TiVo - 50,000 have registered Interest...
 

Source - http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...17-703822.html

Seems to be more than twice what has been talked about so far on this forum.

:)

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:cool:

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This will take a eternity to phone up all these customers if all of them take it up, some customers could be waiting a long time to have installation dates agreed.

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Some will probably not take up TiVo once they hear the price.

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I am happy with the price but unhappy with the communication and poor roll out.

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As has been told to many people, the rollout is still very early and as has been seen more communications are starting to be sent to customers. Once it's fully rolled out you will see stuff everywhere about it. Things will ramp up over the coming months.

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VM are currently running a prize draw for a years worth of free subscription if you register ,i got my letter yesterday

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lol bet you still have to sign an 18 month contract lol

Mind you a friend of mine was called offered the superhub and 50meg vip for less than they were paying and managed to wangle a 12 month contract and insisted on it in writing before install

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Only if you want to keep the box after the free year.

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will they expect you to sign a new 18 month contract then or just tie you to 6?

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It is a 12 month term.

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I've got no interest in taking TiVo, the only reason I'm registered is because of the raffle ticket thingy. I'll take anything for free!

As Masque suggests, I'm sure many of the 50,000 will loose interest as soon as they hear the up front fee. It's a product that people will want, but it's a hard sell during these tough financial times. TV is a luxury item, and is often the first thing to go when the purse strings are drawn. Give it 3 or 4 years and TiVo will be a hit for Virgin.

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Virgin Media's and Sky's financial figures show that isn't true. If the purse strings are tight, then people stay in and upgrade their home entertainment.

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I’m sure I’ve read this as a market trend before but it is a consequence of tougher financial times that people stop going out and sit in watching TV instead and want more home entertainment as a result, so Sky and VM actually see these as good times. Pay TV will certainly lose subscribers as well who drop back to Freeview, etc but the overall effect is improving subscriber numbers and increased revenue per subscriber for which I think VM announced yesterday a record figure for revenues per subscriber.

If we have now over 50,000 customers interested in Tivo, then even with people dropping out when the decision comes, it is going to take a longer time to fulfill all installs. Has Tivo become more successful than VM anticipated? A nice problem to have as long as VM get their act together to fulfill it and they haven't launched it to new customers/open market yet.

Has anybody heard yet when VM will have Tivo installed in their shops so we can go and see it, if you haven't been lucky enough yet to receive the call. Patiently waiting to walk into the VM Nottingham store and see Tivo!

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Many of the VM stores have TiVo installed now.