Monday, August 9, 2004
DirecTV To Drop TiVo
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 02:00 PM
"Crap! This is the worst PVR-related news I've heard in a while. When News Corp gained ownership of DirecTV, many speculated that Rupert Murdoch's other satellite company (with a DVR), NDS, might be used instead of the combination DirecTiVo boxes DirecTV customers now have. Well, the sad truth is that indeed NDS boxes will be released early next year, alongside DirecTiVo boxes. The Tivo-DirecTV relationship ends in 2007, so hopefully they'll continue to support TiVo boxes after the NDS rollout next year."
This is very interesting. The news had a profound effect on the TiVo stock since almost half of TiVo's million users are DirecTV customers running the combo TiVo unit. You don't need to panic yet as the contract does not expire until 2007 and presumably TiVo will come up with some sort of new deal, but this is still some unfortunate news.
This is very interesting. The news had a profound effect on the TiVo stock since almost half of TiVo's million users are DirecTV customers running the combo TiVo unit. You don't need to panic yet as the contract does not expire until 2007 and presumably TiVo will come up with some sort of new deal, but this is still some unfortunate news.
