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AOL, Samsung to offer AOLTV with TiVo!
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Posted by: snedecor

AOL, Samsung Team to Update AOLTV Box

Advanced version of AOLTV, featuring TiVo technology, in the works.

Matt Berger, IDG News Service
Tuesday, July 17, 2001

AOL Time Warner and electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics have agreed to jointly develop and market next-generation set-top boxes and other consumer electronic products.

In a multi-year agreement, AOL Time Warner and Samsung plan to develop a more advanced version of AOLTV--a Web-based, interactive television platform that lets you browse the Internet as well as send e-mail and instant messages.

AOL also says future versions of its service will include service digital video recording (DVR) technology from TiVo, a hard drive that performs VCR-like functions on live television.

AOL Time Warner owns a stake in TiVo but has not previously used its DVR technology in AOLTV. The company has hinted that it plans to integrate TiVo's technology, as well as satellite programming access via Hughes Electronics' DirecTV, into the AOLTV service since first investing in TiVo in 1999. AOL added another $200 million to that investment a year later, saying it would add the TiVo technology sometime this year.

The current version of AOL Time Warner's set-top box is manufactured by Philips Electronics.

Competitive Market
In May, TiVo won a series of patents for its technology. The win sets up TiVo well for the marketing battle against competitors such as Microsoft and ReplayTV. Microsoft is pushing its Ultimate TV platform. ReplayTV, recently acquired by Sonicblue, quit making hardware to focus on licensing its DVR platform to cable operators and other set-top box makers.

But the market for more advanced interactive TV devices has been slow to reach consumers. Cable providers such as AT&T have significantly pared down the functions they plan to offer viewers in the near future. AT&T scaled down its interactive television deal with Microsoft last month, noting that consumers were not yet ready for advanced set-top boxes.

In addition to set-top boxes, the two companies have agreed to research and develop a range of future consumer electronics products such as Web terminals and e-mail printers. AOL Time Warner also says it will promote Samsung across its media service in print, online and broadcast advertisements.

Posted by: Mike Lang

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