Monthly Archives: July 2006

TIVO AWARDED 2006 INTERACTIVE TELEVISION EMMY

Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), a creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), is honored to announce that it has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a 2006 Emmy Award for … Continue reading →

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TiVo and BellSouth to Co-Market TiVo DVR and DSL Internet

Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), a creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS), today announced a co-marketing agreement to promote the stand-alone TiVo® Series2™ box and service in conjunction with BellSouth® … Continue reading →

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Netflix CEO sees HD DVD and Blu-ray war “maintaining stalemate”

Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 by MegaZone

During their Q2 Earnings Conference Call yesterday, CEO Reed Hastings stated that they now view the format war as an unwinnable one. In their view, the best thing that can happen now would be for all studios currently declared exclusive … Continue reading →

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LG Says No HD DVD/Blu-ray Deck For ’06

Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 by MegaZone

LG Electronics confirmed that it had no plans to introduce a dual-format HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc player this fall. So LG Electronics is sticking to BD only, at least this year.

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EU in antitrust probe of rival DVD format creators

Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 by MegaZone

European Commission antitrust officials are probing the licensing strategies of two rival new generation DVD developers, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, the European Union executive said on Thursday.

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