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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

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

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 »
Business

After a Short Break, TiVo Gets Back To Losing All Its Money

10:30PM John Herrman | First quarter results are in for TiVo, and they’re not great: revenue is down 9% from the same quarter last year, forcing the company to report a hefty loss just a few months after recording their first year of profitability, ever. More »
Entertainment

Download Nova And Vega Radio Podcasts On Your TiVo

1:30PM Nick Broughall | From next Monday, you’ll be able to download breakfast and drive-time podcasts from the Nova and Vega networks nationally on your TiVo. Anyone else think this is a bit weird? More »