Monthly Archives: August 2006

TiVo Statement in Response to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals’ Decision to Temporarily Block In

Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 by MegaZone

The company said, “We are very pleased by recent developments involving the issuance of a permanent injunction in our patent case against EchoStar by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas. The court of appeals temporarily stayed the … Continue reading →

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TiVo Statement on Order Granting Injunction Against EchoStar and Damages of Over $89.6 Million

Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR), today announced that U.S. District Court Judge David Folsom granted TiVo’s motion for permanent injunction to prevent EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH, “ECC”) … Continue reading →

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Judge to EchoStar: Disable your DVRs

Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 by MegaZone

A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a lower-court ruling that would have forced satellite television provider EchoStar Communications to stop selling many of its digital video recorders, EchoStar said Friday. Neither pat of this is surprising. The U.S. district … Continue reading →

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Adults in DVR Households Read More, Surf More and Watch TV More

Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 by MegaZone

According to the latest data from Mediamark Research, 8.6% of U.S. adults reported having a DVR in their household. That percentage rose to 11.2% of adult households in the Spring 2006 release. (March 2005 to early May 2006.) The report … Continue reading →

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Sony ships recordable Blu-ray discs to U.S.

Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 by MegaZone

Sony has begun shipping 50-gigabyte recordable Blu-ray Disc media to the United States, the company announced Wednesday. A prominent backer of the next-generation media format, Sony shipped its first Blu-ray titles in June and has re-engineered the AccuCore technology used … Continue reading →

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