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Tivo Blamed for Massive Increase in Product Placement in Television Shows

There has been an 84% increase in product placement on television shows in the past year, and many blame products like Tivo, which allow viewers to skip regular commercials.

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Tivo’s TivoToGo Offering Free iPod Downloads, Free PSP Downloads

Owners of the Apple iPod and Sony PSP who also have Tivo are now able to play their favorite television shows right on their iPod Video or PSP thanks to TivoToGo’s new free iPod downloads and Sony PSP downloads.

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Tivo Added to Yahoo! TV Line-Up

Tivo owners can now program their Tivos through Yahoo! TV’s web interface, selecting shows for recording right from the comfort of their own computer screen.

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Tivo Adds $150.00 Cancellation Fee to Service

Tivo has just added a $150.00 cancellation fee to their service contract, people are plenty unhappy.

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Free Tivo After Rebate!

Tivo is offering a $150.00 rebate, which is really sweet. But sweeter still is that you can get a Tivo right now for only $99.00, making it free after the rebate!

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Tivo Offers Internet Downloads of Television Shows Before They Air On Cable, with Independent Film Channel

Tivo has announced that it has added the ability to download television shows via the Internet, directly to your Tivo hard drive. And sometimes before the shows even air on cable! Announcing the deal struck with the Independent Film Channel (IFC), Tivo indicated that Tivo customers would be able to…

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Tivo Plays Both Sides Against the Middle – Charges Advertisers for Enhanced Tivo Advertising

Tivo first came to prominence as the company which allowed its customers to record whatever they wanted from television whenever they wanted – anything, any time – with the touch of a button. And it allowed its customers to skip commercials. Woohoo! It turns out that customers really like this….

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What a Shock! Tivo and Replay Owners Skip Commercials!

A new study released in the UK this week indicates that DVR (digital video recorders, such as the Tivo and the ReplayTV) owners fast forward through commercials. Well, duh. Apparently this is a surprise, although to whom, Aunty can’t imagine. I mean, why wouldn’t you fast forward through the commercials?…

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A Funny Thing About Tivo and ReplayTV – You Watch Less TV

There’s a funny phenomena we’ve noticed since getting a ReplayTV, and which we’ve since confirmed with all of our friends and colleagues who own Tivo or ReplayTV recorders – contrary to what one might expect, you actually end up watching less television rather than more once you have one.

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TiVo Inc.to Web Broadcast Its Earnings Report

You gotta hand it to Tivo – they are always hip! This just came across Aunty’s newsdesk, just in case any of you are interested: TiVo Inc. Invites You to Join Its First Quarter Fiscal Year 2006 Conference Call and Webcast (News Release) ALVISO, Calif., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TiVo…

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Why PC Owners Should Care About the FCC’s Broadcast Flag

Have you heard about the “broadcast flag”? It’s an anti-copying scheme for digital broadcasts which has been mandated by the FCC. The broadcast flag is essentially a two-part scheme: part one is the flag itself – a little bit of data included in the digital broadcast stream which says “hey,…

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TiVo Spam – Pop-Up Ads Pop Up on Tivo

You did know that your computer isn’t the only place you can have spam shoved in your face, right? TiVo knows this. Show Aunty a device which is connected to a network, and Aunty will show you a device capable of being exploited with pop-ups. TiVo knows this, too. And…

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TiVo Emails Sweet Deal to Journalists for New TiVo Humax

In a novel use of email campaigns, TiVo has emailed a group of journalists, offering them a special $200 off their new TiVo Humax DVR. Yet TiVo denies that it is trying to drum up journalistic support or – gasp – coverage for its newest TiVo DVR. Not that there’s…

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Replay it Again, Sam – ReplayTV Unit for Only $49.74 After Rebate!

What a coincidence! Just yesterday Aunty was talking about DVRs and her ReplayTV, and how much she adores her ReplayTV, and now she comes across this fantastic deal on..you guessed it, a ReplayTV! And when Aunty says a fantastic deal, she means a fantastic deal, so she felt that she…

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TiVo and Comcast Replay Broadcast+DVR Mating, Analysts Underwhelmed

DVR maker TiVo and cable giant Comcast have closed a deal which will have TiVo’s services, although not their DVR boxes, offered through Comcast, with the TiVo brand. This replay of the familiar DVR+broadcast offering, first made popular by TiVo and DirecTV, is a badly needed boost for TiVo, who…