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In $3B Deal, TiVo Merges With Xperi To Create Licensing And IP Heavyweight
TiVo, known as the pioneer of delayed viewing of television, has merged with entertainment tech firm Xperi in a $3 billion, all-stock deal.
The combined company will be “one of the industry’s largest intellectual property licensing platforms,” reaching hundreds of businesses and tens of millions of consumers…
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Amazon Working On DVR For The Streaming Era – Report
Amazon is working on a new DVR device for the streaming era that that would be a household’s hub for the company’s online video. Citing sources, Bloomberg reports that the gadget — known in-house as “Frank” — would push consumers to bypass cable and satellite TV while dinging TiVo’s market for digital video…
TiVo Shares Drop As CEO Quits Less Than A Year After Taking The Helm
TiVo Corp., which is already reviewing its strategic options as a company, said its CEO made a “personal decision” to resign less than a year in the role.
Enrique Rodriguez is becoming chief technology officer at Liberty Global, a major cable operator in Europe and a longtime customer of TiVo’s. Raghu Rau, a board…
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TiVo Names Enrique Rodriguez As The Company’s New President and CEO
TiVo, the pioneer in time-shifted TV, said its board of directors elected Enrique Rodriguez to the position of president and CEO effective today. He also joins the company's board.
Rodriguez has worked in the entertainment technology and media for decades. Most recently, he served executive vice president and chief…
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TiVo Settles DVR Patent Infringement Suit Against Samsung
Samsung no longer has to fear a patent infringement suit from TiVo: The DVR pioneer — recently bought by Rovi, which changed its name — announced today a “broad intellectual property license” with Samsung that includes a stay of their litigation “upon satisfaction of certain conditions.”
The terms give Samsung the…
Rovi Changes Its Name To TiVo As It Closes Acquisition Of DVR Pioneer
It’s time to say goodbye, sort of, to the company whose pioneering DVR introduced consumers to time shifting and ad skipping. Some 17 years after it went public, TiVo just became a part of Rovi with the closing of a $1.1 billion cash and stock acquisition deal they made in May — but with the buyer now adopting the…
Rovi Corp. Set To Acquire TiVo In $1.1B Cash & Stock Deal
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Rovi Shares Hit After It Sues Comcast For Patent Infringement
Updated with Comcast response: Comcast has a lot riding on its set top boxes, especially its X1 — so it has to be concerned about the patent infringement suit that digital technology company Rovi just filed.
But Rovi also has much at stake: Its shares are down more than 14% this morning after it filed the suit. The…
TiVo Shares Soar On Report It May Sell Itself To Rovi
TiVo shares fast-fowarded 20% this morning on a report that Rovi is preparing to offer cash and stock to buy the beleaguered DVR pioneer.
The negotiations are “at a sensitive stage” and could fall apart, according to The New York Times, which first reported the story citing “people briefed on the talks.” The tentative…
TiVo Reports Record Sub Growth As It Starts To Look For A New CEO
TiVo’s had a hard time persuading Wall Street that there’s still a place for its DVRs in an increasingly competitive market for TV boxes. But its just-released report for the quarter ending in October, and plans for 2016, may help a little.
The company reported the biggest-ever net increase in its customer base: It…
TiVo’s Tom Rogers Gives Up CEO Job, But Will Stay As Chairman
This is a big change for TiVo, whose stock price has declined nearly 34% over the last 12 months. The company says that CEO Tom Rogers will give up the top job at the end of January, but remain as the non-executive Chairman.
The board has formed a search committee to find a replacement. Rogers’ “accomplishments…
TiVo Sues Samsung, And Predicts Growth From New Deals
TiVo has several answers this afternoon for investors wondering how the DVR pioneer plans to grow in a period when Comcast and other major pay TV providers worry about cord cutting — and hope to slow it by promoting their own next generation video technologies.
TiVo will head back to court, this time with a patent…
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