You say that DirecTV is not getting rid of Tivo, but you have to check out this article. "Do we think that TiVo is dead? Not necessarily, but sometime in 2005, anyone who had a DirecTV/TiVo box may get a letter from News Corp. saying that they can continue paying for TiVo or get the NDS box for free,"
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Actually, the qoute was from David Miller, an analyst with Sanders Morris Harris. Of course, they could just be pushing one of the clients(NDS).
You say that DirecTV is not getting rid of Tivo, but you have to check out this article.
"Do we think that TiVo is dead? Not necessarily, but sometime in 2005, anyone who had a DirecTV/TiVo box may get a letter from News Corp. saying that they can continue paying for TiVo or get the NDS box for free,"