March 30, 2009

The network DVR battle has gone to the Supreme Court, and the U.S. home entertainment industry awaits the decision. At stake: remote playback of video files stored on servers by individuals using their subscription TV service. Content owners have sued to kill the idea; but network DVRs could offer secure storage of, and "anytime, anywhere" access to, digital content, the two missing items doing the most to discourage consumers with Internet-connected TVs from buying much download-to-own content. There's a deal to be made here between content companies and subscription TV networks.

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