Thread: TiVo BBC Red Button - will it arrive before the Olympics?
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Old 05-04-2012, 12:58   #104
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Re: BBC Red Button - will it arrive before the Olympics?
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Originally Posted by carlwaring View Post
Exactly, Ben.
So, one person believes the spin then.

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Originally Posted by carlwaring View Post
Given that they're doing nothing until they have something to announce, I don't see a problem. If they announced something as "coming soon", would that please you any better?
Sky have anounced full coverage that will please all their subscribers right off the bat from the BBC anouncement. It is inept of VM to leave their customers wondering if they will get the same full coverage, particularly non Tivo customers, who at this point in time will only get a small amount of extra coverage. And Tivo customers, as it stands, won't be able to record events whilst they are at work.

How can that be anything other than really bad public relations?

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Originally Posted by LexDiamond View Post
VM did get their PR right though as they announced the Tivo app in advance of any pay tv provider offering anything on Olympics other than the free access available to all.

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They got it right when they announced that. But that was then; this is now. The game has now been changed by Sky and VM need to keep up. They can't live on past stratergies when the game has taken on a new direction.
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