over the next week or so, as the option to “Watch TV” is twisted to instead say “Watch Freeview”. Confusion FTW!! More »
Software
BlackBerry-Toting TiVo Addicts: You Are No Longer Without An App
2:01PM John Herrman | TiVo’s tardy BlackBerry app may look a little barebones—and what BlackBerry app doesn’t, honestly?—but it’s a far sight faster than the DVRs’ mobile web interface, and it’s free. More »
Business
Dish Needs To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million
9:30AM Jason Chen | To punish Dish for not complying with an order to basically stop being a DVR service, a US District Judge ordered them to pay about $US200 million to TiVo, whose patents were infringed. More »
Business
TiVo Sues Verizon And AT&T
3:14AM Brian Lam | Dave Zatz brings to our attention details from the Tivo Earnings call. First, they lost more subscribers. Secondly, they’re suing Verizon and AT&T for DVR patent violation. Doesn’t seem like a good business strategy, but what do I know? I still like TiVo. I just hate TV. [DaveZatz]
Software
i.TV iPhone App Grows A Remote Control Framework With TiVo
1:10AM John Herrman | The already first-rate i.TV program schedule app has a fresh trick: a universal remote control framework that could finally turn the iPhone into the ultimate all-in-one-clicker. To prove they’re serious about this, they’ve nabbed a pretty great first partner: TiVo. More »
Entertainment
Moxi HD DVR Gets 6TB Drive Support, Spawns “Moxi Mate” Media Extender
3:35AM John Herrman | The Moxi HD, everyone’s favourite not-TiVo, has been joined by a media extender box, alongside a fresh software update, which among other things allows the Moxi to offload video to Lacie’s 6TB drive banks. That’s over 1000 hours of HDTV. More »
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