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Comcast & TiVo Together At Last

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Posted by rampy on Mar 15, 2005 - 04:01 PM

Looks like TiVo's self-predicted path to profitability [1] might not be hyperbole after all...

Deal will put TiVo system on Comcast DVRs [2]
PVRblog coverage: Comcast and TiVo seal the deal [3]
TiVo Press Release [4]
Yahoo news story [5]
Thomas Hawk coverage [6]
TVHarm me with Harmony coverage [7]

I immediately wonder if this relationship will make it easier for TiVo to get to a bidirectional CableCard standalone HDTV going. Or even a single tuner cableCARD HDTV standalone unit. I hope that is the case. Although on the flipside, TiVo getting cozy with content providers and cable companies could end up being a bad thing for consumers. Should be interesting none the less..

SlashDot discussion on TiVo Comcast deal [8]

Alex Rowland's [9] excellent breakdown of the tivo/comcast deal Why Comcast + TiVo is Actually Bad for TiVo (Sorry) [10]


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  [1] http://www.byopvr.com/displayarticle303.html
  [2] http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-03-14-tivo-usat_x.htm
  [3] http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/03/comcast_and_tiv.html
  [4] http://www.tivo.com/5.3.1.1.asp?article=246
  [5] http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=580&e=1&u=/nm/20050315/bs_nm/tech_tivo_comcast_dc
  [6] http://thomashawk.com/2005/03/comcast-and-tivo-strike-deal.html
  [7] http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/03/what_a_differen.html
  [8] http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/15/1748234&tid=129
  [9] http://democracyinmedia.typepad.com/
  [10] http://democracyinmedia.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/03/why_comcast_tiv.html