Digital Video Recorder (DVR) producers TiVo have revealed carriage deals with two of their fellow major on-demand viewing names, as official Netflix and YouTube apps are released for the customers of the product. While they are part of a population of many service providers on this bandwagon, TiVo will be pleased to finally have the popular [...]

The Dish Network yesterday revealed a new system has been developed for their satellite TV customers, claiming to have out-innovated TiVo by creating a programme that can record a majority of TV shows completely commercial-free. Developed through the Dish Hopper, the ’Auto Hop’ is available with the ’Prime Time Anytime’ capability, with the ability to record all content from [...]

Virgin Media have controversially announced that they are withdrawing an advert created for their Virgin TiVo service, after the BBC objected to a number of references made to hit sci-fi series Doctor Who. The 50-second spot, which starred former Doctor Who star David Tennant alongside Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, is said by the broadcaster to have made a number [...]

The BBC have launched a new service for viewers on Virgin Media’s TiVo service, in the form of an interactive service with a key focus on the broadcaster’s coverage of Formula 1 motor racing, in an attempt to rival main UK rights holder Sky Sports. The ‘app’ is included on connected TV sets through the [...]

DVR company TiVo have released research that shows viewing habits are changing. Specifically, the watching of recorded and internet delivered content is beating live TV broadcasting. The research shows that of the 2 million TiVo’s, only 38% are used to watch live TV, and of the internet connected units that figure is just 27%. The [...]

TiVo have launched their latest DVR machine and it comes with a meaty spec that includes four tuners, allowing owners to record four different shows while they watch a fifth. Storage has been bumped up to a beefy two terabytes, which is essentially enough space to save 300 hours of high-def television. The TiVo Premiere [...]