Technologizer

Comcast to Take TiVo National By Year End?

Monday, September 14, 2009

My eagle-eyed blogging partner Davis Freeberg caught this juicy nugget yesterday from a member of the ComcastCares Twitter support team: @ComcastMelissa @knolaust we are working on a more Tivo-esk experience. This is already being tested in the Boston area. hope to roll out na’l by end of yr As TiVo (TIVO) investors are aware, TiVo linked up with Comcast(CMCSA) to deliver their [...]

TiVo Loses More Customers, Sues AT&T and Verizon

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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TiVo’s quarterly call was a bit more dramatic than usual. While they continue to lose customers and innovate “at a very unhurried pace,” TiVo seeks a repeat DISH Network performance in going after AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) for infringement. Basically, TiVo’s current business model appears to be ad sales and patent trolling. Unlike TiVo’s successful [...]

Let’s Hope Best Buy Helps TiVo Sell More Boxes

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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Beloved-but-beleaguered DVR pioneer TiVo has found itself a ally: Best Buy. The two companies have struck a deal that will see TiVo boxes heavily marketed in Best Buy stores, reports Brad Stone in the New York Times. The relationship will put Napster (owned by Best Buy) on TiVo’s set-top boxes, and let Best Buy deliver [...]

EchoStar Ordered To Pay Up in TiVo Patent Case

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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EchoStar will be forced to pay a total of $190 million to TiVo as a result of a Texas District Judge’s ruling that the company was infringing on technologies patented by TiVo. Furthermore, it was found the company had violated an earlier injunction by attempting to develop a “workaround” which it said still violated TiVo’s [...]

5Words for April 20th, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

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Wow, Oracle will own Java… Larry Ellison is buying Sun. Adobe puts Flash on TVs. The post-Windows era begins. TiVo to sell user data. YouTube’s new comment filtering system. Toshiba’s netbook starts at $600. iPhone refurbs: a good deal. Apple leads in customer experience. A review of iPhone Quickoffice. Microsoft gets $15 per netbook.

TiVo Gets a Blockbuster Card

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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Blockbuster, the video rental giant that’s trying to figure out a role for itself in a world of digital downloads, has struck a deal that should help: Its Blockbuster OnDemand service will be offered on TiVo DVRs. TiVo owners will be able to rent and buy movies from a selection of 5,000 to 10,000 titles [...]

The Joy (and Hazards) of Watching YouTube on TV

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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Have you ever wanted to watch YouTube on your TV? I have, ever since Tivo started allowing YouTube streaming to their DVRs back in July 2008. And I’m here to confess: I’m a huge fan. Watching YouTube on my HDTV has radically changed how I “watch TV”. One night I decided to do an experiment. I skipped [...]

TiVo HD XL: The Technologizer Review

Monday, December 8, 2008

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TiVo was kind enough to send us over a TiVo HD XL — its “super sized” DVR — for us to take a look at. Essentially the device is the successor to the Series 3 units, however it is enclosed in the TiVo HD casing. From here on out, it looks as if the TiVo [...]

Pay For a TiVo, Order Crummy Pizza on Your TV!

Monday, November 17, 2008

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TiVo announced today that it has you can now order Domino’s pizza via its Series2/3/HD boxes in the United States. No, it’s not Wonkavision–TiVo is just trying to distinguish itself in a world in which the DVR service it created is increasingly a commodity business. But being able to order pizza from my TV would do [...]

Netflix via TiVo? Cool. But Not Cool Enough.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

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So TiVo and Netflix are announcing that their longstanding, apparently-dormant plans to work together have amounted to something after all: Starting in early December, owners of TiVo boxes will be able to stream movies and TV shows from NetFlix, and the cost is included in their monthly Netflix subscription. That’s good news. But it’s also [...]

It’s TiVo! On a PC! Thanks to Nero!

Monday, September 29, 2008

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Ten months ago, TiVo and Nero announced that they were working together to bring the TiVo interface to DVR software you could run on a PC. Then time passed, and I sort of forgot about it. Until today–when Nero announced Liquid TV | TiVo PC (yep, that’s the name, complete with | in the middle). [...]

TiVo and DirecTV: Together Again

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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I have a soft spot for TiVo, so today’s list is topped by some good news about the DVR that remains synonymous with DVRs. Plus: Two Google Chrome items (inevitably!) and two iTunes items!

The Big DVR in the Sky: Good News For You and Me?

Monday, August 4, 2008

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Here’s a major development in a tech legal tussle I wasn’t even following: The U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that it’s okay for Comcast to offer a digital video recorder service in which the DVRing is all done at its facilities and delivered over the cable system–rather than via a box with a hard [...]