Rumors are flying that DirecTV is joining up with TiVo and Dish Network in the portable media market. Reportedly, at
CES next month they'll be announcing a partnership for providing content to portable devices. This would create a
powerful threesome that might have some chance to battle content providers that aren't so sure that allowing people to
have programming wherever they go and whenever they want is such a good business idea.Rumor alert: DirecTV joining TiVo, Dish in portable market
Rumors are flying that DirecTV is joining up with TiVo and Dish Network in the portable media market. Reportedly, at
CES next month they'll be announcing a partnership for providing content to portable devices. This would create a
powerful threesome that might have some chance to battle content providers that aren't so sure that allowing people to
have programming wherever they go and whenever they want is such a good business idea.Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. I think I need to work on my writing skills... DTV will be joining DISH and TiVo as a *competitor* in the portable media market. They will be unveiling a different partner, which I suspect will be a hardware vendor (as in DISH/Archos, TiVo/Intel) and possibly NBC (http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2005-11/directv-sells-nbc-shows-for-99-cents/) to provide portable content.
3. Okay, that makes more sense now.
Posted at 11:42AM on Dec 29th 2005 by Erik
1. I find that odd... Didn't DirectTV & Tivo just finish an ugly breakup with DirectTV believing they could make a 'better' PVR without having to pay Tivo licensing and then having ugly/buggy software that is still receiving updates to attempt to fix?
Posted at 8:25PM on Dec 28th 2005 by Erik