RCN to File for Bankruptcy Protection (AP)

Grok Headline matches for RCN to File for Bankruptcy Protection (AP)

MCI emerges from bankruptcy protection

MCI emerges from bankruptcy protection 04/20/2004 12:45 PM
MCI has formally emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is beginning to distribute securities and cash to its creditors, it said on Tuesday.

Redback crawls out of bankruptcy
protection

Redback crawls out of bankruptcy
protection 01/06/2004 07:59 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 6 2004 6:46AM ET

U.S. Airways Files for Bankruptcy
Protection

U.S. Airways Files for Bankruptcy
Protection 09/12/2004 04:12 PM
The company's second round in bankruptcy in two years came after workers refused the airline's push for $800 million in wage and benefit cuts so that it could lower its costs.

Delta warns on bankruptcy protection

Delta warns on bankruptcy protection 03/14/2005 06:27 PM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Mar 10, 08:13 pm GMT

US Airways Files for Bankruptcy
Protection (AP)

US Airways Files for Bankruptcy
Protection (AP) 09/12/2004 06:16 PM
AP - US Airways Group Inc., the nation's seventh largest airline, filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday for the second time in two years. The company's president vowed to continue restructuring the airline into a low-cost carrier during the bankruptcy process.

US Airways Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
(AP)

US Airways Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
(AP) 09/13/2004 02:54 AM
AP - US Airways has assured customers they won't notice any changes following its decision to file for bankruptcy protection, the second time in two years the airline has sought such help as it struggles against lower-cost rivals.

Sonicblue seeks bankruptcy protection

Sonicblue seeks bankruptcy protection 03/21/2003 12:28 PM
Sonicblue said in a press release on Friday that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and that it has agreed to sell the assets of its Rio MP3 player and ReplayTV digital recorder businesses...

Rio maker SONICblue files for bankruptcy
protection

Rio maker SONICblue files for bankruptcy
protection 03/21/2003 12:27 PM

'Spam King' files for bankruptcy
protection

'Spam King' files for bankruptcy
protection 03/29/2005 08:09 PM
CNET News.com Mar 30 2005 12:43AM GMT

Oregon Diocese 1st to File Bankruptcy
(Los Angeles Times)

Oregon Diocese 1st to File Bankruptcy
(Los Angeles Times) 07/07/2004 04:55 AM
Los Angeles Times - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, becoming the first Catholic diocese in the nation to seek financial protection against millions of dollars in potential sexual-abuse claims.

Working with Windows File Protection

Working with Windows File Protection 05/18/2004 02:41 PM

Judge Says First Amendment Not Absolute
Protection For File Swappers

Judge Says First Amendment Not Absolute
Protection For File Swappers 07/27/2004 04:32 PM
In yet another case concerning whether or not the RIAA has the right to get the names from service providers of people sharing unauthorized files online, the judge has said that the First Amendment does not protect those users against being identified, though, he does recognize the First Amendment issues at hand. It appears the ruling tries to restore some balance to the whole concept by making it clear that the RIAA or others need to show some compelling reasons to believe that a particular individual is engaged in something illegal in order to get the name, and can't simply go on a fishing trip.

New w3compiler™ Software Compresses Web
File Size up to 90% for Internet Speed,
Bandwidth Savings, and Protection of
Intellectual Property

New w3compiler™ Software Compresses Web
File Size up to 90% for Internet Speed,
Bandwidth Savings, and Protection of
Intellectual Property 08/12/2004 02:52 AM
w3compiler is a one-of-a-kind tool with performance and security offerings for Web developers working on any server platform andwith almost any Web file type. Developers use w3compiler to crunch code before it is served, reducing bandwidth costs by speeding up page loads for Web browsers. In particular, JavaScript developers find w3compiler's parser goes deeper than most tools to deliver impressive file size savings and code obfuscation. [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004]

S. G. Hart & Associates is Interviewed
by Brand Protection News on
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Risk
Management and Brand Protection
Strategies.

S. G. Hart & Associates is Interviewed
by Brand Protection News on
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Risk
Management and Brand Protection
Strategies. 04/18/2005 03:54 AM
S. G. Hart & Associates, LLC, The Brand Equity Protection Company TM, is featured in the April 6th edition of Brand Protection News, a PIRA International Publication. In the article, S. G. Hart & Associates discusses its thought leadership pertaining to brand protection and the need for an overall risk management posture that is required of public companies under the auspicious of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The article further highlights S. G. Hart & Associates’ newest educational offerings targeted to key decision makers, including board of directors and senior managers, who are seeking further information on how SOX effects brand owners’ responsibilities in combating counterfeiting and product diversion in order to protect stakeholder value. [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]

TPM - bankruptcy

TPM - bankruptcy 03/17/2005 02:49 AM
Specific senators to target .. the bankruptcy bill .. much bigger blogs .. TPM - bankruptcy .. fake numbers .. TPM

talkingpointsmemo.com/bankruptcy
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MCI emerges from bankruptcy

MCI emerges from bankruptcy 04/20/2004 11:19 AM
CNET Apr 20 2004 3:13PM GMT

MCI out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy

MCI out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy 04/20/2004 12:38 PM
The telecoms giant formerly known as Worldcom emerges from bankruptcy protection in the US.

MCI Exits Bankruptcy

MCI Exits Bankruptcy 04/20/2004 02:16 PM
Can the former telecommunications industry giant be competitive?

US set to tighten bankruptcy law

US set to tighten bankruptcy law 04/14/2005 07:34 PM
Legislation that makes it harder for US consumers to escape their debts by filing for bankruptcy is passed by Congress.

X10 Files for Bankruptcy

X10 Files for Bankruptcy 10/28/2003 11:08 PM

Excilan in Bankruptcy

Excilan in Bankruptcy 04/16/2005 02:35 PM
Hotspot payment system provider enters bankruptcy, halts services: I obtained information yesterday that Excilan, a Luxembourg-headquartered firm that offered a unique method of payment for hotspot services, has entered bankruptcy in that country Friday. The service will halt operations Monday at noon local time according to details I received. Excilan allowed cell phone users at a Wi-Fi hotspot to enter their number on a gateway page and receive a confirmation call that they could use to agree to pay for the service. Customers of cell operators that hadn't agreed to work with Excilan were granted short, free sessions which Excilan used as a market-research tool to find partners. I don't know the details of why the company has gone into bankruptcy; they were privately held. The company has been remarkably upfront about its usage, however, posting statistics on its home page. The most recent quarter saw 7,098 sessions, which at the highest possible commission and split might have meant just a few U.S.$10,000s. Sean O'Mahoney joined the firm last year as CEO. O'Mahoney was formerly a founder and the CEO of Vancouver, B.C., Canada's FatPort, which was an early Excilan partner. I was unable to reach O'Mahoney for comment since obtaining the news....

No, Free Wi-Fi Doesn't Cause Bankruptcy

No, Free Wi-Fi Doesn't Cause Bankruptcy 08/04/2004 01:09 PM
Schlotzsky's files for Chapter 11 protection, but it's not the Wi-Fi that did it: Before the wags weigh in, there's no connection between Schlotzsky's aggressive and cool free Wi-Fi rollout and their Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization filing yesterday. The Motley Fool notes that the CEO (a smart guy that I met when he served on a panel I moderated last year) and an SVP were removed from their positions but remain on the board. The chain has lost a more than 200 stores out of 760 in 1999. But don't blame it on the Wi-Fi....

SONICblue to declare bankruptcy?

SONICblue to declare bankruptcy? 03/19/2003 10:25 PM

It looks like SONICblue, the maker of ReplayTV digital video recorders, the Rio line of MP3 players, and whole bunch of other audio and video gadgets, is about to declare bankruptcy. Trading has already been halted in the stock. Not sure how this affects anyone with a subscription to ReplayTV's monthly service, or whether this is a sign of things to come for TiVo.

Worldcom Changes Its Name and Emerges
From Bankruptcy

Worldcom Changes Its Name and Emerges
From Bankruptcy 04/20/2004 02:17 PM
The bankruptcy process has allowed MCI to dramatically pare its debt from $41 billion to about $6 billion.

Acclaim files for bankruptcy

Acclaim files for bankruptcy 09/03/2004 06:13 AM
Games up for sale

KB Toys Files Bankruptcy

KB Toys Files Bankruptcy 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
KB Toys Inc. on Wednesday said it filed for bankruptcy protection on the heels of a soft holiday shopping season wrought by harsh competition from big discount retailers, like Wal-Mart Stores. Read the full story at Yahoo.com.

Telecom files for bankruptcy

Telecom files for bankruptcy 05/28/2004 12:27 AM
Boston Globe May 28 2004 4:25AM GMT

US Airways bankruptcy to hit EDS
earnings

US Airways bankruptcy to hit EDS
earnings 09/16/2004 04:58 PM
US Airways' intention to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is expected to affect the third-quarter financial performance of Electronic Data Systems Corp.

Bankruptcy Never Seemed So Sweet For
This Spammer

Bankruptcy Never Seemed So Sweet For
This Spammer 04/13/2005 07:23 PM
Last month, in talking about spammer Scott Richter filing for bankruptcy, we noted that people shouldn't get too excited, because it was clear that the filing had little to do with monetary issues and was mostly an effort to hide out from the various lawsuits against him. Now more information is coming out, including the fact that the "bankrupt" Richter made $1.2 million last year -- which might make you wonder how he can legitimately file for bankruptcy.

MCI Emerges from Bankruptcy (Reuters)

MCI Emerges from Bankruptcy (Reuters) 04/20/2004 06:05 AM
Reuters - Long distance phone company MCI Inc. ended its 21-month bankruptcy on Tuesday, the largest in U.S. corporate history, and shed the infamous WorldCom name.

WorldCom Emerges From Bankruptcy As MCI

WorldCom Emerges From Bankruptcy As MCI 04/20/2004 11:12 AM
WorldCom Inc. has emerged from bankruptcy as MCI, shedding its scandal-tinged name and more than $35 billion in debt.

CEO Says United to Exit Bankruptcy in
'04 (AP)

CEO Says United to Exit Bankruptcy in
'04 (AP) 06/11/2004 03:54 PM
AP - United Airlines expects to emerge from bankruptcy by year's end even if its pending application for a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee is rejected, CEO Glenn Tilton said Friday.

Magis Files for Bankruptcy

Magis Files for Bankruptcy 01/07/2004 02:35 PM
Magis Networks, a developer of chipsets designed to allow users to network home electronics, filed for bankruptcy protection in mid-December: In 2002, the company raised $48 million from big shots including Motorola, Time Warner, Panasonic, and Sanyo. One analyst cited here says the demand for networking home electronics didn't materialize. He can't imagine why he'd want to hook his PC to anything. I can! I think a lot of people would like to stream music from their PC to their stereo. Still, there may be something to the fact that perhaps the market isn't ready yet. One reason may be that the higher speed wireless networks haven't made major headway into the home yet and higher speed is required to steam video, for example, from the Internet to a TV. I imagine the general public also sees connecting multiple home electronics as a pretty complicated undertaking. Until it's faster and simpler, this market space might be slow to take off....

Gambling on aaiPharma's Bankruptcy

Gambling on aaiPharma's Bankruptcy 04/07/2005 12:14 PM
Some investors take a flier as this specialty pharmaceutical careens toward bankruptcy.

Redback files for bankruptcy

Redback files for bankruptcy 11/03/2003 02:36 PM
The network-gear maker could report its first-ever profitable quarter next year, CEO Kevin DeNuccio says, thanks to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that erases $467 million in debt.

Declaring e-mail bankruptcy

Declaring e-mail bankruptcy 07/22/2004 08:12 PM

Direct and Related Links for 'Declaring e-mail bankruptcy'

Lawrence Lessig, Internet legal visionary has publicly declared an email bankruptcy. He has made it very clear that this is nothing personal to people that are wanting to email him support, etc. This is a needed response to the astronomical amount of email that he receives each day in which there is little likelihood of him ever answering….

Barrymore filing for bankruptcy

Barrymore filing for bankruptcy 05/21/2004 09:55 AM
Entertainer Michael Barrymore files for bankruptcy over an Inland Revenue bill, his agent says.

MandrakeSoft Files for Bankruptcy

MandrakeSoft Files for Bankruptcy 01/15/2003 03:54 PM
The French company, provider of the Linux-Mandrake Linux distribution, files for protection in a French court in order to continue operations.

Enron Gets OK on Bankruptcy Emergence
(AP)

Enron Gets OK on Bankruptcy Emergence
(AP) 07/15/2004 10:05 AM
AP - Enron Corp. received court approval Thursday to emerge from one of the most expensive bankruptcies in history.
Grok Description matches for RCN to File for Bankruptcy Protection (AP)
GrokA matches for RCN to File for Bankruptcy Protection (AP)

Starpower Partner Files For Chapter 11
(washingtonpost.com)

Starpower Partner Files For Chapter 11
(washingtonpost.com) 05/27/2004 10:38 PM
washingtonpost.com - RCN Corp., a co-owner of Starpower, one of the Washington area's largest providers of cable television, Internet and telephone service, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday after it could not keep up with interest payments on its $1.6 billion in debt.

Doubts About Starpower Symbolic of
Industry (washingtonpost.com)

Doubts About Starpower Symbolic of
Industry (washingtonpost.com) 05/21/2004 11:21 PM
washingtonpost.com - A parent company of Starpower Communications LLC, a large local provider of cable television, telephone and Internet service, is preparing to file for protection from its creditors soon, fueling new concerns about the future of an innovative upstart that attempted to challenge the region's cable and telephone giants.

TiVo Tying TV To The Net Looking to tie
television to the Internet, digital
video recording makers TiVo on Jun

TiVo Tying TV To The Net Looking to tie
television to the Internet, digital
video recording makers TiVo on Jun 06/10/2004 10:28 PM
AVN Online Jun 11 2004 2:45AM GMT

Friends finale and NBC Tivo-b0rking --
TiVo Strikes Back

Friends finale and NBC Tivo-b0rking --
TiVo Strikes Back 05/07/2004 10:49 AM
Following up on yesterday's post about NBC's apparent attempts to b0rk potential TiVoers of the Friends finale, BoingBoing reader Douglas Clark says,

I am a loyal Tivo user and Tivo did send out a message alert to users about the Friends episode. It was more along the lines of "if you manually extend the time of a recording, you may miss the beginning of the friends final episode." I find that Tivo is pretty good about catching unusual start times and other wonky tricks the networks play. The previous comment about HUT and ratings was right on the money...

Link to previous BoingBoing post.

Tech maven Meg Hourihan adds, "Even weirder is that I got a message on my Tivo warning me that the finale of Friends would have abnormal times. The message warned that if I wasn't just using the automatic "start on time" and "end on time" settings (i.e. I manually set the start time as 8 PM) that I might miss some. What makes things weirder and worse is that Tivo still didn't record the whole show! I made sure my settings were what the message instructed, and happened to watch the show live. Tivo kicked in to record at 8:59 PM (which is what it listed the start time as) but stopped at 9:59! According to the time on my digital cable box, the program didn't end until 10:03 PM. So if I hadn't watched it live, I would have missed the last four minutes. Seems like a major screw-up on Tivo's part, especially after sending out that message!"

TIVO Bug Shuts Out Many Series 1 TiVo
Owners?

TIVO Bug Shuts Out Many Series 1 TiVo
Owners? 07/26/2004 05:24 PM

TiVo users not happy TiVo is spying on
them

TiVo users not happy TiVo is spying on
them 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
Well TiVo's boosting that it Janet Jacksons Garment malfunction was the single highest re-watched event has many TiVo users asking...

TiVo.com | TiVo Press Releases

TiVo.com | TiVo Press Releases 01/09/2004 10:10 PM
bang for the buck .. extension .. TivoToGo

tivo.com/5.3.1.1.asp?article=196
track this site | 5 links

Intel and Tivo Team Up on Tivo-to-Go
(But How?)

Intel and Tivo Team Up on Tivo-to-Go
(But How?) 06/06/2005 12:09 AM

Reuters is running a story about Intel that is chocked full of goo info, including information that their 'Manitoba' mobile chipset has finally found a customer in mmO2 Pic (the Manitoba came out two years ago, to little fanfare, let alone actual adoption by phone manufacturers). But the big news is that Intel will be working with Tivo to provide Tivo-to-Go functionality in future laptop chipsets, like their popular Centrino.

What that is, though, is unclear. Is it just a branding initiative? Tivo-to-Go already works on laptops (that's half the point), so will it be some sort of native support that makes it easier to move the Tivo content around? We don't know—the article is very vague—but at least Tivo is getting some name dropping love from a mega-vendor (considering it was unlikely they were going to get much help from Microsoft, considering they sell a competing product to Windows XP Media Center). (Thanks, Pat!)

UPDATE 1-Intel's cell communications chip finds a customer [Reuters]

MP3 Request: "Tivo, My Tivo"

MP3 Request: "Tivo, My Tivo" 06/08/2004 09:07 AM

Does anyone have an MP3 of the song "Tivo, My Tivo" from the off-Broadway [hit | miss] The Gayest Straight Man Alive? Because I'd really like to hear it. Also, could someone explain what "surprisingly straight" means? Is that, like, no dicks at all? Not even your own? (Thanks, Peter, for the "tip.")
Read [NYTheatre]

Update: While I'm exploiting the good humor of our readers, do any of you 1) live in Canberra, Australia, and 2) take PayPal? I need to get a few cases of VB delivered to some game developers and am having a surprisingly hard time of it.

The Little TiVo That Could

The Little TiVo That Could 06/10/2004 09:27 AM
Despite the unpleasant questions, TiVo keeps chugging along.

Men Want TiVo™ More

Men Want TiVo™ More 08/09/2004 02:38 AM
Male heads-of-household are more likely than their female counterparts to buy a personal video recorder (PVR) over the next year, according to the upcoming report Video-on-Demand and PVR: Analysis and Forecast from Parks Associates. In a recent survey, 21% of male heads-of household said they are likely to purchase a PVR in the next 12 months, compared with just 16% of female heads-of-household. [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

TiVo Here, There - TiVo Everywhere

TiVo Here, There - TiVo Everywhere 01/27/2004 08:39 PM
Los Angeles Times Jan 28 2004 1:03AM GMT

TiVo And The Mac

TiVo And The Mac 08/30/2004 11:58 AM
For some things, the Mac doesn't "just work". Windows might be buggy malware-infested crapware that is impossible for me to depend on for a living, but when it comes to things that make the RIAA and MPAA twitch reflexively, buggy and filled with an infinite number of teenage monkey hackers beats stale and used by crusty old farts like myself. By Nathan Torkington, O'Reilly Network (via MyAppleMenu)

Who doesn't like TiVo?

Who doesn't like TiVo? 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
The NY Times ran another of those fawning TiVo articles yesterday about how everyone who has one loves it like a member of the family. An excerpt: Mr. Smith has since replaced his older TiVo model with three ReplayTV units. The new units allow him to stream programs from one to the other. After recording a program in his darkened home theater room, he transfers it to his brighter living... (with comments)

RSS and TiVo

RSS and TiVo 04/09/2004 03:56 PM
Yesterday's item provoked a flurry of responses. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, who wrote the Washington Post story I dissected, points out that the nature of his assignment precluded broader coverage, and that he'd otherwise gladly have included bloglines. There's been lots of chatter about bloglines lately -- Chad Dickerson mentions it today -- so I was interested to hear from Martin Thornell about another web-based product, Rocket RSS reader. Doubtless there are others too. An implementation of one of these licensed for behind-the-firewall use, as Chad suggests, would be handy. As a matter of fact, that's how I use Radio UserLand's reader. It's nominally a desktop product, but I run it as a server and authenticate to it over SSL. ...

Pop-up TiVo

Pop-up TiVo 03/29/2005 03:08 PM
One of the joys of TiVo ownership is skipping commercials. Will the DVR company's new attempt to cater to advertisers fly with its fans?

TiVo Is On the Go

TiVo Is On the Go 01/03/2005 02:06 PM
Can TiVo stomp the competition?

How TiVo May Help The Web

How TiVo May Help The Web 04/26/2004 04:07 PM
Web advertising is making a big comeback just as TV advertising may be losing steam. These two things may not be a coincidence, as a new study suggests that advertisers are looking to move their advertising dollars to the web, as they fear the impact of TiVo-like devices on their television commercial spots. Of course, if advertisers (as they're likely to do) insist on creating more annoying and intrusive ads online this plan will backfire. However, they should look on this as an opportunity. Smart advertising (not intrusive, not annoying) that actually gives people something they want will be a lot more cost effective than blind TV advertising where you hope people are paying attention.

New TiVo jargon

New TiVo jargon 05/18/2004 01:20 PM
Boingboing pal sean bonner points us to some emerging words to describe PVR-related activities.

# Passkilling is when someone cancels a Tivo request to change channels and record a Season Pass show.
# A Passkiller is someone who cancels an in-progress Season Pass recording or cancels a channel change request.

link

Dear TiVo,

Dear TiVo, 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
For the past five days my TiVo has reboot itself promptly at 02:00. This is annoying because I get home...

TiVO and Strangeberry

TiVO and Strangeberry 08/13/2004 07:24 AM

Matt Haughey discovers the kick-ass potential of TiVO and Strangeberry.

This new Business 2.0 article (unfortunately, the full text is only available to subscribers or AOL users) describes that while much talk about TiVo has been grim this year, they may be on an upswing, thanks in part to new features developed from their acquisition of the startup Strangeberry.

So far, not much has been said about the Strangeberry-TiVo connection, but this article goes into some of the features the combo will bring to our favorite PVR:

The Wonderful World of Strangeberry

1 Strangeberry software does all the work. It recognizes the format of the content flowing in via TV cable or broadband Internet connection. Designed for easy tweaking, the software will be able to deal with formats that haven't yet been created.

2 The system is TV-centric, rather than PC-centric. A simple graphical interface is displayed on the TV, allowing the user to find what he wants and play it. The huge volume of content can be navigated with a single remote control device.

3 Strangeberry also recognizes where the user wants the content played. It routes the MP3 files to the stereo, but could simultaneously display album covers and music notes on the TV or a laptop.

It sounds great, having a system that builds upon the Home Media Option greatly to turn TiVo into a central entertainment hub that can send stuff from any of your computers to any of your stereo and TVs and vice versa (including sending video to and from your TiVo and PCs!). They also touch on a possible API that will let content companies build apps that can be accessed through TiVo, like voting for American Idol with your remote. If the entertainment companies can put their copyright sledgehammer aside and let TiVo do even half of what they describe, Strangeberry + TiVo could be a whole new revolution in home entertainment. I for one, can't wait to see what they do with it.

The article also paints a pretty rosy financial picture for TiVo, as they near profitability for the first time, which is also good news.

[PVRBlog ]

BoingBoing has an excerpt....

Damon Darlin of Business 2.0 sez: "Silicon Valley programming legend Arthur Van Hoff was a prolific coder at Sun (with almost as many patents as Bill Joy). His "Strangeberry" software will give the TiVo new powers, and it will be given away to anyone who wants to develop content on the Web. Residing on the next generation of TiVo machines, it will recognize incoming programming (JPEG images, video, MP3s, or whatever) and route it to the appropriate device in your living room." Link

TiVo gets mobile

TiVo gets mobile 01/03/2005 07:31 AM
USA Today Jan 3 2005 11:04AM GMT

Netflix + TiVo: Done

Netflix + TiVo: Done 09/07/2004 03:08 AM
Back in January, we had discussed that coming convergence of TV and movies in the video-on-demand space and discussed the somewhat obvious connection of TiVo + Netflix. It appears that the management of both of those companies has figured it out as well, as Newsweek has the "high level sources" rumor mill spinning about TiVo and Netflix teaming up to offer a combined movies-on-demand service. While the details aren't there, this does make a lot of sense for both companies, who each need to differentiate themselves from the growing competition within their space. Both have built up great brand names, and extraordinarily loyal followings, but are now facing strong competition from more established players with huge wallets. A combined solution that let users download movies directly to their TiVo (and, even better, take them "on the go" with TiVoToGo) has tremendous potential and would keep them a step ahead of the competition for now. Still, it remains to be seen exactly how they implement this solution. If it's not done well, it could be damaging to the reputation of both companies, while taking attention away from their existing solutions. It's also unclear if there will be exclusivity in this relationship, or if both players will be able to team up with others as well.

The TiVo Olympics

The TiVo Olympics 09/06/2004 11:54 PM

Every fourth summer, IT trade pubs write about the technology that powers the Olympic Games. It's always an interesting topic, but apart from an enhanced focus on security, the Athens 2004 stories were little changed from their Sydney 2000 counterparts. And yet, this Olympics was utterly transformed, for me and for a few million other viewers, by TiVo.

Thanks to this cheap, Linux-based appliance, I was able to compress all of the events that interested me into a fraction of the time it would otherwise have taken to watch them. I'll always remember the Athens games as the first TiVo Olympics. Now I'm thinking about ways to make the next one even better.
...
In our world -- where blogs, Wi-Fi, and computer-attached video cameras are the norm -- we've begun to redefine the art of event coverage. If you want to see how the Beijing Olympics should be covered in 2008, visit a tech conference next year. [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

...

Netflix + Tivo = Yum

Netflix + Tivo = Yum 09/06/2004 10:04 PM
it's an obvious combination, but at least they finally had the sense to pull it off

Saving TiVo

Saving TiVo 08/30/2004 12:15 PM

I'm quoted in this Kin Girard article in this mnth's issue of Business 2.0. Only problem is - you can't see the entire article unless your subscribe.

Oh well.

Anyway - here's the opener to the article.

It's been written off by the experts. But thanks to a Silicon Valley software legend, the company that invented digital video recording says it's about to change the way we watch TV -- again.

By Kim Girard, September 01, 2004

Obituaries for the nearly departed TiVo Inc. (TIVO) have been written up for months now, all ready to go when the sad day comes.

They're poignant, these eulogies. There's the part about how feisty little TiVo created a beloved and revolutionary product -- the digital video recorder -- on a shoestring. The word TiVo, like Google and Xerox (XRX) and only a handful of other product names, went on to be used to describe what the gadget does -- in this case, learning what you like to watch, recording similar stuff for later viewing, and allowing you to pause or otherwise time-shift live action. TiVo promised to transform television, advertising -- hell, the culture itself, not least by sparing humanity from having to sit through commercials. Alas, it burned through $567 million between 1999 and mid-2004, and was run down by huge and ruthless competitors that mimicked its technology. But take heart, the eulogists conclude: TiVo will always be with us -- as a verb, if not a company.

There's at least one problem with that scenario, however. His name is Arthur van Hoff. He's an obscure but revered high priest of software coding. And he thinks he's devised a way to pull TiVo back from death's door.

[Business 2.0]

Here's my quote:

" 'Strangeberry works and it's totally cool', says Marc Canter, co- founder of Web media tool maker Macromedia, who was given an early view of the technology."

It does. I am. Here comes TiVO - again.

The only question remains - is it pronounced TeeeeeeVOH or TehVoh. Inquiring minds wanna know.

TiVo to Go Released

TiVo to Go Released 01/03/2005 10:20 AM
Slashdot Jan 3 2005 1:14PM GMT

Tivo as digital hub?

Tivo as digital hub? 02/10/2004 02:47 AM
Om Malik thinks Tivo's purchase of a startup called Strangeberry signals its intention to become a hub for digital home entertainment.  Makes sense.  Strangeberry is apparently made up of ex-Sun people, and the idea of universal zero-configuration networking was a big element of Sun co-founder Bill Joy's Jini vision. 

Of course, all the major consumer PC vendors, most notably Gateway, Sony, and HP, have similar dreams, as do Apple, Microsoft, and your cable company.  This probably makes Tivo interesting acquisiton bait.  But for whom?  Tivo is built on Linux, so it probably isn't a fit for any of the Windows-centric companies.  Or for Apple, which has its own Rendezvous networking technology.

TiVo Turns It Up

TiVo Turns It Up 08/09/2004 02:52 PM

Hey TiVo you create it I will buy it!

Hey TiVo you create it I will buy it! 05/28/2004 10:46 AM

I missed the original call from Endgadget to TiVo recommending that they get their software onto PC's but a follow on thread has me shaking my head up and down saying yes this is a damn good idea. After all I have a bunch of computers at home with a significant amount of storage why should I have to buy a separate box for just such recording activities. I know there are other solutions out there but I really like TiVo's interface and this would be the perfect application to add to my self made media center. The Corante website goes a step further with implementations that make my mouth water. [Corante< /a>] [Engadget]

RCN to File for Bankruptcy Protection (AP)