August 02, 2010

Cisco will provide VM TiVo boxes

This news from Broadband TV (click the link for the full piece):
Virgin Media has turned to long-term supplier Cisco for its first ‘TiVo inside’ set-top when the navigation technology becomes the cableco’s prime middleware later this year. However, plans to retrofit TiVo into the operator’s existing set-top boxes have hit a stumbling block after it emerged the technology was not suitable for all of the receivers currently deployed on the network.
A new Cisco personal video recorder is due to be shipped shortly before Christmas when TiVo will soft launch. The rollout is anticipated to get underway in earnest early in 2011.

3 comments:

brooza said...

I'll be very annoyed if they do roll out the upgrade to the Cisco boxes and people with Samsung boxes have to pay for a new box (I got a V+ box last week and it's a Samsung one)

joff81 said...

from the looks of the full artical it looks like everyone with a V+ HD box will have to pay for an upgrade if wanted. the SA and Samusng boxes are not software/Firmware upgradeable.

the new V HD box may get an update to intergrate TiVo but only at a basic (cut down) level.

looks like VM are doing the whole everyone wanting the latest tech (who currently have the latest offering from VM) will need to pay a premium again.

Erich said...

To be honest, I was a bit concerned about the sort of product they would be able to provide, when they initially claimed that Tivo would be available on all boxes, so it's definitely a good thing that they're not going to limit themselves to a stripped down version that will work on all boxes.