DVR

EchoStar to Appeal Court Loss in Ongoing TiVo Patent Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 4, 2010 - 9:10am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Thursday that the U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's ruling that found DISH Network (NASD: DISH) operator EchoStar (NASD: SATS) guilty of continued infringement of its digital video recorder patent. "This ruling paves the way for TiVo to receive the approximately $300M in damages and contempt sanctions awarded to us for EchoStar's continued infringement through July 1, 2009," TiVo said in a statement.

TiVo Introduces New 'Premiere' Digital Video Recorders

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 3, 2010 - 11:08am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) on Wednesday introduced a new line of digital video recorders, the TiVo Premiere, which offers direct access to broadband video services from Netflix, Amazon and Blockbuster, as well as video podcasts and YouTube content.
tags: Video | TV | TiVo | DVR | TiVo Premiere |

Comcast Adds Remote DVR Scheduling to iPhone App

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 2, 2010 - 11:17am.
Philadelphia - Comcast (NASD: CMCSA), the nation's largest cable TV provider, on Tuesday announced the release of a new iPhone application that will let consumers remotely program their Comcast digital video recorders. The app now also offers push notification for emails and voicemail. A similar update and feature addition for Comcast's BlackBerry app is scheduled for release in coming months.

tags: TV | DVR | Comcast | iPhone |

Cablevision to Begin Deploying Remote Storage DVR in April

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 25, 2010 - 8:55am.
New York - Cablevision (NYSE: CVC), the nation's fifth-largest cable TV provider, plans to begin deploying its controversial Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder service in April and expects it to be available to all of the company's 3 million subscribers by year's end, Multichannel News reported. Speaking on a conference call to discuss earnings Cablevision COO Tom Rutledge said the set-top box-free service would initially offer the ability to pause live TV, before a digital video recorder service with limited functionality is rolled out in April.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | TV | DVR | Cablevision | RS-DVR |

TiVo: Super Bowl More Engaging than Ads; Doritos is Top Spot

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2010 - 10:30am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) reports that the top five moments during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast that users of its digital video recorders rewound to watch again were all from the game itself, as opposed to the commercials.

DISH Network Debuts "TV Everywhere" Product Suite

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 6, 2010 - 8:17am.
Las Vegas - Satellite TV service provider DISH Network (NASD: DISH) on Wednesday announced the launch of its "TV Everywhere" services -- not to be confused with the online access services of the same name planned by cable operators -- which will allow customers to remotely access live TV and recorded programs via the Internet and home networks.

TiVo Adds Blockbuster On Demand Rentals

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 13, 2009 - 12:20pm.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) to offer a range of new release movies for rent on its digital video recorders. The Blockbuster On Demand service will allow TiVo subscribers to rent new release titles from Blockbuster for between $2.99 and $3.99, including select HD titles. In addition, TiVo DVRs will be sold at thousands of Blockbuster stores nationwide.

tags: TV | Movies | TiVo | DVR | Blockbuster |

TV Semiconductor Firm Fresco Microchip Gets $10 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2009 - 7:55am.
Toronto, Canada - Fresco Microchip, a developer of chips used in TV tuners, DVRs and other video set-top boxes, has raised $10 million in new funding, led by Celtic House Venture Partners and Ventures West.

Moxi Set-top Maker Digeo Acquired by Arris for $20 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 23, 2009 - 8:18am.
Suwanee, Ga. - Digeo, the developer of a digital video recorder set-top box and associated service, has been acquired by ARRIS Group for about $20 million.

Analysis: Jay Leno And The End Of The Mass Broadcasting Era

Authored by Rohit Bhargava on September 14, 2009 - 11:01am.

On September 14th at 10pm EST in the US (tonight), a new experiment in television will take place that is both a sign of the times, and a quiet revolution in the way that broadcast TV (and perhaps media itself) will work. The Jay Leno Show will debut at its new time slot of 10pm - a full hour and a half earlier than he used to be on when doing The Tonight Show - and aim to reach people "exhausted by kids, work and so on" as he has said more than once in interviews. The significance of this moment is not so much about the change in time - but in what types of programs he will be up against.

tags: Video | Marketing | Advertising | TV | TiVo | DVR | ABC | CBS | NBC | Jay Leno |

Court Orders DISH to Pay TiVo $200 Million in Patent Dispute

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 8, 2009 - 7:53am.
Alviso, Calif. - A federal court in Texas has ordered DISH Network (NASD: DISH) satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications to pay $200 million in sanctions, for violating an injunction won by TiVo (NASD: TIVO) in its DVR patent infringement claims against the company. TiVo had sought nearly $1 billion in the lawsuit, which it said represented all of DISH's profits over the past five years it has been distributing set-tops that infringe on its patent.

TiVo Sues AT&T, Verizon for Infringing Its DVR Patents

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 26, 2009 - 12:38pm.
Alviso, Calif. - Following a $105 million victory in a still ongoing patent infringement dispute with DISH Network owner EchoStar (NASD: SATS), TiVo (NASD: TIVO) on Wednesday filed additional claims against AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ), alleging the companies are violating its digital video recorder patents.

TiVo Adds Ability to Publish Video Podcasts to DVRs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 5, 2009 - 11:10am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Wednesday that it has made hundreds of new free Web videos available directly to owners of advanced TiVo set-top models. Hundreds of new podcast channels will be added, from producers including CBS, Fox, Oprah and G4. Additionally, the company said any video podcast producer can now publish video content to TiVo recorders using RSS and H.264 video.

tags: Video | Podcasts | TV | TiVo | DVR |

RCN to Offer TiVo Digital Video Recorders

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 5, 2009 - 11:06am.
Herndon, Va. - RCN, a provider of bundled cable television, Internet and voice services to more than 400,000 customers, said on Wednesday that it has struck a deal with TiVo (NASD: TIVO) to offer special high-definition digital video recorders to its residential and small business clients. Expected to launch in early 2010, the TiVo DVR from RCN will integrate RCN's digital programming and video-on-demand library with a variety of broadband video programming. RCN offers its services in the DC, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Chicago markets.

tags: Video | TV | TiVo | DVR | RCN |

TiVo: Patent Office Finding Won't Affect EchoStar Dispute

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2009 - 7:45am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary finding rejecting two of the claims in its fundamental "time warp" digital video recorder patent, but said the finding will not affect its ongoing patent dispute with rival EchoStar (NASD: SATS).
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | TV | TiVo | DVR | EchoStar | Patents |

Best Buy, TiVo in Cross-Promotional Partnership

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 9, 2009 - 8:40am.
Alviso, Calif. - Digital video recorder firm TiVo (NASD: TIVO) on Thursday announced a cross-promotional partnership with media and electronics retail store chain Best Buy (NYSE: BBY).
tags: Video | Marketing | TV | TiVo | DVR | Best Buy | Retail |

Supreme Court Declines Case; Cablevision DVR Remains Legal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 6:37am.
Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal challenging the legality of Cablevision's (NYSE: CVC) network-based digital video recorder service, which the television networks and movie studios had charged amounted to copyright infringement. Unlike a TiVo, which stores recorded programs locally on a hard drive in the consumer's home, Cablevision's "remote storage" digital video recorder stores recorded programs on the company's own servers, and streams them on demand to customers.

TiVo, Quantcast Partner on TV-Internet Ratings Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2009 - 11:42am.
New York - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Web audience measurement firm Quantcast to offer advertisers and media firms an analysis service that cuts across DVR and Internet usage. The Tivo/Quantcast sample of 35,000 households will include TiVo's own ratings panel with Quantcast's direct measurement offering to track the effectiveness of advertising, media consumption and programming affinity.

tags: TV | Reports | Metrics | TiVo | DVR | Research | Quantcast |

DISH Network Gets Stay of TiVo Patent Ruling

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 4, 2009 - 12:50pm.
El Segundo, Calif. - DISH Network satellite TV service operator EchoStar (NASD: DISH) announced that it has been granted a stay of Tuesday's patent ruling that ordered the company to pay TiVo (NASD: TIVO) $103 million in damages. "We are pleased that the Federal Appeals Court in Washington temporarily stayed the district court's order in the Tivo litigation. DISH Network customers can continue using their DVRs. We believe that we have strong grounds for appeal," the company said in a statement.

Court Orders EchoStar to Pay TiVo $103M in Patent Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 3, 2009 - 8:58am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Wednesday that a federal court has ordered DISH Network operator EchoStar (NASD: DISH) to pay the company $103 million plus interest in damages for infringing on TiVo's digital video recorder patent. TiVo first sued EchoStar in 2004 for patent infringement; a jury found in TiVo's favor in 2006, and that ruling was upheld twice by federal appellate courts.