Three More Years!
A little happy news from Satellite land – and I’m not talking about the 3x3x6 stinky portaloos. After deciding to develop their own PVR, DirecTV has re-inked a deal with TiVo to continue support for another three years. Things were looking pretty dire 6 months ago as it appeared that eventually the DTiVo owners would have to switch to something else.
This is big news for me – I’m pretty addicted to my *cough*highly modified*cough* TiVo that has been hotrodded to allow for 320 hours, a web interface, video extraction, and other goodies. DTV’s box is pretty vanilla and you just can’t extend it to do as many tricks. Though several years old, my Hughes HDVR2 kicks major butt over the other junk they offer now for PVRs.
As the press release states:
“We are pleased to have reached an agreement with DIRECTV that will allow us to continue to provide our service to the more than 2 million DIRECTV TiVo households,” said TiVo chief executive Tom Rogers, in a statement. “As the pioneer in the DVR market, we have created a service that is highly valued by consumers because of our technology, the wide range of our unique features and the unparalleled ease of our user experience. This agreement reflects TiVo’s popularity among DIRECTV subscribers and importantly respects the value of our intellectual property as well.”