AdAge Predicts Tivo will Fail

geddes writes "Under the obnoxious headline More U.S. Homes have Outhouses then TiVos, Advertising Age has published an article with a few good points: 1) Tivo/ReplayTV/UltimateTV aren't making any money and their growth is declining. 2) Cable and Satellite TV services are slowly rolling out PVR on thier own boxes. So 3) PVR will become a standard feature for most television users but become as unbranded as programmable VCRs."

Comments

Re:TiVo's problem

[Penguinoflight]

Yeah, TiVo really found themselves in a very narrow market. Without appealing to the general public, TiVo just grabs techies who are too lazy to put together their own box, which is fairly simple. Plus monthly rates are too high.

Re:Cable box-tivo will fail too

[Nevermore-Spoon]

But with the Republicans firmly entrenched I sorely doubt the cable industry (or any industry) will be pushed to do anything that benefits the consuer. You clearly are not a believer in the free market economy which needs no push to drive invention. Let me enumerate. People want money Peole invent things that other people will buy to make money People perfect invetion to make even more money The desire to make money drives invention The desire to make money Needs no "push" from government

Re:Of course it will fail (I love it)

[teamhasnoi]

Wow. Just like my Democratic/Green party votes. We should work together, we'll be rich like a (Republican) senator! ;)