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Old 02-03-2011, 21:20   #7
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Re: Virgin should buy TiVo...

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
TiVo also saw further erosion in its subscriber base. In the most-recent quarter, the company lost 223,000 subscribers, compared with 131,000 lost a year earlier. Its total customer base is 21% smaller than it was a year earlier and stands at about two million.

223,000 customers is a lot of people when there subscriber base is now only 2 million.
It is a big loss. Must be why TiVo is taking legal action against DISH etc.

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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan View Post
You would hope that with the various deals which TiVo have made with European Pay-TV platforms, they should get some money in.

On the flip side, they're being sued in the states by Microsoft, Motorola and Dish Network.

If - god forbid - TiVo went bust....what would happen to the development of VM TiVo?
TiVo is suing Dish Network..
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