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TiVo CFO: No TivoToGo for Mac OS X Due to Cost

At a talk at the University of Pennsylvania, TiVo CFO David Courtney admitted that it isn't in TiVo's plans to release a version of TiVoToGo that will work on the Mac:

"We haven't committed to any plans [for integration] to it because of the cost"

Ouch. When I heard that TiVo was going to use Microsoft's version of DRM on windows, I knew a mac client would be non-existent or very far off, but up until now TiVo officials have stated that mac support was always right around the corner, now they admit it could be years off, or not at all.

Seeing how the iTunes Music Store required a new version of both iTunes and Quicktime, I can't see how TiVo will be able to bring their DRM video to the mac platform for the foreseeable future. Either Microsoft needs to build a DRM-aware media player update for the mac, or quicktime has to embrace a new video DRM solution, both longshots.

The bummer is that of all the TiVo owners I know, at least half of them use macs, and now that TiVo has closed the DRM holes in their latest version, those mac owners can't legitimately play back shows on their own computers, in their own homes using the old method. A sad day for mac and tivo enthusiasts everywhere. [thanks Peter and Dave for the tip]

by Matt Haughey April 14, 2005 in TiVo

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