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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
OK we're confusing a couple of different things here. The TiVo Premiere service is not the same as the IPTV deployment. Virgin going IPTV doesn't mean everyone gets access to the TiVo service it just means they save bandwidth on their cable network.
The most recent version of the TiVo PVR isn't compatible with true IPTV systems, it requires cable or cable-a-like TV, it's a cable box that also connects to a broadband internet connection to access programming on the Internet, in a similar manner to, for example, newer Blu Ray players.
http://www.tivo.com/products/tivo-pr...setup.html#tab
Again the TiVo service is nothing to do with Virgin's IPTV program. The Virgin box may use an internal cable modem to do standard CATV and TiVo Premiere functionality in one unit but TiVo is not indicative of an IPTV cable network and can be used fully on any cable network that allows you to plug in a cable card so long as you have a broadband connection for the IPTV part. |
Maybe i am getting confused. What i am trying to say purely cable customers would be getting the new iptv system. VM are deploying thier new IPTV system with tivo middleware etc aren't they? We will have access to internet services through our tv. I said non cabled areas have to make do with what they have, they won't have access to the same service we do on the network. There has been no mention by Virgin that they plan on launching outside of the cabled network. At the mo they have Virgin phone and BB but it is very limited and if they were to launch a proper tv service then it wouldn't be like the one we're getting with Tivo. No doubt it would be a second rate service like BT vision. The person asked whether they will be getting the same channels as we do and the answer at the moment is no.
The article i posted says that you won't have to have bb package through VM but they will charge you a different way but it hasn't been worked out how or how much yet.
I thought TIVO was to do with IPTV as i thought a lot of the delivery will be through an internet connection and the new Tivo software will allow you to search vast amounts of content as it will pick up things from the net aswell as VMs existing catv side.
So if there is a difference what is it? Because Virgin announced both iptv and tivo will be launching this year and i imagined they will be part of the same thing. According to this article and many others seem to support my theory that Tivo and VM are coming together and delivering a mix of iptv and catv tv
http://www.techradar.com/news/televi...-future-674066
By the way it's already been said we won't be getting premiere boxes but something different.