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 [Lance Speelmon] TSS: TiVo plans Java-based SDK: I wonder if the SDK will support transferring content over-the-wire to a PC for transcoding... I am looking for a hack-free way of saving shows to DVD from my DirecTivo. And yes I do know that Tivos are made with burners, but not for us DirecTV subscribers. 

[Pvrblog.com] Newsweek: Netflix and TiVo to announce partnership, offer ...: Noodling Netflix: In the hoopla over a possible linkup between Netflix and TiVo, something appears to have been lost on investors: Even if the two strike some kind of deal allowing Netflix (NFLX: news, chart, profile) subscribers to access movies by downloading them onto a TiVo for a monthly subscription price or on a pay-per-view basis, it's unlikely the library of titles will be anywhere near the 25,000 Netflix now claims -- at least not any time soon. Ditto Netflix's plans to offer download services, which the company has suggested will happen next year.

[Homeentertainment.engadget.com] TiVo breaks three million subscribers - Home Entertainment ...: They added just under 700,000 new subscribers in their fourth fiscal quarter which ended on January 31st, but the catch is that most of those (about 447,000) were people who signed up through DirecTV. TiVo makes less money from DirecTV subscribers than they do off of customers who buy standalone TiVo boxes and either sign up for a lifetime subscription or pay a $12.95 monthly fee. Given the current unraveling of their relationship with DirecTV (their partnership expires in 2007 and DirecTV is rolling out their own DVR to compete with DirecTiVo), even with today’s good news TiVo isn’t out of the woods yet;

 [Contracts.onecle.com] Sample Contracts and Business Forms - Marketing Agreement and Tax ...: Section 2.3 of the Marketing Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety to reflect that DIRECTV shall continue to undertake the billing and remittance processing activities relating to the sale of the TiVo Service to DIRECTV/TiVo Subscribers using the DIRECTV/TiVo Combo Receiver, in the manner mutually agreed upon by the parties, as provided to date. TiVo shall remain solely responsible for billing and remittance processing activities relating to the sale of the TiVo Service to TiVo subscribers using the TiVo Stand-Alone Receiver.

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