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TV viewers can now TiVo using their BlackBerry.

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Dish to pay TiVo $200 mln for injunction violation

A federal judge on Friday ordered Dish Network Corp. and sister firm EchoStar Corp. to pay TiVo Inc. about $200 million for violating a permanent injunction on using a modified technology that can rewind and pause live TV.

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TiVo Inc. sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents

TiVo Inc. on Wednesday sued AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. for patent infringement, including one covering the ability to pause and rewind live TV.

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TiVo Inc. posts smaller-than-expected 2Q loss

TiVo Inc. on Wednesday reported a loss for the second quarter as revenue fell 12 percent on fewer subscriptions, but results still topped Wall Street expectations.

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Dish prevails over TiVo in initial patent ruling

Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday that it has received an initial favorable ruling related to its patent fight with TiVo Inc.

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Dish Network granted stay in TiVo ruling

Dish Network Corp. said Wednesday that a federal appeals court has temporarily set aside a lower court's ruling that favored TiVo Inc. in a long-running patent infringement lawsuit between the two companies.

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TiVo posts 1Q loss as revenue falls nearly 10 pct

TiVo Inc. on Wednesday reported a smaller-than-expected loss for the first quarter even as revenue fell by nearly 10 percent and higher operating costs cut into its bottom line.

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Blockbuster to sell, rent movies through TiVo

Blockbuster Inc. plans to rent and sell its movies and TV shows through TiVo Inc.'s digital video recorders in the second half of this year.

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TiVo shares climb after report of narrowed 4Q loss

Shares of TiVo Inc. rose Tuesday after the digital video recorder maker said its fourth-quarter loss narrowed due to decreased costs, even though revenue fell.

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TiVo's fourth-quarter loss narrows on lower costs

TiVo Inc. reported a narrower loss in the fourth quarter on Monday as lower costs buoyed the bottom line in the face of a 20 percent drop in revenue.

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TiVo reports profit in fiscal 3Q

TiVo Inc. recorded a profit for its latest quarter because of a $105 million payment it received in a patent suit, but revenue declined, the maker of digital video recorders said Tuesday.

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TiVo, Domino's to let subscribers order through TV

Digital video recording company TiVo Inc. said Monday it is teaming up with Domino's Pizza Inc. to allow subscribers to order pizza for delivery or pick-up from their TV sets.

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Netflix, TiVo team up after 4-year courtship

Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. are finally joining forces to deliver more movies and old TV episodes to their mutual subscribers, consummating a relationship that was supposed to come together four years ago.

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Top court stays out of DVR patent fight

The Supreme Court refused Monday to disturb a $74 million judgment against Dish Network Corp. for violating a patent held by TiVo Inc. involving digital video recorders.

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New software turns PC into TiVo TV recorder

TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box.

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TiVo issues 3Q revenue guidance below Wall Street

TiVo Inc. says its revenue in this quarter will fall short of analysts' current expectations.

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TiVo shows another profit, but outlook weak

TiVo Inc. managed consecutive quarters of profitability for the first time ever despite eroding subscriptions, demonstrating that the pioneer in digital video recorders is on track in reducing marketing expenses and subsidies.

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Earnings Preview: TiVo Inc.

TiVo Inc., a pioneer in digital video recorders, reports earnings for the fiscal second quarter, which ended on July 31, after the closing bell Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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TiVo's profit quadruples to $3.6M on lower costs

Digital video recorder pioneer TiVo reported Wednesday that its first-quarter net income more than quadrupled as operating costs, most notably for marketing and research, declined.

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TiVo 1Q profit soars as costs fall

Digital video recorder pioneer TiVo says its fiscal first-quarter net income soared as operating costs, notably for marketing and research, declined.

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Dish Network Reopens TiVo Patent Dispute

Dish Network Corp. on Monday asked a federal appeals court to rehear a patent dispute with TiVo Inc., saying the court's earlier ruling in TiVo's favor relied on inaccurate testimony from a TiVo witness.

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TiVo, YouTube to Deliver Videos to TVs

TiVo users will be able to watch YouTube clips on their televisions by year's end, TiVo Inc. said Wednesday.

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TiVo Beats Analysts' Estimates

TiVo Inc. beat analysts' estimates Wednesday with a fourth-quarter loss of $6.4 million as expenses fell and sales of older-model units were better than expected.

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A TiVo newbie’s nightmare

When it comes to computers, I do OK at handling tech problems that arise. TVs and their components — not so much.

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Court Rules for TiVo in Patent Dispute

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld TiVo Inc.'s claims that Dish Network Corp. infringed on one of its patents, skyrocketing TiVo's shares more than 30 percent.

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Do You Still Own/Use a VCR?

The other day I was moving some boxes in the garage and came across some VHS tapes.  Some were labeled, some were not, and I had no inclination to take them inside to view them.  Although our entertainment center includes a VCR, we barely use it anymore.  I do have …

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Using Republican and Democrat viewing behavior in July in one example, TiVo was able to pinpoint exactly which types of programs households affiliated with each party preferred to watch.

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Matt Corley over at ThinkProgress noted yesterday that former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee has got a brand new thing going on, freaking out America with worry that terrorists are going to subject the United States to an electromagnetic pul …

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Why bother competing in the market when you can just sue everyone else? That appears to be TiVo's big strategy these days.

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TiVo announced Wednesday that it has added hundreds of free Web videos to TiVo Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL DVRs.

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Agency In Preliminary Finding Acted On Request From Dish Network, EchoStar

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By helping viewers search for programs and by selling ads and ratings data to advertisers. A still-potent brand name and 140 patents should help.

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A federal judge in Texas awarded set-top box maker TiVo Inc an additional $103 million in damages plus interest on Tuesday in a long-running patent infringement dispute with DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp.

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We'll be totally honest here: we love TiVo. TiVo DVRs of every vintage are scattered throughout the Engadget editorial ranks, and Series3 units are our preferred hardware for HD Netflix streaming and Amazon's nascent HD Video on Demand service.

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For nerdier types, the Mac mini can serve as a media-center computer when hooked up to an HDTV and tricked out with a television tuner for TiVo-ish functionality (along with the option to Web-stream TV shows via sites like Hulu).

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Blockbuster has announced that it will integrate its movie download service into TiVo DVRs in the US from the middle of this year.

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The economy is in the toilet, and I know I'm not the only person in America who is looking for ways to cut costs. Top on my list in 2009 is finding a way to eliminate my $100 a month cable TV bill.

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ADELAIDE-BASED internet service provider Internode has built a content delivery network for TiVo's movie and TV content that enables it to break out and unmeter TiVo downloads.

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It's time to drop the hobby talk. First-quarter unit sales of Apple TV tripled from a year earlier, in part due to a software update introduced a year ago that lets users rent movies, including some in the ultra-crisp high-definition format.

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Gadgets are confusing.

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SCI FI Channel is letting viewers know that the Jan. 16 return of Battlestar Galactica at 10 p.m. will run 3 1/2 minutes long, so make sure to plan ahead if you're watching live or set your DVR accordingly if you're not.

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Now that Netflix's Watch Instantly is on both TiVo and Microsoft's Xbox 360, the natural question for you, Señor and Señorita tech enthusiast, is which one of these two should YOU use to watch Netflix on. The answer, surprisingly, is whichever one you want.

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Why get up? Now, couch potatoes who subscribe to TiVo can order a Domino's Pizza through the service, thanks to an agreement between the two companies.

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It has been a long time coming, but Netflix and TiVo have finally teamed up to bring streaming shows and movies to TiVo owners' TV screens.

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(NEW YORK) TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box.

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TiVo and Nero have announced today that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, much like the TiVo sitting on top of your living room television, called Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC.

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[I]t's time for TiVo to focus its resources on licensing its technologies for the non-TiVo DVR boxes offered by cable and satellite TV providers.

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DIRECTV, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTV), the nation's leading satellite television service provider, and TiVo Inc.

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AN FRANCISCO — TiVo, the Silicon Valley company that introduced millions to the joy of skipping television commercials, is trying to crack a decades-old media dream.

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