DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX | TiVO
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft bought TiVO. This would at least allow them to update the visible bit of their TV offering, which is what most people (probably rightfully) bitch about. |
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pb5k
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join:2005-11-16
Glendale, AZ
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| It would seem to be a logical move, since MS wants to be synonomous with the living room as well as the computer room - their WebTV products come to mind.
Yahoo Finance says Tivo's market cap is $690 million, so MS could theoretically buy them outright.
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RayW
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join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
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| said by pb5k  :Yahoo Finance says Tivo's market cap is $690 million, so MS could theoretically buy them outright. And that is using slush fund money, not normal operational monies.
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ | reply to pb5k
Ha! Like Microsoft would ever sell something that uses the Linux operating system and Apple's Bonjour technology.
It'll never happen. |
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pb5k
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join:2005-11-16
Glendale, AZ
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| Technology is one thing but the brand recognition is another. Who's to say they wouldn't eventually buy Tivo and nerf it with their own technology? 
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owenhome
keeper of the magic blue smoke
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join:2002-07-13
Bentonville, AR | reply to RayW
Right out of the cash-box in the break room. Just leave a receipt please.
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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said by pb5k :It would seem to be a logical move, since MS wants to be synonomous with the living room as well as the computer room - their WebTV products come to mind. Yahoo Finance says Tivo's market cap is $690 million, so MS could theoretically buy them outright. 690 million is a drop in the bucket.
they've probably thrown parties bigger than that.
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wmcbrine
Touched by His Noodly Appendage
join:2002-12-30
Laurel, MD | reply to DMS1
Microsoft aside, Verizon should consider licensing Tivo's software. They already have a version (written initally for Comcast) that can run on the set-top boxes Verizon is using. |
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