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Originally Posted by Stephen
The £10 monthly fee had nothing to do with why TiVo didn't take off in the UK. Sky was meant to work with TiVo but screwed them over when it launch Sky+
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I disagree. TiVo had a full year headstart on Sky and only sold 35k in it's first 18 months (12 months of those Sky+ wasn't even available, the next 6 months it was limited in availability).
I remember the Sky marketing for TiVo - it did exist. It was on their 999 welcome channel on a continuous loop, and Sky boxes weren't exactly on 24/7 at the time so it was definitely seen. People just didn't want it and no amount of marketing can sell something the public don't want.
When Sky+ came along a year after TiVo it gave people (in general) what they wanted - record and watch something else at the same time (like the VCR they were used to). TiVo was a geek's niche (probably why I had it!)