TiVo slumps as rival DVR maker has DirecTV deal - Aug 2, 2004 03:18 PM (Reuters) NEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO) shares slipped 6 percent on Monday after a rival said it would next year supply television recording device technology to satellite television company DirecTV Group Inc. (NYSE:DTV), TiVo's biggest source of new customers. British digital TV technology firm NDS Group Plc (NASDAQ:NNDS), which like DirecTV is controlled by media conglomerate News Corp. Ltd.<NCP.AX>, told Reuters on Monday that it plans to ship digital video recorder technology to DirecTV in the first quarter of 2005. The increasing NDS-DirecTV partnership follows several events that have shaken investors' confidence in Tivo's relationship with DirecTV, including DirecTV's sale of its stake in TiVo in June, and the resignation of DirecTV's chairman from TiVo's board. TiVo, which has a contract to supply digital video recorders (DVRs) to satellite firm DirecTV (NYSE:DTV) through 2007, has previously said that given a choice, DirecTV subscribers would pick TiVo's DVR service, which has unique features, programming and home networking options. ... - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42854843 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.