Toshiba licence Tivo software

["paul_watkin" <paul_watkin@xxxxxxx>]

Lifted from Today's FT.com email, sorry if everybody has already seen 
it!

Toshiba, the world's largest consumer electronics group, is licensing 
technology from TiVo of the US in a deal which opens the door to low-
cost personal video recorders (PVRs) in a wide range of domestic 
appliances.

Television set-top boxes for the reception of digital programmes, for 
example, could be equipped with PVRs as a matter of course. In the UK 
at present, only BSkyB markets an integrated set-top box and PVR.

TiVo pioneered the development of software which controls the way 
television programmes can be recorded on high-capacity hard-disk 
drives. The software makes possible, for example, instant replay, 
simultaneous recording and playback of different programmes and 
allows viewers to pause live programmes.

Toshiba intends to manufacture silicon chips incorporating TiVo 
software. This should bring down the cost of the technology while 
allowing third party manufacturers to incorporate PVR functionality 
in their own devices. They will have to pay TiVo a licence fee to 
incorporate the Toshiba chips in their equipment.

The value of the deal has not been disclosed. Jeffrey Klugman, who 
manages licensing for TiVo, says he expects TiVo will continue to 
derive most of its revenues from services; licensing fees will become 
increasingly important, however.

www.tivo.com





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