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cwoody222

join:2005-05-24		reply to Unregistered user
Re: What's the point?

Cable companies have the same thing to lose that TiVo does since they also sell their own DVRs and service.

This is coming from Macrovision, in turn, who is getting pressure from copyright holders (ie: studios).

Not the cable cos.
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barky
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  For cable companies, DVRs are a tiny fraction of their overall revenue. Keep in mind, most cable companies let you upgrade to a DVR box for under $5 a month. Tivo, on the other hand, relies solely on DVR revenue. If people stop using commercial DVR's, Tivo will go out of business, while the big cable companies won't even blink at the change.
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