Virgin should buy TiVo...

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It sounds like the US version of Sky vs OFCOM LOL

he he

[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

they are all suing each other by the looks of it

TiVo vs Dish Network
TiVo vs EchoStar
Microsoft vs TiVo
Motorola vs TiVo

Virgin should just wait, quietly, until they're sued the heck out of each other.

And then, buy.

All of them!

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

TiVo vs Dish Network
TiVo vs EchoStar
Microsoft vs TiVo
Motorola vs TiVo

Then a few billion each way and a group hug LOL

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

And then, buy.

All of them!

No because if TIVO is the winner it will make it too pricey to buy

[HDFootyMan]

Apple are suing....well, everyone as well.

With all this legal action, its amazing any of these tech companies get anything done.

[muppetman11]

Makes you realise not only sky break the rules.

[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

No because if TIVO is the winner it will make it too pricey to buy

Virgin already wears the trousers in that relationship.

VM: We want 3 tuners.
TiVo: We can give you 2.
VM: 3. Now. Ish.
TiVo: Erm......ok.

[devilincarnate]

I am going to sue them all as they are making it too expensive for me to have all the gadgets

[muppetman11]

Microsoft vs TIVO

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...01-716039.html

[HDFootyMan]

My lawyers are looking over various documents related to Virgin, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and Sky, and they will be making an announcement shortly.

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by hdfootyman

my lawyers are looking over various documents related to virgin, microsoft, apple, ibm and sky, and they will be making an announcement shortly.

ha ha

[muppetman11]

http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2011-03/...ities-in-2011/

[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2011-03/...ities-in-2011/

R&D spend to increase by $25 million to $30 million compared to the prior year

$25 million!?? More than enough for reminders and filtered wishlists, no?

[mersey70]

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

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?

Our American cousins like nothing better than a bout of litigation, that's for sure.

But my word all of this dosen't exactly inspire confidence.

I always knew Tivo was a very, very niche product in the US but those subscriber churn numbers are absolutely dire, if they don't shore them up quickly that company will surely go bust.

I wonder why it has become so unpopular, the recession perhaps it is quite expensive there?

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by mersey70

I wonder why it has become so unpopular, the recession perhaps it is quite expensive there?

Same reason it didn't take off when it had a deal with Sky here.

Networks have their own PVRs now, people prefer one box solutions. Cable cards can make tivo a one box solution, but, in the past you lost access to interactive content. It's still a nightmare to get a cable card from some providers, and the move to SDV also hurt tivo.

Basically, consumers want to get their boxes from their providers, no hassle, everything works.

Hence why tivo is now working on providing boxes for providers.