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TiVo, Virgin make DVR deal in UK

Popular DVR maker TiVo and ISP Virgin Media have announced a partnership this week, one that will see TiVo develop Virgin's upcoming HD set-top boxes.

TiVo will create a custom interface and in exchange Virgin "will be the exclusive distributor of TiVo service and hardware in the UK," says Electronista. Virgin has been losing market share to rival BSkyB in the UK and the company hopes the new generation of HD boxes will help them compete.



The boxes, besides playing back SD and HD streams from Virgin, will include online services such as the BBC iPlayer and itv.com.

The set-tops should go on sale in 2010.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 28 Nov 2009 15:13

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• 4 comments

• jacklang0

  spam edited by ddp

  30.11.2009 09:45 #1

• DXR88

  the 40 year old TiVo Virgen.

  30.11.2009 19:46 #2

• borhan9

  To be honest nothing news worthy.
  I guess we will have to see what the content will be exactly.

  3.12.2009 00:56 #3

• d42mat

  If it's anything like the original TiVo UK mark 1 I had - it will pi$$ all over Sky Plus!!
  
  I'm sure it will be messed up in some way though (sigh).
  
  
  And I can't get V :(

  23.1.2010 07:27 #4