Yankee Group: TiVo No More By 2010

Iria · Jan 22, 2007, 07:52 PM

Source: BetaNews
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TiVo has long been the target of much speculation surrounding its future as an independent company. Now a prominent analyst firm says its likely the company will not exist much longer as it will struggle to remain relevant in the market.

The end of TiVo will be the result of the dissolution of the standalone DVR product category as a whole by 2010. Instead, says Yankee Group, the technology would be integrated into other services, negating the need for standalone offering.

mike2h · Jan 22, 2007, 09:16 PM

as long as somebody pays for tivo tech or buys them out. tivo has patents copyrights on every little thing they came up with. it why none of the other dvrs out there r even in the same league.
i do yhink it is true that tivo wont be able to survive alone though.
be interesting to see how this works out for my lifetime unit & my subscripyion unit. my bet is that somewhere sown the road i am goin to get hosed on my lifetime tivo.

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Jan 22, 2007, 10:04 PM

I don't trust analysts, for the most part. I think many of 'em just make crap up so they and their buddies can short-sell stock and make a ton of cash.

Almost makes being an honest bloke seem futile.

Jan 22, 2007, 07:52 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Yankee Group: TiVo No More By 2010 Source: BetaNews ________ TiVo has long been the target of much speculation surrounding its future as an independent company. Now a prominent analyst firm says its likely the company will not exist much longer as it will struggle to remain relevant in the market. The end of TiVo will be the result of the dissolution of the standalone DVR product category as a whole by 2010. Instead, says Yankee Group, the technology would be integrated into other services, negating the need for standalone offering.

Jan 22, 2007, 09:16 PM	#2
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	as long as somebody pays for tivo tech or buys them out. tivo has patents copyrights on every little thing they came up with. it why none of the other dvrs out there r even in the same league. i do yhink it is true that tivo wont be able to survive alone though. be interesting to see how this works out for my lifetime unit & my subscripyion unit. my bet is that somewhere sown the road i am goin to get hosed on my lifetime tivo. __________________

Jan 22, 2007, 10:04 PM	#3
~~DudeBoyz~~ banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,677 Rep Power: 0	I don't trust analysts, for the most part. I think many of 'em just make crap up so they and their buddies can short-sell stock and make a ton of cash. Almost makes being an honest bloke seem futile.