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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007
As for set top boxes, what is to say the next box will run the TIVO software? Don't LG have a different box that they use in Europe on the cable network? Surely standardising will save them money.
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Indeed, but the deal that VM did with TIVO was signed before LG came along, and, as far as I know, it has several years still to run.
LG have their own middleware (EPG software) called Horizon and its based on a standard that LG, Comcast and others call RDK which I believe is 4k capable.
LG made quite clear that they wanted to achieve scale and efficiencies when they bought VM, but I don't know how they square that with having two different technologies.
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Originally Posted by denphone
Yes Virgin used to lead the pack with their on demand content but sadly now in regards to that they are stuck in the slow lane while the others have motored ahead.
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LG have their own streaming service called myprime and I think it's case of when, not if, it's introduced onto VM's cable service. I would expect this service to replace much of VM's own on demand offering.