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Note to Rupert: don't kill DirecTiVo, please

In an investor's call yesterday, News Corp (and DirecTV) owner Rupert Murdoch was asked directly whether his other satellite company (that has a free DVR) and DirecTiVo would continue to co-exist and he gave a cautious non-answer:

"We're looking at it very closely," he said, indicating that News Corp. is still torn between the PVRs developed by its own NDS Group PLC and TiVo, which has a partnership with Hughes' DirecTV unit. "Maybe we'll be offering both," Murdoch said. "There's been no decision taken on that."

This news comes at a particularly bad time for me personally, I just ordered a brand-new Phillips DSR7000, a Triple LNB dish, and DirecTV to install at my new home (note: I'll be selling my SuperTiVo project box on eBay -- stay tuned for info on that if you're in the market for a new standalone TiVo).

by Matt Haughey November 6, 2003 in News

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