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  • July 2008

    • TiVo-Amazon Deal Offers Onscreen Buying

      New York Times  |  Jul 22, 08 10:28 AM CDT

      TiVo-Amazon Deal Offers Onscreen Buying

      (Newser) - TiVo and Amazon have teamed to introduce a “product purchase” tool that will allow viewers to buy the products being plugged onscreen, the New York Times reports. Soon, when Oprah Winfrey plugs a book or David Letterman talks up his musical guest, TiVo customers will be able to order said book or CD onscreen via Amazon.com accounts. More »

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      television  • advertising  • Amazon.com  • TiVo  • DVR  • TV advertising  • conspicuous consumption

  • June 2008

    • Studios Want to Keep Certain Movies Off Your DVR

      Ars Technica  |  Jun 9, 08 4:01 PM CDT

      Studios Want to Keep Certain Movies Off Your DVR

      (Newser) - Hollywood is pressing the Federal Communications to allow studios to block digital video recorders from copying high-definition films before they're released to DVD, Ars Technica reports. In return, the studios promise to shorten the time it takes movies to get from theater to home TVs. The feds would need to waive rules barring cable providers from transmitting digital codes that block such copying. More »

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      FCC  • freedom of speech  • DVR  • MPAA

  • March 2008

    • DirecTV to Get With Times, Add On-Demand

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 13, 08 2:41 PM CDT

      DirecTV to Get With Times, Add On-Demand

      (Newser) - Challenged by cable and phone-company competitors, DirecTV will offer video-on-demand for the first time, a combination of DVR and broadband-connected content with significant limitations. Because the biggest satellite-TV provider doesn’t use terrestrial connections, it’s been long unable to offer instant play options. Its new plan will store some content on customers' DVRs, and allow them to stream more of it from the Internet. More »

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      Comcast  • DirecTV  • DVR  • satellite TV  • streaming content  • video on demand

  • January 2008

    • Comcast, TiVo Team Up in Boston

      USA Today  |  Jan 22, 08 10:24 AM CST

      Comcast, TiVo Team Up in Boston

      (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. More »

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      Boston  • Comcast  • digital video  • TiVo  • DirecTV  • DVR

  • December 2007

    • TiVo Changes Tune, Plays Nice with Media

      New York Times  |  Dec 10, 07 1:13 PM CST

      TiVo Changes Tune, Plays Nice with Media

      (Newser) - TiVo isn’t a media pariah anymore, the New York Times reports, thanks to a series of moves to buddy up with networks it once scared. TiVo recently signed a deal to provide NBC with second-by-second ratings of programs, showing exactly which ads people are watching. It has also developed technology to help out jilted advertisers, displaying banner messages while viewers zip past commercials. More »

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      television  • NBC Universal  • TiVo  • DVR  • Nielsen Media Research

  • November 2007

    • NBC Looks to TiVo to Help Sell Clients

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 27, 07 12:22 PM CST

      NBC Looks to TiVo to Help Sell Clients

      (Newser) - NBC Universal will begin using viewership data gleaned from TiVo digital video recorders beginning in January, making it the first of the major networks to have access to second-by-second ratings of programming and commercials from TiVo, reports the Wall Street Journal . The network hopes TiVo will help it develop effective ways to target viewers who use DVRs to skip commercials. More »

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      television  • NBC  • NBC Universal  • commercials  • Nielsen Ratings  • TiVo  • DVR  • Bravo  • Nielsen Media Research  • Telemundo

    • Soon, Advertisers Will Get You Too

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 8, 07 12:08 PM CST

      Soon, Advertisers Will Get You Too

      (Newser) - With cable companies crowding the TV recording industry it once lorded over, TiVo has found a new revenue stream – selling advertisers info about commercial skippers. Already purveyors of minute-by-minute ratings for shows, TiVo will now offer demographic details to hungry advertisers, the Wall Street Journal reports. “I want to know which segments of my customers are skipping my ads,” one marketer said. More »

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      television  • advertising  • marketing  • commercials  • TiVo  • DVR

  • October 2007

    • How TiVo Can Save Your Show

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 1, 07 11:16 AM CDT

      How TiVo Can Save Your Show

      (Newser) - If video killed the radio star, then TiVo might be the salvation of your favorite bad show. Nielson will include DVR playback numbers in this season's ratings, the LA Times reports, which will mean big boosts for some—like CBS’ “Big Bang Theory,” up 13% on playback—and the re-appearance of the coveted 18-49 demographic. More »

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      television  • Nielsen Ratings  • TiVo  • DVR  • Nielsen

  • September 2007

    • Dish Network Parent Buys Slingbox

      Associated Press  |  Sep 25, 07 3:45 PM CDT

      Dish Network Parent Buys Slingbox

      (Newser) - EchoStar Communications, owner of the Dish Network, has agreed to acquire the maker of the Slingbox for $380 million. The satellite TV provider should close on the deal to buy Sling Media by year’s end, the AP reports. The Slingbox allows any Internet-connected computer to receive standard TV signals. More »

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      acquisitions  • DVR  • satellite TV  • EchoStar  • Sling Media

  • July 2007

    • Merriam Makes Ginormous Addition

      Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 07 9:06 PM CDT

      Merriam Makes Ginormous Addition

      (Newser) - The word wranglers at Merriam-Webster have, after 49 long years, admitted 'ginormous' into the company's collegiate dictionary. Other newly approved words include crunk (southern rap music), and the abbreviations DVR and IED.  Also admitted to the class of 2007 were smackdowns, telenovas, gray literature, and microgreen.   Look them up in the dictionary. More »

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      DVR  • IED  • Merriam Webster

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