Jim Lynch: Off the Top of My Head…

TiVo’s fate looks rather grim, looks like they will be losing their DirecTV situation at some point. Hat tip to PRVblog.

DirecTV is preparing to offer a digital video recorder (DVR) service in mid-2005 that could duplicate virtually every feature now available from current partner TiVo, plus provide video on demand similar to what’s offered on cable, say executives of the company preparing the software.

About the only TiVo function the new service will not have, they say, is the ability to jump over commercials. That’s an unadvertised TiVo feature users can activate with programming instructions widely available on the Internet.

As a happy (for the most part) TiVo user, I’m not thrilled to see this happening. TiVo has been an arrogant company but I’d like to see them stick around for a while and this news is certainly not helpful. It’s a shame that so many of TiVo’s eggs are stuck in the DirecTV basket, it’s really going to hurt them if they can’t replace those customers.

I wish I could say I’m optimistic about TiVo’s future but…I’m not. :cry:

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