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Comcast, TiVo Team Up in Boston

Posted Jan 22, 08 10:24 AM CST in Technology,  Business 

(Newser) – TiVo and Comcast have rolled out their promised joint service in the Boston area, with national distribution to follow. The service sends TiVo software to Comcast-provided digital video recorders in a first that TiVo hopes to repeat with other cable providers, USA Today reports. TiVo lost hundreds of thousands of customers when DirecTV turned to an in-house DVR.

The deal is a test of Comcast’s new Tru2way technology that will allow non-proprietary hardware, such as TVs and DVRs, to access interactive services such as video-on-demand. “The key question is, is it cool and slick enough to justify a premium price?” asks one analyst. The service comes with a monthly fee of $2.95, and $12.95 for Comcast’s DVR service.
Sources: USA Today, Boston Globe

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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts talks about the cable company's alliance with the recording service TiVo at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
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Boston is the first to get Comcast and TiVo's combined digital video recording service.   ((c) Eric Kilby)
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