Category Archives: DirecTV

DirecTiVo Units Receiving 6.4a

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by MegaZone

It looks like the long promised software update to the DirecTiVo boxes is finally here. Users are TiVoCommunity are reporting receiving 6.4a on their units. As announced last July, the update includes the Recently Deleted folder in the Now Playing … Continue reading →

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Microsoft And DirecTV Beta Testing DirecTV PC Tuners

Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 by MegaZone

DirecTV’s HDPC-20 tuner card for Windows Media Center has been vaporware for a couple of years, but after a sighting in January it looks like it is slowing moving toward release with a beta program. EngadgetHD has a screen capture … Continue reading →

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TiVo’s Tom Rogers At Bear Stearns Media Conference

Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 by MegaZone

TiVo CEO Tom Rogers today took part in a Q&A session at the Bear Stearns 21st Annual Media Conference, which is available as a webcast. Not a lot was said that we haven’t heard before in past presentations, such as … Continue reading →

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Liberty Media Concludes DirecTV Acquisition

Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2008 by MegaZone

Liberty Media has completed their acquisition of News Corp’s shares in DirecTV. The FCC approved the deal on Monday, and the Justice Department followed suit on Tuesday, clearing the deal of any anti-trust hurdles. The full deal has Liberty giving … Continue reading →

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More TiVo & DirecTV Reconciliation Speculation

Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 by MegaZone

Zatz Not Funny is reporting on a new Bear Stearns report which suggests that DirecTV may return to using TiVo for their DVRs once Liberty Media complete their acquisition of DirecTV: We believe the new DTV management may be more … Continue reading →

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