Comment Re:Did they license the "preferences" stuff too? (Score 2) 109
Some facts, some pure guessing. Guesses ain't facts, though, folks.
"quite likely" that ReplayTV will offer an ad-free premium service? Based on what? I can't find a single statement from ReplayTV to support that.
Weaselly? SEC blackout regs are the law, like it or not. Check out recent releases immediately following the blackout ending - especially MyReplayTV, and Release 3.0. Not too weaselly.
'Cancelled' IPO? Nope - postponed. Check out the c|net story 8/21, which points out how bad the market was at that time, how low TiVo's stock was being valued, and the opportunity to make key alliance deals if ReplayTV weren't in registration. (As to the latter, check this morning's wire, Daily Variety, & Hollywood Reporter - not a bad alliance, for a start.)
While we're talking about ReplayTV's business model - you missed that there's no monthly subscription fee, the only 60-hour box on the market now, the only partnership to build cable/DVR combo boxes, and that ReplayTV has the 30-second skip-ahead feature that TiVo chose to forego since it scared the networks (see NY Times 8/13).
All facts.
"quite likely" that ReplayTV will offer an ad-free premium service? Based on what? I can't find a single statement from ReplayTV to support that.
Weaselly? SEC blackout regs are the law, like it or not. Check out recent releases immediately following the blackout ending - especially MyReplayTV, and Release 3.0. Not too weaselly.
'Cancelled' IPO? Nope - postponed. Check out the c|net story 8/21, which points out how bad the market was at that time, how low TiVo's stock was being valued, and the opportunity to make key alliance deals if ReplayTV weren't in registration. (As to the latter, check this morning's wire, Daily Variety, & Hollywood Reporter - not a bad alliance, for a start.)
While we're talking about ReplayTV's business model - you missed that there's no monthly subscription fee, the only 60-hour box on the market now, the only partnership to build cable/DVR combo boxes, and that ReplayTV has the 30-second skip-ahead feature that TiVo chose to forego since it scared the networks (see NY Times 8/13).
All facts.
