[opendtv] PluggedIn: Step aside TiVo, here comes Freevo
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:15:24 -0400
PluggedIn: Step aside TiVo, here comes Freevo
- Jun 8, 2004 01:19 PM (Reuters)
By Daniel Sorid
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 (Reuters) - Tired of TiVo's monthly
fees and eager for even more control over their television
programs, computer enthusiasts are building TV recording
devices out of personal computers and new software packages.
The trend is perhaps a touch of bitter irony for TiVo Inc.
(NASDAQ:TIVO), whose personal video recorders started out as a
disruptive technology for cable and satellite companies, by
allowing users to digitally store their favorite shows and skip
commercials.
Getting the power of TiVo and updated TV listings without
having to pay the monthly fee has apparently made such software
quite attractive. At SnapStream Media, a maker of PC-based
video recording software, business is growing 20 percent a
month, the company said, while declining to disclose its number
of users.
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