The term "ad-skipping" is frequently bandied about in discussions of TiVo's effect on advertising. It is important to understand that the TiVo DVR does not let you skip commercials altogether. What it ...

People who are not familiar with TiVo tend to assume that it is simply another recording device, perhaps an improved type of VCR. But this is a fundamental misunderstanding of the TiVo user's ...

Could it rival our favourite streamers from Apple and Amazon?

Back in the days when the dot-com frenzy was nearing its peak and I was covering high-tech full-time for this newspaper, scarcely a week passed without someone showing up in our newsroom offering a ...

The TiVo OS gets new content and homescreen improvements – is your TV waiting to be updated?

TiVo is back...sort of. Xperi, the owner of the TiVo brand as of 2019, announced at CES 2025 that TiVo OS will be available in the US for the first time on Sharp TVs. The storied TV brand was last ...

TiVo has pulled the plug on its revolutionary video-recording device. On October 1, TiVo ended sales of its physical DVR hardware and accessories, adding that its remaining inventory had also sold out ...

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of TiVo Inc. The company is adopting the iconic TiVo brand, marking the ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Xperi’s TiVo subsidiary continues to expand the capabilities and reach of its independent media platform with the debut of the TiVo One cross-screen ad platform. The TiVo One ...

I do an awful lot of “TV” watching on my iPad these days. Yet I also remain devoted to my TiVo DVR box, which is connected to the HDTV in my living room. So TiVo’s upcoming TiVo Stream — a gizmo that ...

In a story by Roberto Baldwin, Wired is reporting that TiVo — maker of the iconic, industry-creating DVR — has laid off most of its hardware design team and is getting out of the hardware business ...