Hello Everyone,
It's been sometime since I've done a rant on where we are with the TiVo Platform, things have been hectic over here with some other projects as well with regards to VOD. But I wanted to share where we are:
Upgrade : Coming to All TiVo's. (D.C. is Next Week)
We are going to take all TiVo's to 20.2.1.2 from 14.9.2 over the next 45 days or so. What does this upgrade have in it :
New YouTube interface (LeanBack Interface)
YouTube has been overhauled and will have a new look and feel. Also YouTube will now show up on the TiVo Preview's in HDUI
Gride Guide and Live Guide are now in HD.
New Mini Guide
New Info Banners
Discovery Bar has been Overhauled.
Parental Controls are now in HDUI.
New Product Launches :
We have released two new exciting products :
(TiVo Quad Tuner) Standalone ,
The Quad tuner that was built into the Multi Room bundle is now offered by itself. It has 4 Tuners and 500GB drive and MOCA built in. If you have a existing premiere you can add a Quad (only if the Premiere is Hardwired) and we will enable MRS.
(Tivo Preview HD) Think of this as a HD Set-Top box with the TiVo guide and Interface. It has all the features of TiVo except the DVR functionality. (Thus YouTube , Pandora , Music etc..)
NEW TiVo VOD Interface
We are going to be bundling in a New VOD look and feel with the
new 20.2.1.2 client. This VOD interface has the ability to let you watch a preview of the movie before you order it, also has a HDUI look and feel to the VOD portal. It's very clean looking compared to the existing VOD portal.
Whats on the Radar :
Still Tracking a late August, (maybe mid September) this has slipped just a little . This would be the ability to set-up recordings from the Preview to the Quad within the Multi-Room Bundle. I'm still waiting to get a exact update from TiVo of where we stand but this will be in the 22.x Software release.
TiVo Stream : We are looking at supporting and offering the TiVo Stream which allows you to watch all DVR'd content on your IPAD / IPHONE. This isn't something thats going to happen anytime in the next couple months but we are looking at it.
TiVo IP STB :
We are looking at the possibly of adding the TiVo IP STB to our portfolio, This is a IP Set-Top box that does NOT have a cable card or a TUNER. It would allow you to put this small device in other rooms in the home and connect it via MOCA. It would allow you to stream any DVR's content to that TiVo and later it would have the ability to take over a Tuner from the Quad to allow you to watch live T.V. This is on the radar for LATE 2012 Early 2013
APPS APPS APPS :
We have pushed VERY hard on TiVo to deliver more applications that run on the TiVo Set-Top. Since launch we understand that we have lost a number of applications (FrameChannel, Yahoo Weather, Yahoo Traffic , One Tru Media , etc..) While we really have only launched Pandora which is a awesome app, we want to see more.. We have applied HEAVY pressure and received firm commitments from TiVo that they are going to be deploying more apps. I can't give details but they tie into :
Social Networking
Music
Games
I've seen some of the apps, and I'm excited.
Android and IPAD support : Recently TiVo Launched support for the Android OS. If you haven't downloaded and tried the TiVo APP for IPAD and or Andriod, I highly recommend it :
IPAD / IPHONE :
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www.tivo.com/mytivo/prod ··· dex.htmlAndroid :
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www.tivo.com/mytivo/prod ··· dex.htmlTV Everywhere :
Thats a entire other thread, but if you haven't seen we are in the works to deploy a TV Everywhere experience unlike any other.. For more reference please read the Press Release :
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pr.tivo.com/easyir/custo ··· stom_150I hope that answers some of your questions and feel free to post back into this thread and I'll try to answer
Jason Nealis
V.P. Engineering / Operations
RCN