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Article: TiVo Takes Aim at On-Demand TV.
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- Multichannel News
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- September 28, 1998
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With grand hopes that has a lock on the next killer app, TiVo Inc. came out of development last week to describe a new on-demand TV model destined for retail shelves as early as next March.
TiVo's idea: time-shifted TV programming, stored on a hard drive at a person's home, letting people develop their own customized and personalized roster of what's best for them on TV.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based start-up, founded last year by two former Silicon Graphics Inc. executives, aims to sell a $400 to $500 box at retail next year that will sit between the TV and the distribution mechanism, whether it's cable or satellite.
A beta-test of the service, to 100 cable ...
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Article: TiVo Appoints Mark Roberts Chief Information Officer.
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May 10, 1999 ;
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......maintenance of TiVo's technology infrastructure...collaborate with TiVo's executive management...Roberts joins TiVo from Acuson, Inc...where he served as vice president of Information...tremendous impact on TiVo's overall growth...Roberts. Joining TiVo at a time ...
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