Category Archives: Cable

Virgin TiVo Wins Stuff’s Home Cinema Gadget of the Year

Posted on Monday, November 7, 2011 by MegaZone

Beating out the Onkyo TX-NR609 receiver, EchoStar HDS 600RS Freesat PVR, Panasonic DMP-BDT310 Blu-ray player, LG HX976TZW home theater in a box, D-Link Boxee Box, and Yamaha YSP-2200 sound bar, Virgin Media’s TiVo won Stuff magazine’s “Home Cinema Gadget of … Continue reading →

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RCN To Launch TiVo Premiere Q & TiVo Preview in Washington, DC on Tuesday 11/8

Posted on Sunday, November 6, 2011 by MegaZone

On Friday Jason Nealis, RCN’s Sr. Director, Video Product and Video Operations, posted in the DSL Reports forums announcing that the TiVo Premiere Q and TiVo Preview would launch in RCN’s Washington, DC service area on Tuesday, November 8th. The … Continue reading →

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Charter TiVo – Today Ft. Worth, TX, Tomorrow the World!

Posted on Sunday, November 6, 2011 by MegaZone

OK, not quite today, but soon. Back in January Charter & TiVo announced an agreement under which Charter would offer TiVo hardware to their customers, just as RCN, Suddenlink, and Grande Communications do. And with their quarterly financial announcement last … Continue reading →

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EchoStar Preparing a Network DVR

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by MegaZone

EchoStar hasn’t been very successful in breaking into the US STB market. They, of course, continue to supply hardware to sister company Dish Network, but one of the objectives of splitting the companies apart was to allow EchoStar to provide … Continue reading →

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Suddenlink Expands TiVo Premiere Offer to Six Additional Markets

Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 by MegaZone

Suddenlink, one of three MSO’s currently offering the TiVo Premiere directly to customers (RCN & Grande Communications are the other two, with Charter on deck as a fourth) is expanding TiVo availability to six new markets. Suddenlink customers in El … Continue reading →

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