Tivo To Make Roamio For Cord Cutters

Jon

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TiVo to make version for those without cable
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) — Here's a sign more households are going without cable or satellite TV: TiVo Inc. is making a digital video recorder just for so-called cord-cutters.

The TiVo Roamio OTA will cost $50, compared with $200 for the regular model. The OTA version records free, over-the-air TV signals and lacks slots for cable service cards. For both models, you need a $15-a-month subscription to TiVo service, which provides programming data and other necessities.

The OTA model will be available starting Sept. 14 at select Best Buy stores.

A 2013 study from GfK estimated that 19 percent of U.S. TV households had broadcast-only reception, up from 14 percent in 2010. Those figures include people who have dropped cable and those who never had it, something common for younger adults.

TiVo to make version for those without cable - The Denver Post
 

memebag

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TiVo may just be getting ready for this bill, which will remove the CableCARD requirement from set top boxes. The cable companies want to ditch CableCARD and kill TiVo's market.
 

HecticArt

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Power struggle. TiVo has been losing share for a while now since every cable Dick and Harry has a DVR now.

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hyson

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Why pay a $15 rental/subscription fee when I can buy a DVR once and be done with it?