Thread: TiVo Rovi - the company that took VM to court 10 times - in talks to to buy Tivo
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Old 30-03-2016, 19:13   #6
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Re: Rovi - the company that took VM to court 10 times - in talks to to buy Tivo
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Originally Posted by steveh View Post
Some more commentary on the proposed acquisition: http://www.nscreenmedia.com/combined...-survive-deal/

View seems to be that TiVo's consumer hardware business will not survive and Rovi will seek to move licensed partners to their own guide technology long term, with TiVo software moved from active development to support only. TiVo has been without a CEO for nearly a year, the board has apparently been looking for an acquirer for some time and there have also been a number of lay-offs in recent months.
This could lead Liberty Global to plan for their Horizon box to replace the Tivo after the new Tivo is launched at the end of the existing contractual term.

I hope that by then the Horizon box has a much bigger capacity on its hard drive. It seems to have plenty of tuners but limited recording space, which is ludicrous.
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