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While relations between DirecTV and TiVo have thawed (extended pact, do-not-sue agreement, software update), there doesn’t appear to be much momentum based on comments made during DirecTV’s earnings call:
I think we continue to see a few things — I think we have a constructive relationship. We are not doing a lot in all honesty but I think we have an honest dialog that I think is sincere about seeing if there are things that make sense for us. I mean, at our core, the heart of our business is going to continue to get driven by set-top box technologies we’ve developed that are at the core of the — as we launch VOD and whole home solutions and broadband connectivity and all these things, they are all tied into set-top box software that is deployed and operated by us. That doesn’t mean there aren’t things we can do with TiVo and if we can find a way to crack it, I think we’ve always been open to an intelligent relationship if there was one.
No mention of DTV’s ReplayTV IP play…
8 Responses for "Status Quo for DirecTV & TiVo"
Note to self: Figure out, or ask all the ZNF readers, what’s a good slang term for every single media company on earth all wanting their own dedicated set top box in my living room.
STB-aholic? Yet Another Set Top Box - YASTB? Or maybe something simple like “C4C” ( Contempt for the Consumer )
Good grief…the only thing I can discern from those comments is that the speaker is inarticulate and/or does not want to saying anything of substance.
Seriously they need to come out with a new box. A tech is coming out to my house tomorrow to look at my week-old HR-21 HD DVR. Coming from a Series 2, this box is crap and on top of that it’s $200 to LEASE. There are forums full of people with freezing, crashing, directv boxes but also perfectly happy directivo users who would have to have their boxes pried from their cold, dead fingers. The difference is night and day.
What good is more HD channels than any other provider if your receiver freezes and takes 30 minutes to reboot?
No sellout for me. This DirecTivo is all I need even if I have to go OTA only from here on. Never shown hunger for anything crammed down my throat.
Keywords: Arrogant greedy shortsighted wrongheaded imperceptive wrong
Comments like that from DirecTV make me sad
Unfortunately the comments are short-sighted and those actions retard the growth of their increasing customer base by at least one.
I’m so frustrated with them.
I’ve had DirecTV since 1997, and a HD DirecTivo for a couple of years. Every day (it seems), DirecTV adds another HD channel I want … in mpeg4, which means I can’t get it on my Tivo.
I really don’t want the DirecTV DVR; I love my Tivo.
I know there’s the possible solution of getting the new Tivos and switching to FIOS, using cable cards, but I kind of like what I have (and hate hate hate Verizon, almost as much as Comcast.)
I keep hoping they kiss, make up, and release a new DirecTivo with mpeg4 in it, but it’s getting really frustrating.
Seriously. New DirecTivo HD Box. For the love of GAWD. It can’t be that hard.
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