Ready to sell some TiVos? Good, because TiVo is ready for you. A few weeks ago I covered this advertising scheme, so I won’t bother repeating myself.

Finally a Guru Guide of value! By subscribing online, this new guide will automatically record a variety of new shows and series premieres. The list is initially populated with Fox content, which generally debuts first, but your registration includes recording additional shows as the queue evolves. I checked in with TiVo, Inc and they have confirmed Guru Guides is not paid advertising.

The 2006 Fall television season is almost upon us! With so many great new shows airing, sorting through what’s worth watching and what’s not is harder than ever. Fortunately for you, TiVo’s New Fall TV Guru Guide makes it easy for you to sample the 2006 new Fall shows as they air!

(Thanks Zeo!)

I normally count on Thomas Hawk and Davis Freeberg to cover the financials of digital media companies. Since they haven’t chimed in yet, I’ll give you the brief summary: TiVo’s revenue and sales are up, compared to Q2 2005, but they’re still in the red — to the tune of $6.5 million.

The only real news out of the presentation is that the widespread rollout of Comcast’s TiVo (Motorola hardware) is now slated for 2007 — earlier rumors of testing may have been premature or trials were being conducted on a small scale.

Read the second quarter report here. (PDF)

Wow, Fox content is popping up everywhere (TitanTV, Yahoo, AOL, IGN). This morning my mom got an email linked to an Amazon “Fox Fall TV Sneak Peek” page of numerous series video clips.

UPDATE: Looks like Fox is advertising on 50 (!) sites. Wonder how much a video campaign of this magnitude costs…

(Thanks Mom!)

Never enough time…

• TiVo tastes some sweet revenge. (Wired)
• Yahoo television guide updated with video clips and pilot episodes. (Yahoo)
• What’s holding up international deployment of SlingPlayer Mobile? (SlingCommunity)
• Omnicom Media Group signs advertising agreement With TiVo. (TiVo)
• KnoppMyth updated. (PVRWire)

TiVo sues EchoStar. EchoStar retaliates by suing TiVo. Fast forward a year or so… EchoStar’s suit is stayed, pending analysis by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

ALVISO, Calif., Aug 28, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and the leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR), today offered the following statement on the court stay of EchoStar Technology Corporation’s lawsuit against TiVo and Humax USA. On July 14, 2006, United States Magistrate Judge Caroline M. Craven for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, issued a stay order, which is now final.

“We are pleased with the Court’s order to stay EchoStar Technology Corporation’s patent infringement litigation pending the outcome of the USPTO reexamination proceedings of certain EchoStar patents. The reexamination requests TiVo submitted to the USPTO detail how a large number of prior art references that the USPTO did not previously consider raise substantial new questions regarding the validity of the claims EchoStar asserted and why those claims are invalid. TiVo will continue to defend its technology vigorously and will not be intimidated by claims such as those EchoStar asserted against TiVo — claims EchoStar asserted in response to TiVo’s successful suit against EchoStar. As the jury found on April 13, 2006 in TiVo’s suit against EchoStar, EchoStar willfully infringed TiVo’s pioneering time warping patent. TiVo will continue to vigorously pursue its rights in that case.”

The order grants a stay in the proceedings in EchoStar Technology Corporation’s lawsuit against TiVo and Humax USA, Inc. regarding the alleged infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,774,186 (”Interruption Tolerant Video Program Viewing”), 6,208,804 B1 (”Multimedia Direct Access Storage Device and Formatting Method”), and 6,529,685 B2 (”Multimedia Direct Access Storage Device and Formatting Method”) pending the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) completion of proceedings with respect to TiVo’s request for reexamination of those patents.