If TiVo is serious about being 'the one box' and remaining competitive with the explosion of connected TVs, Blu-ray players, gaming consoles, and cheap media boxes like Roku, they need to seriously re-evaluate their approach to OTT content, IMHO. Personally I'd love to see them license Roku's platform. The UI would need some massaging to blend in better with TiVo's HDUI, but it'd be a vast improvement - as would the explosion in content offerings. And TiVo would be in a unique position to integrate all of that content into their search platform. That would be truly powerful. (Or maybe TiVo can use some of their new windfall cash reserves to acquire Roku outright.) Beefing up their OTT offerings should make them an even more attractive partner for MVPDs who are facing cord cutters and those simply cutting back on their package levels, using OTT to fill in the gaps.
Offer content creators an API to publish their content on TiVo, without jumping through too many hoops or getting blessed. Create a system to sell premium content,
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On the other hand, I may very well agree and I do!! Especially about the web videos. I fight that battle every day and TiVo makes it so stupidly difficult. Even my Samsung TV's elementary Yahoo widget does a way better job.
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If TiVo is serious about being 'the one box' and remaining competitive with the explosion of connected TVs, Blu-ray players, gaming consoles, and cheap media boxes like Roku, they need to seriously re-evaluate their approach to OTT content, IMHO. Personally I'd love to see them license Roku's platform. The UI would need some massaging to blend in better with TiVo's HDUI, but it'd be a vast improvement - as would the explosion in content offerings. And TiVo would be in a unique position to integrate all of that content into their search platform. That would be truly powerful. (Or maybe TiVo can use some of their new windfall cash reserves to acquire Roku outright.) Beefing up their OTT offerings should make them an even more attractive partner for MVPDs who are facing cord cutters and those simply cutting back on their package levels, using OTT to fill in the gaps.
Offer content creators an API to publish their content on TiVo, without jumping through too many hoops or getting blessed. Create a system to sell premium content, ( ... )
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