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MalteseFalcon 06-02-2013 01:13
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UPC is a subsidiary company of Liberty Global apparently. Just been trying to find out info on them. Want to know just who is going to start screwing us customers over.

Jameseh 06-02-2013 01:14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35532679)
Does anyone know if Liberty Global own UPC in Ireland, and UPC all accross Europe?
Yup, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPC_Broadband

I'm guessing TiVo and the licensing fees that come with it will be scrapped for their box.

Chad 06-02-2013 01:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35532685)
Yup, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPC_Broadband

I'm guessing TiVo and the fees that come with it will be scrapped for their box.
What box / software do UPC use? Have they rolled out their current box accross the rest of their European outfit? Do Irish UPC customers and Dutch UPC customers have the same PVR, EPG and software? If so, doesn't look good unless they plan to roll the Virgin TiVo box out accross Europe.

alwaysabear 06-02-2013 01:21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35532685)
Yup, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPC_Broadband

I'm guessing TiVo and the licensing fees that come with it will be scrapped for their box.
If that happens Tivo will hate this country after what happened with Sky and there will be a lot of unhappy devotees .

Chad 06-02-2013 01:23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RB2004 (Post 35532690)
These specs alone are tempting over TiVo box,


"The Horizon media gateway has six tuners and can record up to four channels simultaneously. There is a three-hour review buffer that runs across recently viewed channels, from which users can also set recordings. The gateway box comes with a gigabyte of memory and a 500 gigabyte hard disk."

So no way they will keep TiVo,

That box is already rolled out in iteland and europe.

"It will be rolled out in Switzerland, Germany and Ireland over the next 3-6 months. International cable company Liberty Global has been working with a number of partners on the ambitious project, which promises to transform the cable television experience for its customers, allowing them to view media across television, computer, tablet and smartphone screens."

That was October 2012.


So looks like end of TiVo, shame really after all the hype VM put into TiVo and marketing it etc
Looks grim for TiVo. The above however doesn't look too bad.

Does anyone have more info on Horizon they can share?

Jameseh 06-02-2013 01:25
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http://www.lgi.com/horizon.html

Looks like Windows Media Center and XBMC which is quite nice.

Chad 06-02-2013 01:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35532699)
http://www.lgi.com/horizon.html

Looks like Windows Media Center and XBMC which is quite nice.
Thanks for the link.

Found plenty of videos on Youtube, looks great. Unfortunately the videos are pretty much all in Dutch so I have no idea what is going on :D

Horizon 06-02-2013 01:31
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Horizon is basically a competitior to tivo, but new, with a lot more bugs in it! (at the moment)

alwaysabear 06-02-2013 01:32
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I am impressed , I can also only find dutch video on youtube.

Horizon 06-02-2013 01:35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35532699)
http://www.lgi.com/horizon.html

Looks like Windows Media Center and XBMC which is quite nice.
There is a reason for that, one of the main companies behind Horizon is NDS, Rupert Murdoch's old encrytion company, as was. So looks more similar to Sky that tivo.

howardmicks 06-02-2013 01:47
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Personally hope they stick with TiVo here in the uk I for one certainly not gona be happy if a new box is required and I suspect others will feel the same

---------- Post added at 00:47 ---------- Previous post was at 00:45 ----------

Will channel provider contracts after be renewed ?????

Jameseh 06-02-2013 01:49
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by howardmicks (Post 35532713)
Will channel provider contracts after be renewed ?????
They didn't for Virgin/NTL:Telewest so I'd assume no.

Chad 06-02-2013 01:50
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by howardmicks (Post 35532713)
Personally hope they stick with TiVo here in the uk I for one certainly not gona be happy if a new box is required and I suspect others will feel the same

---------- Post added at 00:47 ---------- Previous post was at 00:45 ----------

Will channel provider contracts after be renewed ?????
http://blogs.wsj.com/overheard/2013/02/05/tivo-threat-on-the-horizon/

This seems to suggest TiVo will remain in place for 4 years. However why would a new company continue to rollout TiVo boxes for the next 4 years if at the end they will need to replace them all with their own PVR's. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Liberty Global agreeing terms with TiVo to bring the current deal to a swift and amicable end. It would probably work out cheaper for Liberty Global, in the long temr, to end the deal with TiVo ASAP.

Horizon 06-02-2013 02:02
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...that's how I see it too. But, if could go the other way. Liberty buys tivo.

Jameseh 06-02-2013 02:11
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TiVo are bleeding money, they've survived off lawsuits in the last few years, no-one in their right mind would buy them.


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