Tivo Might Be Coming To Time Warner, Please Say It Is So

Business DVR — 22 June 2009

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Tivo’s suit against Dish Network, the one that won them $103 million in royalties, might do more than fatten their bank account. It might provide them with the necessary leverage to either sell the company to a Pay TV service provider or establish contracts with DirecTV, TimeWarner cable and others to utilize their DVR technology. In fact, TimeWaner’s CFO said on a June 11th conference call that TW is in talks with Tivo to provide their DVR boxes to their 13 million subscribers, although Tivo wouldn’t confirm. Of note, Tivo already has a contract with Comcast, which I believe is the largest cable provider in the US.

Personally, I can’t stand Timewarner’s current DVR offering, a POS Motorola cable box that often freezes, records ‘repeats’ even though the option isn’t selected, and lacks some painfully obvious features that many DVR users have come to expect. Even if TW does sign with the DVR company, it will be probably more than a year before customers like me see the box in our homes (tear).

Sound off below if you have some thoughts on the whole DVR offering from cable/satellite companies. Does Tivo rock or suck? Would you pay extra for the service? What do you think of TimeWarner/Comcast? You know I can’t stand their DVR box.

[via Giz]

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Christen Costa

Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."

Horton hears a….

TimeWaner? POS?

Talk about amateur hour here at Gadget Review.

http://www.gadgetreview.com Christen da Costa

Horton, could your comment get any more vague? Amateur how? Timewarner’s DVR offering is a piece of shit, how can I say it any different? Do you have a better way of putting it?

Horton hears a….

First…try spell-checking your work….second…its amateur hour when the best description you can use is POS.

http://www.gadgetreview.com Christen da Costa

What’s misspelled? The best you can do is ‘amateur hour’ to describe the use of POS? Do you have a better description? If something doesn’t work as it is suppose to and all around sucks, yes it is a piece of steaming dog shit.

Bumblin’ Dad

I may live in the Bible belt, but until I read the comments I thought that “a POS Motorola cable box that often freezes” was a Point-Of-Sale device. Needless to say, I felt pretty sharp for not trying to use a cash register as my DVR.

I’m probably not your right demographic…

Alexander

“t might provide them with the necessary leverage to either sell the company to a Pay TV service provider or establish contracts with DirecTV, TimeWarner cable and others to utilize their DVR technology. ”

Directv already has a new contract with TIVO (Thank the maker, speaking of POS DVR’s).. the new Directv/TIVO’s should be out later this year, early next year.. woohoo!