[opendtv] At TiVo, a Risk of Being Skipped Over
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:19:21 -0400
At TiVo, a Risk of Being Skipped Over
By LAURA RICH
August 27, 2005
SINCE its first digital video recorder made its debut in 1999, TiVo
has grown into a pop culture fixture and even worked its way into the
lexicon ("to TiVo," is to record a television program). But as it
turns out, that's not enough to achieve market domination in any
practical sense. TiVo's 50 percent share of the current user base is
still only three million households, and the company has posted
losses throughout its eight years. Even when it finally turned a
corner, on Wednesday, posting a profit of $240,000 for the second
quarter, its shares dropped as the company backed away from promising
sustained profitability.
What's more, earlier this month, DirecTV, which accounts for about
two-thirds of TiVo's distribution, announced that it would stop
marketing TiVo to its customers (although it will be available to
those who request it). Instead, DirecTV will push a digital video
recorder from the NDS Group, in which DirecTV's parent, the News
Corporation, holds a stake.
Recently, TiVo's chief executive, Thomas S. Rogers, who was brought
in on July 1, discussed the impact of the DirecTV announcement and
TiVo's distribution plans. Following are excerpts from that
conversation:
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/27/business/27interview.html
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