Monthly Archives: November 2005

TiVo Announces First Advertising Search Product For Television

Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator and a leader in advertising solutions and television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced that it plans to offer the first television-based advertising search solution in Spring 2006. Leveraging TiVo’s television search … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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TiVo applies for RFID patent

Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo has filed a patent application for a ‘ Multimedia mobile personalization system’ using RFID. New Scientist picked up on the patent and reported it. I was alerted by the coverage in ZatzNotFunny The idea is that a user would … Continue reading →

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FAQ: Behind TiVo’s play for iPod, PSP

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 by MegaZone

When it comes to buzzwords, TiVo’s announcement Monday was loaded: quick, easy, download, TV shows, mobile, PSP and, of course, iPod. CNet put together a little FAQ about TiVo’s announcement.

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TiVoPony (re)confirms that Mac support is coming, including the new iPod/PSP features.

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 by MegaZone

Following comments made last month at the DigitalLife show, as reported here, TiVoPony today (re)confirmed that TiVo is working on Mac support for TiVoToGo, as well as the iPod & PSP support announced today, in two posts at TiVoCommunity.com: here … Continue reading →

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