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Tivo Hires New CEO

[TVHarmony] Tivo announced that they've hired Tom Rogers as its new CEO. With Tom Rogers track record at NBC and Primedia, it's a good indication that Tivo will stay focused on building partnerships.

HDTV switches on confusion

[TV Snob.com - TV on DVD, LCD TV, Plasma, HDTV, DVD, DLP, TV Shows, Portable TVS, Flat CRT, PSP, & Portable Video Devices - News] I've yet to see an HDTV say - this is exactly what you'll need to get through the next 5 years and not be unhappy. A standard would be great instead of all the different crap you need to wade through.

Posted at 12:16 PM

June 28, 2005

Tivo Hires New CEO

Posted at 12:21 PM

HDTV switches on confusion

Posted at 12:16 PM

The broadcast flag that wouldn't die

[TV Squad] The EFF is screaming out warnings that higher-ups in Hollywood have somehow obscured the dreaded broadcast flag into an amendment to a wordy appropriations bill.

Posted at 12:14 PM

June 27, 2005

Ads creep into programs as TV counters commercial-skipping

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Posted at 06:16 PM

June 22, 2005

What media could look like in 2014

[FresBlog] The Press Gazette has a great article on the history of media and what it might hold for the future. The article is in response to a mock documentary "made by a couple of journalists from the US,

Posted at 01:02 PM

June 21, 2005

Hack a Day

[ Mediacentric] Steve Jenkins has a do-it-yourself Tivo lobotomy kit for your Series 1 Tivo or DirecTivo. Step by step guide to installing a network card, getting telnet access, and installing things like TivoFTPd and TivoWeb.

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Posted at 01:37 PM

June 20, 2005

Chris Lanier

[ Mediacentric] Windows MCE Neowin is reporting that Microsoft is preparing an update for MCE 2005. The update is expected to go to manufacturing in August, and will include XBox 360 support, plus: Native digital cable Content Protection Improve burning (DRM, network, Hi-def, DVD-RAM) MCX on WinCE clients (Babylon, TV2 as stretch goal) Playback reliability Running 3rd party apps out of proc Address top usability issues Platform Security Additional languages and locales

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Posted at 10:57 AM

June 18, 2005

Part Two

[ Mediacentric] Tom’s Hardware has just completed part two of a fairly comprehensive overview of Windows Media Center Edition 2005. If you’ve been wondering what all of the fuss is about, here’s your opportunity to take a walk-through of pretty much all of the major features of MCE.

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Posted at 07:46 PM

Murdoch makes renting easier

[Cinematical] If you thought Netflix made renting movies a snap, you may be interested in Rupert Murdoch's new plan to have home satellite systems equipped with DVRs which would record the movie and then allow the viewer to "rent" the movie and view it on their TV.

Posted at 02:57 PM

The Long Tail

[ Mediacentric] (One idea now under consideration at DirecTV is to provide these DVRs with an enormous 160-gigabyte recording capacity. The subscriber would only be told about 80 gigabytes, with the remaining 80 gigabytes reserved for encrypted movies.) Once the movies are placed on the DVRs, a customer “rents”

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Posted at 02:55 PM

October 18, 2004: the day broadcast TV died?

[TV Squad] Another alternative are companies that stream content for fee, which I would also be willing to do if the price point was right (I would pay $2 / episode for a show I liked in HDTV quality if it meant I did not have to buy the DVD or pay for premium cable or satellite services). Though this does admittedly potentially take out the "middle man" ie broadcat networks.

Posted at 02:55 PM

Humax TiVo DVD recorder review

[ PVR Spot: PVR news, DIY PVR, reviews, tivo, replay tv and more] Todd Carter over at PVR Wire has a good review of the Humax TiVo DVD recorder. Basically like other Tivo’s its a bit hard setting up but once...

Posted at 02:54 PM

June 17, 2005

several folks who attended say no

[ Mediacentric] Engadget asks the musical question "How would you change TiVo?" Some interesting responses, along with some totally predictable ones. For me (as

Posted at 09:35 AM

DirecTV Update Sparks TiVo Tizzy

[ PVR Spot: PVR news, DIY PVR, reviews, tivo, replay tv and more] From Wired: A recent software upgrade to DirecTV receivers has infuriated TiVo users who say the change disabled their beloved digital video recorders...

Posted at 09:33 AM

A few other dads to consider

[TV Squad] Okay, so I was thinking about that recent poll where folks voted on the TV dad they'd most like as their own.

Posted at 09:32 AM

June 16, 2005

First Portable DVR in the U.S.

[~Tech Angel~] The product will be called the PocketDish and will store audio, photos and TV content. It will be able to download a full-length movie from an EchoStar DVR in less than ten minutes. With up to a 40 GB hard drive, it can store 180 hours of standard tv or 25 hours of HD content.

Posted at 03:18 PM

list of ten excellent suggestions

[ Mediacentric] while most users are delighted with iTunes’ feature set, some believe that iTunes is lacking certain newly essential functions. Steve Jobs has already demonstrated podcasting support, which will be included in the next version of iTunes, but what else does the program need? In cooperation with our readers, we’ve looked closely at what’s missing in iTunes 4, so here are ten ideas for new features in iTunes 5.

Posted at 03:17 PM

Customer Intuition: ESPN Considers Branded TVs

[BeConnected] The network is also considering the possibility of offering special content to owners of its TV's. As digital televisions begin to enter the market with standard Ethernet connections and built-in hard drive recorders (called personal video recorders, or P.V.R.'s), there will be more opportunities for content providers to offer programming to a captive audience.

Posted at 03:15 PM

Cliff Huxtable, number one dad

[TV Squad] Our pals over at PVR Wire have uncovered that Cliff Huxtable, Bill Cosby's wisecracking, avuncular patriarch, has been voted the TV dad most people would have wanted as a father growing up. I suppose having Cliff as a father for one day might be interesting, but I think I'll stick with my own dad, since he's much more succinct than Mr.

Posted at 03:13 PM

TiVo leads viewers to watch even more TV

[ PVR Spot: PVR news, DIY PVR, reviews, tivo, replay tv and more] Despite all the protests against Tivo on the basis of copyright and theft of product, this report states that Tivo is actually good for TV, although it sems more based on the opinions of a few random people than any serious study

Posted at 03:11 PM

June 15, 2005

DirecTV already messing with TiVo

[Blog-A-Rama] Especially since 2/3 of all TiVo subscribers are really DirecTV subscribers. As you’ll see from the article, DirecTV is swearing their latest update that broke some features for some subscribers using a specific TiVo set up was unintentional. We’ll see”¦ Wired News: DirecTV Update Sparks TiVo Tizzy A recent software upgrade to DirecTV receivers has infuriated TiVo users who say the change disabled their beloved digital video recorders ”” and has sparked conspiratorial theories that DirecTV disabled them on purpose.

Posted at 07:04 AM

Homebrew Tiger and TiVo Solution

[The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)] Well, one of them, iDrive X, decided to code ANN: TiVo Broadcaster 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.4, a GUI homebrew app that fixes what TiVo hasn't bothered to fix yet: "I guess I've done enough whining around here about TiVo giving us the shaft. Here's my 'valentine' to TiVo users. (And no, it's not a Valentine like Berman & Braga's wonderful little Valentine) http://www.idrivex.com/tivo.sit Enjoy.

Posted at 07:03 AM

ABC split-screen experiment a success

[TV Squad] An ABC/ESPN experiment for its Indy auto racing coverage that provides a split screen during national commercials is a success, at least from the perspective of this TiVo user and commercial skipper.

Posted at 07:02 AM

Oh my! Collegiate crowd just doesn't get TV

[TV Squad] Give them all college degrees! A few of use here at TV Squad have college degrees (they make good placemats) but we think Minneapolis and St. Paul just need to be reminded that pop culture is the new academia.

Posted at 07:01 AM

June 14, 2005

Join Us in Welcoming PVRWire

[Divester] What, exactly, does PVRWire discuss, you might ask. Well, I’ll tell you: PVRWire will report on PVRs and anything relating to them, including TiVos (got one; love it!) and other PVRs (personal video recorders) and DVRs (digital video recorders).

Posted at 09:35 AM

Networks better get ready for a change

[TV Squad] If it’s true, as Bill Cella says in this article, that network television as a business model is here to stay, it’s only because those with vested interests in it’s survival will call in as many favors as they have to in order to guarantee it. I think that yes, in five years the network landscape will look much as it does now minus perhaps one major player.

Posted at 09:33 AM

ABC split-screen experiment a success

[AdJab] It's these kind of innovative advertising techniques that will ultimately prosper in a crowded and PVR-filled world. If the experiment is successful, as it seems to be, we may see this spread to other sports, like golf, that don't have natural (or even artificial) commercial breaks like baseball and football do.

Posted at 09:29 AM

June 13, 2005

Moviegoers staying home

[~Tech Angel~] There have been many times where we've decided not to go see a movie simply because we were on the fence and knew it would be out on DVD in a couple of months anyway. With the decreased amount of time between theatrical release and the DVD release, this will happen more and more with moviegoers. I remember when it used to take a year or so for movies to come out and that was the deciding factor in going to go see an "on-the-fence"

Posted at 10:16 AM

DVR on the go!!!!!

[Blog-A-Rama] The device’s real strengths are its versatility and its bevy of connectivity options. It performs direct video recording from most sources (TV, DVD player, VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver) via the included Archos TV Docking Pod, and it offers a TV output for watching your recordings on a full-size screen. We’ve seen the video quality on the device and on a high-quality TV, and it looks very good.

Posted at 10:15 AM

engadget

[ Mediacentric] means those running the very newest version of Windows Mobile. Which unfortunately leaves my beloved Toshbia e-800 (with it’s large screen and VGA resolution) out of the picture, due to the lack of an updated Windows Media Player and its attendant DRM.

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Posted at 10:11 AM

TechDirt

[ Mediacentric] MediaCheck gave participants’ a set-top box in which a green light would blink during a TV commercial to alert the viewer that it had a corresponding coupon offer online. Participants could then install a memory stick from the set-top box in their computers to see the offers.

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Posted at 10:09 AM

TiVo's Loss Narrows on Subscriber Growth

[Reinvent TV] [Source: Reinvent TV] quoted: TiVo said it had a fiscal first-quarter loss of $857,000, or 1 cent per share, compared with a loss of $9.07 million, or 11 cents per share, in the same period of 2004. Revenue for the quarter was $46.9 million, up 36% fro...

Posted at 10:06 AM

Previously on AdJab: Trump, Desperate Housewives

[TV Squad] Wisteria Lane won't be seeing the Mary Kay pink cadillac anytime soon, because Christian groups protested the firm's plan to push it's products on the ABC series Desperate Housewives. Apparently, for Mary Kay, it's "God first...career third," so I don't see how they expected the Housewives gig to work, anyway.

Posted at 10:05 AM

TV's future is here, although it needs work | CNET News.com

[~Tech Angel~] This article gives a great review of Akimbo, the service that allows you to download online content to a Tivo-like box. Although the writer acknowledges that the concept is a great idea, apparently Akimbo has had hard time following through due to the networks' reluctance to provide content (some of Akimbo's content includes "Veg TV", Adven TV, the first on-demand Turkish station in the U.S.). It also doesn't help that Akimbo overcharges for its services.

Posted at 10:04 AM

June 12, 2005

Reality TV make ads the main course

[AdJab] But that's how Gary Ruskin (exec. director of Commercial Alert) described the integrated advertising on reality TV to the Arizona Republic. We think it's less stealth and more in-your-face: the American Idol kids zipping around in a Ford Focus, The Apprentice boys duking it out on a Playstation. Anyway, AZ Republic thinks that with DVR (is that all we talk about anymore?) usurping the standard television ad, reality television will take the helm.

Posted at 12:25 PM

Tonight's HBO HD lineup

[~Tech Angel~] All four of these movies should look great on HD. I've already seen Shrek 2 in HD and it is truly stunning. I believe this is the premiere of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on HD, so if I'm home I will definitely watch it or at least record it on my HD DVR.~

Posted at 12:24 PM

Welcome PVRWire!

[TV Squad] It's all about the world of personal video recorders (a.k.a. digital video recorders). It's really a handy sister site to TV Squad, and already the gang has a lot of great stories up: the top wish list director rankings, top season pass rankings, and a more in-depth piece about the Akimbo PVR we talked about earlier today. Welcome PVRWire!

Posted at 12:22 PM

Aeon Digital Announces the DV-280 Digital Video Recorder

[ PVR Spot: PVR news, DIY PVR, reviews, tivo, replay tv and more] Aeon Digital International (ADI) has unveiled its new DV-280 Digital Video Recorder at the 2005 Broadband World Forum. The DV-280 is sound more like a...

Posted at 12:21 PM

Netflix: Did David Beat Goliath Or Is It Something Else?

[ ICE - Improving Customer Experience] Netflix has a lot of things going for it, not the least of which is the size of its DVD library which eclipses that of most physical video stores. If I were Netflix, I'd save all those DVD cases (which aren't shipped with the rentals) and go into selling used DVD's online. Blockbuster has devoted a lot of store space to this concept and it makes sense when you consider rental patterns for movies.

Posted at 12:21 PM

PVRWire

[ Mediacentric] If you are a monthly TiVo subscriber, it appears that TiVo is desperate enough to keep you as a subscriber that they will lower your monthly bill by 50% if you threaten to leave due to wanting to switch to your cable providers DVR service. This will effectively drop your bill from $12 per month right down to $6.

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Posted at 12:20 PM

PVRBlog

[ Mediacentric] Whether it’s a simple trick, like turning your TiVo into a clock, or a serious hardware hack to increase the amount of storage space in the device, we’re here with several tips, tricks, and pointers to more information, so you can get more out of your TiVo time.

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Posted at 12:19 PM

June 11, 2005

Not much to choose from, but porn is only $10

[TV Squad] Imagine all those short-lived TV shows that we'll never see again being available, just a mouse click away. Right now, however, Akimbo is just not worth it, according to David Pogue at the NY Times. It's too expensive, you can't keep some shows on the device (they self-destruct in a couple of days or a week), and the only categories are Billiards, Extreme Sports, Golf, Martial Arts, Documentaries, and...Yachting?

Posted at 01:54 PM

Inverto IDL 7000T

[GadgetSpy] Looking very curvey and minimalist it looks much more expensive than it is - compared to the other set-top boxes around this is a clear winner. To cater for a wider range of tastes Inverto even supply the box in both white and coal black models.

Posted at 01:53 PM

Do you have HDTV yet?

[TV Squad] Do you have an HDTV set yet? We're taking an informal poll to find out how many TV Squad readers are interested in high-definition and digital TV coverage.

Posted at 01:52 PM

Tivo Tips

[TVHarmony] Via PVRBlog, PCWorld has a great list of tricks you can do with your Tivo, some of which I hadn't seen before.

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Posted at 01:50 PM

TiVo Tips and Tweaks

[ PVR Spot: PVR news, DIY PVR, reviews, tivo, replay tv and more] PC World has a great list of secret Tivo tips and tweaks, including an Easter Egg that presents a short video hidden inside your Tivo

Posted at 01:49 PM

Click here to read the rest of this article

[ Mediacentric] I went down a rather similar path myself — I ran ShowShifter for quite awhile. Although I never really used its PVR functionality, I used its Live TV to front-end a Tivo, and to integrate watching that with the ability to play DVDs and get to my (rather extensive) collection of digital video.

Posted at 01:48 PM

PVRs are selling like hotcakes.

[ Mediacentric] According to the market researcher, hardware vendors had a windfall in 2004, with shipment volume jumping to 11.4 million units, up from 4.6 million pieces sold in the previous year. The phenomenal growth, a result of increasing awareness about time-shifting television programming, resulted in PVR revenue more than doubling to $4.3 billion from $2.1 billion in 2003.

Posted at 01:47 PM

June 10, 2005

Secret TiVo Tips and Tweaks

[Computer Alchemy] PCworld.com has a decent article that covers some tweaks and easter eggs that you can find in your Tivo. Feel free to leave any hacks that you have...

Posted at 05:52 PM

4th graders get rich off Tivo

[ PVR Spot: PVR news, DIY PVR, reviews, tivo, replay tv and more] One of those nice stories that couldnt remain unlinked. TiVo investment helps fourth-graders in Cerritos earn 26% return imothy McCray and his team of...

Posted at 05:51 PM

Netflix & TiVo

[Simply Kimberly] TiVo subscribers will be able to visit Netflix’s Web site and either stream movies over a broadband connection or download them to their TiVo boxes…

Posted at 05:51 PM

Rescue Me Returns to Air June 21

[The Indiana Jones School of Management] I needed a Sunday afternoon nap, and, as always, NASCAR came through for me. But before I could go into a racing-on-TV-induced coma, I saw something...

Posted at 05:50 PM

TiVo: iSee iTunes

[Simply Kimberly] I know I am going to get much use out of this plugin. As soon as I get some extra cash I plan on sending the developers something via Paypal.

Posted at 05:48 PM

New TiVo!

[Mostly Muppet Dot Com] So what we hope will happen is this: we’ll pay the yearly fee on the refurbed TiVO - $155.40, or 12 x $12.95 - the standard price. Then, TiVo will give us $6.95 per month per TiVo for the existing units in my home.

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Posted at 05:47 PM

Om Malik is reporting

[ Mediacentric] No details yet, but Om Malik is reporting that Yahoo’s new Music Store has been hacked, and it’s apparently possible to download unlimited free music without any DRM.

Posted at 05:45 PM

Give your TiVo a Facelift

[TV Snob.com - TV on DVD, LCD TV, Plasma, HDTV, DVD, DLP, TV Shows, Portable TVS, Flat CRT, PSP, & Portable Video Devices - News] I'm not sure why I would want to interchange the faceplate of my TIVO and move them around to the other TIVOs. Hmmm..this is a high...

Posted at 05:44 PM

Engadget

[ Mediacentric] The PocketDish will download a full-length movie in less than 10 minutes from an EchoStar DVR, say people who know details of the product. It will feature hard-disk drives with up to 40 gigabytes of storage.

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Posted at 05:43 PM

Bitching online for fun and profit

[Mostly Muppet Dot Com] You can also track the status of your rebate, using the Tracking number above, at www.tivorebates.com. Jasmine Promotions Customer Service All I need to do now is complain about my overcharges and I’ll be all set on the TiVo gravy-train. Of course, they owe me the money, so I’m doing them a favor by being a forward customer.

Posted at 05:43 PM

TiVo mobile video service now on Microsoft devices

[ PVR Spot: PVR news, DIY PVR, reviews, tivo, replay tv and more] TiVo has annonuced that it’s extending its TiVoToGo portable video service to pocket computers and mobile phones running Microsoft software. Reteurs...

Posted at 05:41 PM

TivotoGo now on Microsoft devices

[~Tech Angel~] ~I don't own a Tivo, but I own a ReplayTV that I bought back in 2000. I have a HD DVR from my Comcast that I am currently using. I know that Comcast and Tivo signed a distribution deal earlier this year, so I'm wondering if Comcast customers will ever be able to take advantage of TivoToGo in the future. I would definitely be interested in this service.~

Posted at 05:36 PM

PVRLib > June 28, 2005

Tivo Hires New CEO

HDTV switches on confusion

June 28, 2005

Tivo Hires New CEO

HDTV switches on confusion

The broadcast flag that wouldn't die

June 27, 2005

Ads creep into programs as TV counters commercial-skipping

June 22, 2005

What media could look like in 2014

June 21, 2005

Hack a Day

June 20, 2005

Chris Lanier

June 18, 2005

Part Two

Murdoch makes renting easier

The Long Tail

October 18, 2004: the day broadcast TV died?

Humax TiVo DVD recorder review

June 17, 2005

several folks who attended say no

DirecTV Update Sparks TiVo Tizzy

A few other dads to consider

June 16, 2005

First Portable DVR in the U.S.

list of ten excellent suggestions

Customer Intuition: ESPN Considers Branded TVs

Cliff Huxtable, number one dad

TiVo leads viewers to watch even more TV

June 15, 2005

DirecTV already messing with TiVo

Homebrew Tiger and TiVo Solution

ABC split-screen experiment a success

Oh my! Collegiate crowd just doesn't get TV

June 14, 2005

Join Us in Welcoming PVRWire

Networks better get ready for a change

ABC split-screen experiment a success

June 13, 2005

Moviegoers staying home

DVR on the go!!!!!

engadget

TechDirt

TiVo's Loss Narrows on Subscriber Growth

Previously on AdJab: Trump, Desperate Housewives

TV's future is here, although it needs work | CNET News.com

June 12, 2005

Reality TV make ads the main course

Tonight's HBO HD lineup

Welcome PVRWire!

Aeon Digital Announces the DV-280 Digital Video Recorder

Netflix: Did David Beat Goliath Or Is It Something Else?

PVRWire

PVRBlog

June 11, 2005

Not much to choose from, but porn is only $10

Inverto IDL 7000T

Do you have HDTV yet?

Tivo Tips

TiVo Tips and Tweaks

Click here to read the rest of this article

PVRs are selling like hotcakes.

June 10, 2005

Secret TiVo Tips and Tweaks

4th graders get rich off Tivo

Netflix & TiVo

Rescue Me Returns to Air June 21

TiVo: iSee iTunes

New TiVo!

Om Malik is reporting

Give your TiVo a Facelift

Engadget

Bitching online for fun and profit

TiVo mobile video service now on Microsoft devices

TivotoGo now on Microsoft devices

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