Supreme Court Denies Dish's Petition On TiVo Patent Damage Award
paidContent — ... TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has scored another legal victory in its battle against the Dish Network. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Dish's appeal on a $74 million penalty for violating the patent on TiVo's Time Warp, ...

MobUI Launches To Help Media Companies Go Mobile; Buys Action Engine
mocoNews — ... ), The Wall Street Journal.com, MarketWatch.com, MSNBC.com, Sports Illustrated and TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), believed it had a buyer, so it didn't pursue others. When the deal didn't get done fast, it left the company scrambling and looking for other buyers to speed up the process. He said there ended up being significant interest with four companies bidding. ...

Movies on Your TV: Netflix Added To Samsung Blu-Ray; CinemaNow and Jaman Added To Tivo
paidContent — ... -- Meanwhile, Tivo is also announcing a couple of deals with CinemaNow and Jaman, to allow its users to download and streams their library onto the TV sets connect to the Tivo box.  Through CinemaNow, Tivo users can download movies from The Walt Disney Studios and some other indie studios. With this, subscribers can activate a download from another device, such as a mobile phone or PC, and have it sent directly to the TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) DVR, ready for viewing when they arrive home. Through Jaman, they can get access to more eclectic ...

Broadband Content Bits: YouTube's Longer Shows; NYT HD Video; Dell PCs Get Music, Movies; SNL/Palin
paidContent — ... platform. The Times plans to shoot, produce and distribute HD video in the coming months: clips are currently syndicated to TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), broadcast TV shows like NBC News, and on JetBlue flights, among others. ...

Fanboys Rejoice: Netflix Movie Service Coming Onto TiVo; Starting With Test Service
paidContent — ... ) and TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) are marrying up....well, for now, dating and not yet exclusive. The two public companies are teaming up to provide Netflix online movie service onto their TiVos, and as a result onto their TVs. The two companies are rolling out a test version tomorrow, with several thousand of their joint subscribers, and expect it to be broadly available in early December, in time for the holidays. The streaming movie service is free for Netflix paid subscribers, as is the case for other Netflix-box deals like Roku, LG, XBox and others, BUT, ...

TiVo Launches Mobile Site
mocoNews — ... TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) is rolling out a mobile site, m.tivo.com, that lets subscribers use their cellphones to search for and record TV shows, reports ...

Earnings: TiVo Swings To Q3 Profit On EchoStar Suit; Q4 Loss Expected To Widen
paidContent — ... get the credit for the DVR company swinging to a profit in Q3, with $100.6 million ($0.98 per share) versus last year's $8.3 million loss. Without the EchoStar compensation, though, TiVo would have just narrowed its loss in Q3 to $900,000—and the company warned investors that its Q4 net loss will likely widen to a range between $10- to $12 million. By comparison, TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) lost $6.4 million in Q407. ...

Mobile Phone App-Maker Mobui Raises Undisclosed Round
mocoNews — ... ), TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), VH1, The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC.com, Sports Illustrated, Barrons.com, Golf.com, and MarketWatch. Last year, ...

Gaming Roundup: YouTube/PS3/Wii; Sales; VGAs; 1Up Editor Defects To Ignition
paidContent — ... through their console's browser. The beta YouTube for Television site has enlarged text and simplified navigation that makes it easier for gamers to navigate with their controllers. Noticeably absent from the pack is the Xbox 360, though the YouTube blog said support for additional devices was coming down the pike. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) already has deals to connect YouTube directly to TVs from Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Panasonic, as well as AppleTV and TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO). —VGA online viewership up; TV ratings down ...

Broadband Content Bits: Letterman; SI.com/Swimsuits; Netflix
paidContent — ... ) said the growth surge stemmed from the expansion of its streaming video service to devices like the Xbox 360 and new TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) DVRs. ...

Report: Mobile Ads Are 'Stickier;' iPhone Users Are The Most Receptive Audience
paidContent — ... Mobile advertising continues to grow rapidly even in the recession and even as other digital formats slow. JP Morgan forecasts growth rates of 40 percent this year, to $2 billion. Of course, it's a still a nascent medium and so the growth is off a relatively tiny base. Recall rates are a huge issue for publishers and advertisers: TV is fighting the ad-skipping powers of TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), while newspapers, magazines, and radio are in a constant battle to keep people from flipping the page or turning the dial.  ...

Report: Mobile Ads Are 'Stickier;' iPhone Users Are The Most Receptive Audience
mocoNews — ... Mobile advertising continues to grow rapidly even in the recession and even as other digital formats slow. JP Morgan forecasts growth rates of 40 percent this year, to $2 billion. Of course, it's a still a nascent medium and so the growth is off a relatively tiny base. Recall rates are a huge issue for publishers and advertisers: TV is fighting the ad-skipping powers of TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), while newspapers, magazines, and radio are in a constant battle to keep people from flipping the page or turning the dial.  ...

Earnings: TiVo Loses More Subs But Belt-Tightening Helps Bottom Line
paidContent — ... —Net subscribers from the TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) product owners decreased 4,000 versus a net addition of 19,000 during the same period the previous year. ...

Blockbuster To Rent And Sell Movies Through TiVo
paidContent — ... In addition to selling and renting movies through TiVo's DVR service, TiVo DVRs will be sold at Blockbuster stores and on blockbuster.com, and both companies will help market the new Blockbuster service on TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO). The service will be launched in the second half of this year, according to the release. ...

@ CTIA: The Business Of Making App Stores Better
mocoNews — ... ) and TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) among others, were looking for a way to promote its own family of applications. He said a free application could have the feature and still potentially have a revenue stream.  ...

@ CTIA: The Business Of Making An App Stand Out
mocoNews — ... ) and TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) among others, were looking for a way to promote its own family of applications. He said a free application could have the feature and still potentially have a revenue stream.  ...

Netflix To Stream South Park, Nickelodeon Shows
paidContent — ... it would rent and sell movies through the TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) set-top box several weeks before they become available through Netflix. ...

TiVo Increases Focus On Audience Data Sales, Adds Local To The Mix
paidContent — ... TiVo is adding local data to its Stop|Watch TV ratings service, giving advertisers a more granular read on how and when its subscribers are tuning in. The company has sold its anonymized viewing data since 2007, but only for national programming and commercials; the local data goes live this summer. TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) is increasingly focusing on making money from its data, particularly amid growing interest in ad targeting through services like Google TV Ads and Canoe Ventures. Competition from multiple set-top box makers is also ...

Cable Companies Ready To Take Another Swing At Ad Targeting
paidContent — ... a software that would track its ISP broadband subscribers while online, the ad economy has been devastated. Still, cable TV is one of the few major media categories expected to show healthy growth this year. And there are signs of a slow recovery on the horizon. More after the jump Aside from the lingering affects of the dismal economy, Canoe has to contend with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV, which has been expanding from its own "addressable TV" plans, while TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has also been building up its ad targeting offerings. ...

Echostar To Pay TiVo Another $103 Million In Patent Case
paidContent — Tom Rogers and TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) must feel vindicated. In the latest chaper of a patent-infringement case on its DVR technology that dates back to 2004, TiVo was awarded an additional $103 million by the United States District Court in Texas after a failed appeal by Echostar (NSDQ: SATS). The additional payment, on top of $105 million awarded to TiVo for the original judgment, is a result of what the court deemed to be delay tactics by Echostar, which created what it felt was a workaround to the TiVo patents while it appealed the ...

Echostar To Pay TiVo Another $103 Million In Patent Case
paidContent — Tom Rogers and TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) must feel vindicated. In the latest chaper of a patent-infringement case on its DVR technology that dates back to 2004, TiVo was awarded an additional $103 million by the United States District Court in Texas after a failed appeal by Echostar (NSDQ: SATS). The additional payment, on top of $105 million awarded to TiVo for the original judgment, is a result of what the court deemed to be delay tactics by Echostar, which created what it felt was a workaround to the TiVo patents while it appealed the ...

TiVo, Quantcast To Offer Viewing Data Based On TV And Web
paidContent — ... In a statement, MAGNA President Elizabeth Herbst-Brady called it a “significant step in understanding the relationship between TV and the Internet for advertisers.” Todd Juenger, TiVo’s VP and GM of audience research and measurement positioned it as a tool for media companies trying to gauge whether streaming video is “cannibalizing” their TV viewership as well. Faced with slipping subscriber numbers, TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has been bulking up its data business: the company ...

More on Cablevision Remote DVR Decision: Advertiser Fears; Tivo Patent Issues
paidContent — ... . Since TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has said its patent doesn’t state where the DVR’s hard drive is located, a cable provider using networked DVRs “would still potentially be in violation of the TiVo patent,” he said. It could also mean Tivo could try to enforce patents against cable cos. On the positive side, Tivo has started to embed its software into cable companies’ services including Comcast and Cox, instead of the box service, so any increase in DVR usage could help it in the long run. “That could give TiVo a larger ...

TiVo And Best Buy Team Up To Promote Each Other
paidContent — ... TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO)—which has seen the ranks of its subscribers drop—and Best Buy—which is ramping up its digital initiatives—think they can help each other out. The two companies are forming a partnership to promote each other’s offerings. The basics, via the ...

With Blockbuster-Samsung Deal, Streaming Wars Heat Up
paidContent — ... an aggressive cross-promotional deal with TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) that includes development of a co-branded DVR (which could presumably include movie downloads as well). ...

paidContent Quick Hits: 7.15.09
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CBS' Poltrack: Online Video Could Be More Valuable Than Live TV
paidContent — ... —Seniors’ choice: DVR: About 53 percent of the 55-plus crowd have a computer with internet access, according to the CBS Entertainment Panel’s data for July. Not surprisingly, a slightly higher percentage preferred to get their digital video from DVRs. When asked what technologies they used over the past three months to watch digital video, 55 percent of those in the older category said DVR/TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO). By comparison, only 4 percent of those in that age group said they watched video on an Mp3 player. ...

Earnings: TiVo Q2 Loss Edges Slightly Higher; Fires Lawsuit At AT&T and Verizon
paidContent — TiVo’s net income loss was slightly higher in Q2, widening to $2.93 million ($0.03 per share) from $2.91 last year. Revenues also dipped, falling to $57.3 million from $65.2 million in Q208. Not great news by any stretch, but the DVR company did beat analysts estimates who expected a loss of $0.05 per share (via MarketWatch). In a separate announcement, TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) said it was suing AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) over the violation of patents it owns for its DVR service. The company is seeking a ...

BlackBerry Launches TiVo App A Year Late And Without Streaming Video
mocoNews — ... The BlackBerry TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) app, which allows users to remotely schedule recordings of TV shows on their set-top box, is now available, ...

paidContent Quick Hits: 10.2.09
paidContent — ... »  Blockbuster’s growth plans depend heavily on on-demand streaming and a partnership with TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO). [ ...