Saturday, October 02, 2004

Netflix TiVo
It's official, DVD-by-mail rental house Netflix and TiVo are teaming up to create a new on-demand video download serivce. According to Reuters, "The movie industry has been extremely cautious about online distribution of its products, fearing that a false step could lead to the widespread piracy that has hurt the music industry. TiVo last month won U.S. regulatory approval for technology that would permit users to send copies of digital broadcast shows over the Internet to a limited number of friends, despite concerns by the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Football League about the risks of unfettered distribution of copyrighted shows and airing regional games outside of their markets. TiVo Chief Executive Mike Ramsay, who resigned from the Netflix board, said that no merger or acquisition was in the works between the two companies."


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