It’s Official, TiVo To Partner With Comcast
TiVo has agreed to supply its’ DVR to the number one cable company Comcast (Reuters). This is obviously big news for TiVo. I’ve said a number of times (1, 2) that TiVo needed to setup a deal with a major cable company especially since their relationship with DirecTV has been shaky at best. Maybe this news will allow TiVo to reach profitability! Stay tuned for more updates.
March 16th, 2005 at 8:12 am |
OMFG!!!!! This is the best news since god announced he could slice bread! But seriously, this is great great news! Now lets start a Death Watch to all the “TiVo Death Watch” posts.
Jack Mehoff
March 16th, 2005 at 8:35 am |
Straight from TiVo.
August 12th, 2005 at 10:06 pm |
[...] If you follow TiVo news like I do, you probably already know that this really isn’t news. After all, DirecTV hinted at this back in November or even September of 2004. That being said, I’m a little surprised by how the market has reacted to the news. It’s almost as if Wall Street has a memory span of less of a one year old. Why has Wall Street reacted so dramatically to this news when the actual news occurred almost a year ago? Am I the only one who thinks TiVo can survive without DirecTV? Yes, DirecTV provides a lot of subscribers however; lets not forget the fact that TiVo recently established an agreement with Comcast and the National Cable Television Cooperative. [...]
May 30th, 2006 at 9:20 pm |
[...] According to this thread on AVS forum, Comcast plans on beta testing their HD DVR with TiVo software next month! This could just be a rumor but it sounds legit since the Comcast TiVo deal has been in the open for quite some time now. [...]