http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2014/...th-tivo-in-us/
Nice to get something before the States!
In its first quarter earnings report Netflix said it plans to integrate its service with TiVo set-tops in the US, starting this quarter.
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There's good news for VM's trust in the TIVO box as well.
http://rapidtvnews.com/index.php/201...1-bn-mark.html
The introduction of personalised TV from the TiVo Service has led to a huge 14% spike in Virgin Media’s on demand video views to breach the billion barrier in what has been a highly profitable 2011 for the cable MSO.
The company had predicted its customers’ growing desire for TV on demand would drive a significant increase in the number of programmes watched at a time that suits them and the company confirmed that its customers sat down to watch on-demand services for a combined total of approximately 490 million hours.
The Virgin Media TiVo Service, packaged with either 500 GBytes or 1 TByte of recording capacity, was launched in 2011 and combines a live TV schedule with on demand as well as a dedicated internet connection that delivers programming and interactive apps designed to build engagement and consumer excitement around films such as Harry Potter and shows like True Blood. The service also features an intelligent recommendations engine which learns to predict and suggest shows that a household will like.
TiVo digital video subscribers were up by 273,000 in the quarter to 31 December 2011, to total 435,000, around 12% of its total TV customer base. This represented a triumph for an aggressive marketing campaign and contributed to a great year for Virgin Media overall who reported full-year net profit of £75.9 million on the back of revenue of £3.992 billion.
Can anyone doubt now that streaming services will ultimately replace linear channels?