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Is this the big announcement? Licensing Deal w/Sony?
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Posted by: jasonl99

TiVo Signs Licensing Agreement With Sony
Licensing Agreement Enables Patented TiVo Technology for Use in Sony Products In the Future
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO - news) today announced that they have signed a licensing agreement with Sony Corporation. The agreement gives Sony access to the TiVo personal digital recording technology, including recently patented hardware and software designs.

Through the agreement, Sony will license TiVo technology, allowing the company to incorporate the TiVo personal digital recording technology in various consumer electronics products where applicable, such as Digital Network Recorders.

``This new Licensing Agreement with Sony, the world's premier consumer electronics brand, reaffirms our long term relationship and further validates TiVo's intellectual property,'' said Mike Ramsay, TiVo president and CEO. ``We believe this is an important step towards the proliferation of the TiVo technology and service and will result in exciting products for consumers around the world. Further, this agreement forms the corner stone of our strategy to license technology to consumer electronics companies and service providers for the purpose of creating an open standards platform for digital video recorders (DVR).''

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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/011018/sfth052_1.html

Posted by: Gromit

Would this have any impact on Sony selling UltimateTV products too?

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Posted by: bgreen5

Hey... I just posted that here...
http://www.avsforum.com/ubbtivo/For...L/009111-2.html

Wonder if this extends TiVo's reach to PS2 concept?

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Posted by: modnar

quote:
Originally posted by Gromit:
Would this have any impact on Sony selling UltimateTV products too?

I doubt it. In another thread, someone said the deal is not exclusive in either direction.

Posted by: Joe Siegler

http://www.avsforum.com/ubbtivo/Forum1/HTML/009121.html

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Posted by: Pan Chun

quote:
Originally posted by modnar:
I doubt it. In another thread, someone said the deal is not exclusive in either direction.

Heh...sounds like MY idea of the "Perfect Marriage!" http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/wink.gif

Posted by: scotty321

Guess what, gang?? This could mean that very soon, we'll get what we all have wanted when listening to the radio: a way to "instant replay" and "rewind" the radio!! Sony can now license TiVo's technology in ANY of their new products! Yahoo!!

Posted by: midnightmaraude

but with Satellite radio receivers coming out.. how will that effect it?