Simple.TV: a combination DVR & Slingbox for the cord cutter set
One of the more interesting devices to come out of CES will be Simple.TV, combining some of the best capabilities of TiVo DVRs and Sling streaming set-top boxes. The box, which will be released in Spring 2012, will cost $149 and be aimed at cord cutters.
$215MM: TiVo cashes in on AT&T settlement
TiVo and AT&T have settled their three-year old DVR patent lawsuit, and the settlement is good news for the DVR maker: AT&T will pay TiVo $215 million over the next seven years. The news comes only months after TiVo secured $500 million from Dish.
After four years of declines, TiVo adds new customers
TiVo has spent the last several years losing subscribers, dropping to mid-2000s customer levels in the second quarter. But the DVR maker might finally be showing some positive momentum, reporting 117,000 net new customers in its third-quarter earnings report.
The BBC wants to be your online TiVo
The BBC's research and development department launched the prototype for a new form of EPG today that replaces the traditional time-based grid with automatically updated lists. It's a neat little project, but the way other broadcasters are involved in the site is even more interesting.
Best Buy tests the connected TV market
Best Buy is treading carefully into the connected TV space, introducing two new models of TVs that rely on a TiVo-powered user interface and Chumby apps for additional content. But savvy buyers might be disappointed by the lack of streaming services available on the new TVs.
Finding videos on connected TVs is personal
CE manufacturers are creating universal search applications to find content on across platforms. But the Holy Grail for content discovery will be a user interface that lets users find content they're looking for, while also serve up a stream of videos relevant to their interests.
Google’s SageTV acquisition: It’s not about the DVR
Google has acquired the DVR software maker SageTV -- but don't expect DVR functionality to come to existing Google TV devices anytime soon. In fact, the acquisition may not be at all about time shifting, but about place shifting and taking the Google TV platform everywhere.
Who are we kidding? Of course it’s Netflix vs. cable.
Netflix execs may insist publicly that they're no threat to cable, but there's plenty of evidence that the company's subscription service and pay TV offerings are squarely competing for the eye balls and subscription dollars of the very same audience. In other words: It's on!
TiVo Finally Adding Hulu Plus, Giving Away 6 Months Free
It looks like TiVo is finally adding Hulu Plus to the list of online video services available through its DVRs. And based on promotional materials spotted in some Best Buy stores, TiVo is offering up six free months of the Hulu Plus service to new customers. 
Comcast’s Xfinity On Demand Finds Its Way Onto TiVo DVRs
TiVo is adding more cable content to its DVRs, announcing a deal to bring Comcast's Xfinity On Demand library to its menu of options. With 22.8 million subscribers, Comcast provides a huge user base for TiVo to target with a more-integrated DVR offering.
Dish CEO: Netflix Has an ‘Insurmountable’ Lead in Streaming
Now that Dish owns Blockbuster, it will try to build a profitable business from the ailing video rental store. Digital will be a part of Dish's plans, but CEO Charlie Ergen said it wouldn't compete with Netflix, in part because Netflix is already too big.
Dish, EchoStar Settle TiVo Patent Dispute for $500M
Dish and EchoStar have finally given up fighting against TiVo in the long-running dispute over DVR patents. After a court found Dish would have to replace its customers' set-top boxes, the satellite TV provider decided it would be cheaper to license TiVo's intellectual property instead.
