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TiVo has launched a promo for ex-Aereo customers that gives them a Roamio OTA box, a TiVo Stream and two years of service for no money down and $20 per month.

TV binging is growing. But while it can bring much joy to consumers, it can also bring the blues. A new study on TV binging by TiVo Research says that 52% of those surveyed are “experiencing feeling sad” when they approach the end of a TV series.

TiVo’s stock rose 4.7% in after-market trading Tuesday after the TV services’ company beat first-quarter estimates on strong subscriber growth. Earnings fell 2.5% in the period, to $7.9 million, or 8 cents per share, from $8.1 million, or 7 cents, last year. Revenue gained 7.1% to $115 million.

Ask TiVo CEO Tom Rogers to see the future of media and he’ll tell you clearly — personalization, something that will forever break the editorial control of Big Media and the tyranny of choice. In truth, however, personalization, even in digital media, has not come very far, with most consumers still reading or watching packages of channels or stories curated for them by providers.

TiVo Inc. President-CEO Tom Rogers said in a statement Friday that the San Jose, Calif.-based company will acquire Aereo’s trademarks and customer lists. He said that it will help Tivo serve consumers that “want access to both broadcast television and over the top content.”

TiVo might be laughing all the way to the bank after trumping the Big 4 networks to launch a streaming service that offers their best comedic content. TiVo CEO Tom Rogers revealed the company’s new “Networks Comedy Collections” concept Thursday on the Fox Business Network. The “Comedy Collections,” culled from ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, will be customized by TiVo subscribers into bundles of favorite sitcoms and latenight shows.

As TiVo scores access to the names of about 100,000 former Aereo customers, a bankruptcy plan is made to wind down Aereo’s business and settle claims by TV broadcasters.

TiVo stock jumped 6.2% to $11.95 per share in after-market trading Tuesday after the television-services provider blew past projections for the fourth quarter. Earnings of 7 cents per share eclipsed analyst expectations of 4 cents, while revenue of $114 million topped the consensus forecast of $89 million.

TiVo and SlingTV can add to the TV watching experience. Here’s a look at what each does — and why you might want both.

TiVo Inc. is introducing a mobile application for users to stream TV content on their Android smartphones and tablets, adding to a similar service it offers on Apple devices. The new app, initially being introduced in the U.S., lets consumers with devices using Google’s operating software connect to their TiVo set-top box at home to watch live shows, record and playback content on the go. The app can connect with mobile phone networks as well as Wi-Fi, unlike the Apple app, which is Wi-Fi only.

TiVo is expected to unveil on Tuesday a new DVR that can record 26,000 hours  — or three years’ worth — of standard-definition TV programming. It can record about 4,000 hours in HD. The DVR is called TiVo Mega and will cost interested TV fans $5,000

TiVo, a pioneer of digital-video recorders, is offering a DVR for people who don’t pay for cable or satellite TV services in a move designed to win over former Aereo customers. The TiVo Roamio OTA DVR can record content from broadcast networks including ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as stream Internet video from Netflix and YouTube, according to a statement today. The device costs $49.99 with service fees of $14.99 per month and a one-year commitment, and will be available at Best Buy stores starting Sept. 14.

CEO Tom Rogers’ efforts to persuade pay TV distributors to offer TiVo boxes to customers who want online and conventional video worked better than many investors anticipated in the three months ending in April. The company says it generated $8.1 million in net income, up from a $10.3 million loss in the period last year, on revenues of $107.1 million, up 29.7%.

In what may be the most cogent argument for the adoption of the C7 ratings currency, TiVo Research on Monday revealed that broadcasters beholden to the dated C3 metric are leaving hundreds of millions of dollars in ad sales revenue on the table.

When many studios license shows to Netflix they stipulate that the content can’t be distributed in the U.S. through a pay TV operator’s set-top box — but that should change, TiVo CEO Tom Rogers told analysts Tuesday. Netflix “has clearly risen to the level of a must-have” for consumers who want streamed video. And once Netflix can negotiate changes in its contracts “increasingly we’re hearing operators wanting to include Netflix in their distribution” after years of considering it a threat.

With Roamio, TiVo has updated its DVR by adding more tuners and storage space and incorporating wireless streaming.

The new devices face more competition than TiVos did when they debuted in 1999. Cable and satellite TV companies are improving their own DVR offerings, while stand-alone devices such as Roku, Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast seek to simplify Internet streaming on big-screen TVs. Meanwhile, game consoles and smartphones now come with apps to do much of what TiVo does. With its new Roamio DVR, TiVo is counting on the notion that avid television viewers prefer one device to do it all.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Motorola Mobility said Thursday that it has reached a settlement with digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. ahead of a patent trial that was to start […]

TiVo has a slew of initiatives in play looking to take advantage of changing consumer behavior and moving beyond its original appeal of ad avoidance.

The DVR company updates its iPad app with real-time recommendations that will mix in social data and critics’ picks.

There’s a wide field of players with no shortage of innovative — but often flawed — strategies. Here’s how they stack up.

The company’s shares were up in after-hours trading Wednesday after slightly beating analyst expectations.

The acquisition is TRA, a research company that observes whether television viewers actually buy the products advertised during the program.

The two companies are stepping up a joint effort to persuade consumers to cut the cable TV cord  and substitute a mix of OTA and OTT programming. Direct supplies the antennas, while TiVo supplies the box that not only records and stores off-air programming, but also interfaces with the broadband video world of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. In the works is a plan that would let stations share in the monthly fees that TiVo charges by promoting the Antennas Direct-TiVo solution. “Our goal is to create an on-going, sustainable and increasing revenue stream for stations,” says Antennas Direct’s Pete D’Acosta.

Simulmedia, a targeted television advertising company, today announced that TiVo Inc. has expanded its partnership with Simulmedia.  Simulmedia will use TiVo’s anonymous, aggregated, second-by-second set-top-box data to expand Simulmedia’s client […]

TiVo wants to use its platform for what some say is the holy grail of interactive advertising: t-commerce. The company has inked a deal with PayPal to serve as the payment processing service. TiVo plans to roll out campaigns on its interface with watch-and-buy functionality in the fall.

TiVo Inc. reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss and forecast another loss for the current quarter as the maker of digital television recorders fights costly legal battles to protect its patents.

TiVo’s business model seems to be based on suing companies for selling DVRs that allegedly use its patented processes to do things that users take for granted such as watching one show while recording another. And today it challenged a formidable opponent: Time Warner Cable, which has 12 million subs, is the No. 2 cable company and No. 4 pay TV provider.