Microsoft and TiVo sitting in a tree

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Microsoft and TiVo sitting in a tree

Matt's going to the CES on Friday and will no doubt have lots of good stuff, but TiVo news is already trickling out. During his keynote, Bill Gates announced a partnership between Microsoft and TiVo. No, they aren't going to stop competing in the PVR market, but they are making sure that TiVoToGo will work on Portable Media Center devices. Does that mean I can use the Media Center Extender for XBox to play shows from my TiVo? I'm not holding my breath.

by George Hotelling January 6, 2005 in News, TiVo, Windows Media Center XP

Comments

The even bigger announcement I think was that Microsoft was going to develop a standalone DVR platform (i.e. not a full blown PC running MCE that you can also run other Windows apps with, but just a DVR).

Posted by: Joost Schuur at Jan 6, 2005 10:13:06 AM

I've got a photo of the two loverbirds up at my site.

http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/gates-touts-tivo-deal-at-ces.html

Posted by: Thomas Hawk at Jan 6, 2005 12:57:09 PM

"Partnership" is a bit of a stretch, isn't it? Tivo is just licensing MSFT's DRM?

Posted by: pb at Jan 6, 2005 1:24:28 PM