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TiVo Earnings Preview

Posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 by MegaZone

TiVo reports their earnings this Wednesday and Forbes.com is running an AP earnings preview article. As I’d expect, the two main focuses are on the EchoStar appeal victory and the Comcast software roll-out, both of which happened during the last … 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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DirecTV Adds Internet Scheduling

Posted on Monday, January 21, 2008 by MegaZone

Playing catch-up to TiVo (and ReplayTV before them), DirecTV is adding the ability to schedule recordings on their DVRs via the Internet, which they’re calling DVR Scheduler. Right now they’re doing a ‘soft launch’ on the HR20 and R15, with … Continue reading →

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DirecTV Launches AM21 ATSC Sidekick For HR21 DVR

Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 by MegaZone

The DirecTV HR21 DVR first appeared in September, and one of the key differences from the preceding HR20 was the lack of built-in ATSC tuners. While the HR20 supported satellite and ATSC, the HR21 is satellite only. This has been … Continue reading →

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