Tag Archives: Australia

TiVo Reveals More Australian Details

Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 by MegaZone

It looks like The Sydney Morning Herald has someone at CES, and they got some time with Joshua Danovitz, TiVo’s international general manager. They managed to get some more specifics on the TiVo service that will launch down under in … Continue reading →

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TiVo Prepares To Sweep The Globe

Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 by MegaZone

You know how I’ve repeatedly said that TiVo’s work for Australia will help form the foundation for TiVo deployments around the world? Well, TiVo is thinking along the same lines. One of the display stations in their CES suite features … Continue reading →

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TiVo Looking For Testers In Australia

Posted on Monday, January 7, 2008 by MegaZone

Today TiVo Australia set out an email which indicates progress is being made in preparing TiVo for the market there – they’re now signing people up for testing. Of course, you need to live in Australia, and meet these requirements: … Continue reading →

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Australian TiVo In “Alpha-Testing Mode”

Posted on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 by MegaZone

I guess the Australian press thinks the launch of TiVo down under is a big deal. A new article in Australian IT has a one sentence mention of TiVo: “A network executive confirmed TiVo was in alpha-testing mode.” That’s one … Continue reading →

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Australian Rental Chains Back Blu-ray

Posted on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 by MegaZone

Australian video rental chains Video Ezy and Blockbuster, both owned by Franchise Entertainment Group, will exclusively rent Blu-ray Disc, and not HD DVD, at their 870 stores, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Paul Uniacke, FEG managing director, said that … Continue reading →

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