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June 2010 TV Technology deals

18 Jul 10
Set-top box deals -Amino Romanian telco Romtelecom has selected Amino's Mood400 IPTV STB. The HD, MPEG-2/4 IPTV set-top is DVR-equipped and DLNA compliant.   -Pace South African DTH operator...
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PTO rejects Tivo time-warp patent claims

15 Jun 10
US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has rejected two claims in Tivo's "time-warp" DVR technology patent due to prior art. Dish Network has stated that the invalid claims are the ones...
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Virgin Media will deploy TiVo-equipped STBs

10 Mar 10
UK MSO Virgin Media has confirmed that it will deploy HD and HD DVR set-top boxes (STBs) equipped with TiVo middleware by autumn 2010. Under the terms of a Q4 2009 deal, TiVo will become Virgin Media's...
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The End of the 30-second Spot is Postponed

24 Feb 10
New evidence from viewer research in the UK suggests that owners of digital video recorders (DVRs) time-shift an average 15% of their TV viewing, skipping 70% of the commercials during playback (by fast-forwarding through the breaks). Extrapolating current usage trends and DVR penetration trends, Screen Digest modelling suggests that exposure to linear advertising in the UK could be reduced by 6% by 2013 as a result. That is not, per se, a significant threat at the scale of the entire TV industry but it may require adjusting the business model for some categories of channels that rely on heavily recorded genres like drama. Overall, Screen Digest believes DVR usage will not cause the end of linear spot advertising but believes broadcasters should prepare themselves for heavier DVR usage in the future and explore the opportunities offered by enhanced or alternative TV advertising formats.
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Tivo wins patent infringement battle

09 Jun 09
US satellite TV operator Dish Network and its set-top-box (STB) supplier Echostar may have to pay an additional $103m to Tivo, after being found in contempt of a court order requesting they stop using Personal...
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May 2009 TV technology deals

04 Jun 09
Set-top box deals - Thomson Malaysian pay DTH operator Astro has renewed its relationship with Thomson for the supply of standard definition, non-PVR set-top boxes. Whilst the new boxes will still only be able...
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Netflix video streaming added to TiVo set-top boxes

30 Oct 08
Netflix is to stream movies and TV shows to TiVo's Series 3, HD and HD XL set-top boxes (STBs). Netflix's catalogue of over 12,000 videos will initially be made available through TiVo to a few thousand...
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Tivo launches PC-based PVR with Nero

01 Oct 08
German media software company, Nero and US PVR middleware vendor, Tivo are to launch their PC-based PVR product in October 2008, rolling out initially in the US, Canada and Mexico. Nero LiquidTV|Tivo PC will...
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Shift in Negotiating Power as Sports Hits the Net

22 Aug 08
The intense focus on the success of the 2008 Olympics-and how much of a ratings and advertising bonanza NBC has garnered-has obscured some much more worrisome trends that GMI sees as reducing the value of major sports events. The rare quadrennial ones like the Olympics and The World Cup constitute exceptional cases.
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Tivo to release software version of its DVR

29 Nov 07
Partnering with Nero AG, Tivo plans to integrate a software based version of its television user experience into upcoming versions of Nero's CD/DVD writing application (which is also called Nero). This will...
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