I don't see Charlie buying TIVO. Nothing to gain. The current plan is much better. Only reason I can see for Charlie buying TIVO is to prevent anyone else from buying them.
Idle? I believe the Disney and Voom lawsuits are still going on.Knowing Dish's history, they probably won't be idle for long....
I don't think ANYBODY is interested in buying TIVO, pending the outcome of litigation against TIVO by Microsoft and others.I don't see Charlie buying TIVO.
hell has frozen over......
I don't think ANYBODY is interested in buying TIVO, pending the outcome of litigation against TIVO by Microsoft and others.
I think everyone missed a big one... If Tivo is to make DVR's for Dish only.... as per in the press release... Guess what directv guys no Tivo for you!
I second that motion.Let's hope the software them is getting to work (or better yet has got to work) on bringing back the pre-lawsuit indexing rather than this statistical estimation feature that makes DVR functioning a bit choppy.
By no means should you confuse a settlement with prejudice with a union.This is a long shot, but I hope that maybe this union with TiVo will help Dish improve the Guide...When I had TiVo I loved their Guide.
One international customer is obviously Bell. Who do you suppose is the other?No, you have to read the whole sentence: "TiVo also granted EchoStar a license under the same ‘389 patent and certain related patents, for the remaining life of those patents, to design and make certain DVR-enabled products solely for DISH Network and two international customers."
By no means should you confuse a settlement with prejudice with a union.
Dish Mexico?
The amount awarded in the contempt ruling was being held in escrow. With the dismissal of the injunctions, I assume that money will be returned to E*. I think TIVO was feeling the heat from E* with regard to E*'s patent infringement suit against TIVO on the DVR recording patents. The reduced licensing amount from what had previously been offered is probably E*'s licensing fee for the DVR recording patents.Is this initial $300 m in addition to the money they were ordered to pay in the last ruling, or does it include any pending amount ordered by the court? If the later than this is a real deal for E*. The $200 million over 6 years is than much less than some estimates of what some estimated for monthly fees.
So what ,after all these years of ongoing lawsuits , an even trade between Echostar's patents and Tivo's patents?The amount awarded in the contempt ruling was being held in escrow. With the dismissal of the injunctions, I assume that money will be returned to E*. I think TIVO was feeling the heat from E* with regard to E*'s patent infringement suit against TIVO on the DVR recording patents. The reduced licensing amount from what had previously been offered is probably E*'s licensing fee for the DVR recording patents.
No, you have to read the whole sentence: "TiVo also granted EchoStar a license under the same ‘389 patent and certain related patents, for the remaining life of those patents, to design and make certain DVR-enabled products solely for DISH Network and two international customers."
TiVo granted a licence to E* to make certain products. This is E* making them with the Tivo patents not the other way around.
Scott, if you could address this statement with them specifically? What receivers are going to get enhanced with the "Time Warp" patent? It would sure help the 922 out with getting a performance boost, and probably all the VIP DVRs could benefit from it. Or is this statement only talking about DVR products that haven't been released yet or pending announcement at the Team Summit? Echostar had to of been writing a software contingency in the event things go their way.Additionally, we believe that our agreement with TiVo provides us a competitive advantage as one of the few multichannel operators with rights to operate under TiVo’s Time Warp patent, which ultimately will allow us to enhance the performance of our award-winning DVRs."