TiVo Handheld Device Software Draws Ire at TV Network

Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by MegaZone

“TiVo appears to be acting unilaterally, disregarding established rights of content owners to participate in decisions regarding the distribution and exploitation of their content,” an NBC Universal spokesperson told Hollywood’s Daily Variety trade paper.

Check out the article. It isn’t a completely unexpected reaction, but it is still lame. Old media companies wanting to control how consumers access the content – mainly charging for the DVDs, OnDemand, downloads, etc.

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