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NEWS ABOUT: DVR

DVR stories: 16 news summaries

DVRs Aren't Killing TV, They're Saving It

Turns out nearly half of viewers don't skip commercials

Nov 2, 09 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A year ago, TV networks were terrified of the DVR. The devices allowed viewers to skip commercials on playback, and who, given the choice, would watch TV commercials? Lots of people, it turns out. TV watching is such an inherently lazy activity that many viewers can’t summon the energy... More »

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television • DVR • Nielsen • Nielsen Ratings • TV ratings • women's issues • The Jay Leno Show

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DVR Viewers Give Ratings Boost to Grey's, Others

Execs hope these watchers will eventually translate into ad dollars

Oct 14, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - TV networks dismayed at low ratings early in the season are getting a ray of hope in the form of the once-feared DVR. Sure, ad buyers won’t pay out when a viewer watches Grey’s Anatomy on TiVo, but that and other shows are gaining a massive audience... More »

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Grey's Anatomy • DVR • digital video • TV ratings • TiVo • television advertising • season premiere • House • television program • FlashForward

(Newser) - Watch out Nielsen, here comes TiVo. The company that allows you to skip ads and store shows on its digital video recorder plans to sell your viewing habits to stations and advertisers, USA Today reports. Unlike Nielsen, TiVo can sell second-by-second breakdowns of the shows and ads people... More »

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DVR • data • TiVo • viewing habits • market research • television advertising • Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems • fast forward

(Newser) - Blockbuster kicked off its latest reinvention effort today, announcing a new plan to beam on-demand movies through TiVo DVRs. One senior VP called the deal “step one in getting to the places that consumers care about.” Blockbuster will also sell TiVo DVRs in its stores, as part of... More »

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movie on demand • Blockbuster • DVR • TiVo • consumer electronics • movies

 TiVo Adds Domino's to Its Menu 

Users can order Domino's pizza from their TVs

Nov 18, 08 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Hungry? Don't get up from the couch. TiVo customers can now order Domino's pizza right on their TVs, the Wall Street Journal reports, in a promotion that pops up when a customer forwards through a Domino's commercial. The promotion has two goals: Beefing up the pizza chain's bottom line—shares... More »

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television • DVR • Domino's Pizza • pizza • TiVo • delivery service

DVR Second Only to Cell Among Gizmos: Survey

Dishwashers, iPods trail TV recorder among consumers who own one

Sep 4, 08 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumers prefer digital video recorders to nearly every other appliance and gadget they own, a survey finds. The group asked 1,012 DVR owners across four countries to rank their gadgets and appliances. The respondents overwhelmingly elected the DVR their second-most essential gadget (behind their cell phones), and third-most valuable... More »

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DVR • TiVo • survey • gadget

TiVo-Amazon Deal Offers Onscreen Buying

DVR pioneer aims to create 'underpinnings of a future business model for TV'

Jul 22, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Studios Want to Keep
Certain Movies Off Your DVR

Blocking the copying of hi-def films before DVD release is tradeoff for fast-tracking to TV

Jun 9, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(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... More »

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FCC • MPAA • DVR • freedom of speech

DirecTV to Get With Times, Add On-Demand

Satellite service will combine DVR, web streaming to deliver it

Mar 13, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Comcast, TiVo Team Up
in Boston

National service will roll out later

Jan 22, 08 10:24 AM CST
(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... More »

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

TiVo Changes Tune, Plays
Nice with Media

Banner ads, ratings welcome additions for network partners

Dec 10, 07 1:13 PM CST
(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... More »

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

NBC Looks to TiVo to Help Sell Clients

Network is hoping to corral ad zappers by tapping DVR data

Nov 27, 07 12:22 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Soon, Advertisers Will Get You Too

DVR pioneer Tivo sells demographic data

Nov 8, 07 12:08 PM CST
(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... More »

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television • advertising • marketing • commercials • DVR • TiVo

How TiVo Can Save Your Show

Replay numbers will give huge boost to many scripted shows

Oct 1, 07 11:16 AM CDT
(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... More »

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television • DVR • Nielsen • Nielsen Ratings • TiVo

Dish Network Parent Buys Slingbox

EchoStar will own
brand that puts TV on your PC

Sep 25, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(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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acquisition • DVR • satellite TV • EchoStar • Sling Media • Slingbox

Merriam Makes Ginormous Addition

Main Entry: gi·nor·mous
Function: adjective
Etymology: gigantic + enormous
Date: circa 1948
: extremely large : humongous

Jul 10, 07 9:06 PM CDT
(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... More »

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IED • ginormous • telenovas • smackdowns • microgreen • crunk • DVR • Merriam Webster

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