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CES 2008: Breakthrough TiVo Innovation Allows Customers to Easily Download Internet Video Automatically to Their Television SetsTiVo Applies Highly Valued Season Pass Functionality to Web Video Further Demonstrates TiVo’s Commitment to Providing a One-Box, One-Stop Destination for all Entertainment and Content Needs ALVISO, Calif. – January 7, 2008-- TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and the leading innovator in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs) today announced TiVo subscribers will soon be able to easily watch an enormous variety of video content from the web directly on their television sets by applying TiVo’s popular Season Pass functionality to web video. With the proliferation of content available online today, consumers have access to thousands of hours of content from well-known networks to special interest videos, but need an easy way to search, discover, and enjoy this entertainment on the TV set. TiVo users can subscribe to and watch a broad range of content available on Real Simple Syndication (“RSSâ€) feeds, including everything from network nightly newscasts, to vignettes and original content from major networks such as Comedy Central or Discovery, as well as niche interest and hobbyist videos covering areas far more specialized than cable and satellite channels, not to mention new, independently produced media content such as DiggNation and Ask A Ninja. Through this new approach, TiVo elevates web video, making it easily available as part of the personalized and customized TV viewing experience that TiVo provides. “By adding the Season Pass functionality to web video viewing, we are providing consumers a new way to easily and automatically access the content they want to watch on their television sets,†said Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo. “TiVo is building toward the dream of providing one stop for all content, through one box, integrated into one interface, accessible through one simple remote control. With TiVo providing this web video feature, along with 20,000 Amazon titles, millions of songs, thousands of music videos, and an enormous collection of photos, we have already gone a long way toward building out the dream.†In delivering web video automatically, it will appear in the user’s Now Playing List alongside recorded TV shows. In addition, TiVo will provide an on-screen guide of select web video sources for users to browse and select Season Pass recordings. Consumers can even get a Season Pass recording of their own personal video folders on their PC, where they save their home movies and other video downloads. And High Definition Television enthusiasts will appreciate that TiVo will preserve the original quality of high-resolution web videos when delivered to TiVo Series3 or TiVo HD DVRs. The new web video capability requires TiVo Desktop Plus 2.6, an update to the Windows application which also converts recorded TV shows for viewing on portable devices like iPod and Sony PlayStation Portable. TiVo Desktop Plus 2.6 will be available in March for a one-time fee of $24.95, and will be a free upgrade to earlier versions. “With our innovative and robust broadband offerings, TiVo already provides more content than any other TV service that exists today, said Tara Maitra, Vice President of Content Services at TiVo. “Now that TiVo has made retrieving web content easier than ever by integrating it with the popular Season Pass technology, consumers can enjoy great web video as if it’s a whole new set of TV program options. And, if the writers’ strike goes on, these options on the TV set may become more important to many viewers even more quickly.†TiVo boxes are available at leading consumer electronic retailers including Best Buy and Circuit City. See www.TiVo.com for details. |
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