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People seem to be overlooking a couple of things that the £3 also covers.
Firstly the 10 meg BB connection built into the TiVo, ok you might not see a great use for it now but wait for more apps to come along, you might change your mind then.
Plus the data for the EPG is not coming from TiVo, thats only the epg software etc, the EPG data costs extra on top of TiVo software.......
Thirdly with its multi screen deals going through VM will be able to allow you to watch recorded content etc from the TiVo on your mobile, laptop, other stb in the house etc.
These alone are worth more than £3 a month.
As to raising charges, its not going to happen quite like that IMHO.
Cindy Rose stated
"However, we intend to migrate our entire television customer base over to TiVo as our standard product within a matter of years, and not many years. That means, undoubtedly, we will course-correct, refine and review packaging and pricing decisions as we go to make that happen.”
http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419...tv-explosion/#
So more likely a complete redefinition of packages etc