First Major Software Update Upgrades Customers From Two to Three Tuners for More Recording and Viewing Options, Improved Video-on-Demand Integration and Updated YouTube Leanback App Integration; TiVo(TM) Service Now Available in All ONO Markets in Spain
ALVISO, CA and MADRID, SPAIN, Jun 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), a leader in the advanced television
entertainment market, and ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain
and a leading provider of broadband communication and entertainment
services, today announced the first major software upgrade to the
ONO-deployed TiVo platform that delivers a host of new functions and
features to Spain's most advanced hybrid TV viewing experience.
New software features include an upgrade from two to three tuners,
giving TiVo users more recording and viewing options than ever
before. The enhanced video-on-demand offering integrates assets from
ONO's Videoclub library into its search feature and offers the
ability to go back in time in the grid guide to catch-up on programs
that have already aired. Plus, the updated YouTube leanback
application underpins TiVo's ability to seamlessly integrate industry
leading third-party apps into the TiVo experience.
With over six million Spanish homes passed, ONO has made TiVo
available nationwide across all of its markets, following successful
launches in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia, ONO's largest market,
and an accelerating number of ONO customers now have the TiVo
experience.
This easy-to-use offering allows viewing of high-definition (HD) and
3D video content as well as a personal video recording (PVR) through
the TiVo experience. ONO also offers thousands of hours of
broadband-delivered on demand video for subscribers that have signed
up for the TiVo service from ONO. In addition, ONO has created its
own apps for its TiVo users, giving them access to weather
information, music, photos and more. Combined, these capabilities
have created the most advanced hybrid television service available in
Spain and a TV viewing experience that is unmatched in the region.
Joshua Danovitz, VP & General Manager of International for TiVo Inc.,
said, "TiVo is thrilled to enable ONO to nationally deploy these
significant feature enhancements just in time for both the Summer
Olympics and the Euro Cup soccer tournament. The HD content that ONO
delivers on the TiVo platform, now enhanced with easy to find
broadband content, makes ONO the best hybrid TV experience."
Guillermo Mercader, Chief Operating Officer of Residential for ONO,
explained, "TiVo has changed the way ONO customers think of
television; they have fully embraced this new world of on demand and
internet-delivered content and we are thrilled to work with TiVo to
keep this solution on the cutting edge. ONO is thrilled to see the
positive impact that TiVo is having on customer satisfaction, clearly
enabling ONO to provide the most compelling TV offering in Spain."
These software enhancements will be available beginning July 2012.
About ONO
ONO is the leading broadband communication and
entertainment provider in Spain. It offers integrated telephone,
television and Internet services to its residential customers. In
this segment, it has close to 4.4 million services contracted (RGUs)
and over 7 million users. ONO also offers value-added
telecommunications services to SMEs, large companies and
institutions. ONO has the largest next generation fibre optic network
available in Spain. ONO closed the year 2011 with total earnings of
EUR 1.485 billion and operating profits of EUR M748 (EBITDA).
About TiVo
Founded in 1997, TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) developed the
first commercially available digital video recorder (DVR). Today TiVo
is a global leader in advanced television service for virtually any
platform or device. TiVo offers its service directly to consumers,
and also distributes its technology and services through solutions
tailored for cable, satellite and broadcasting companies. Since its
founding, TiVo has evolved into the ultimate single-solution media
center by combining its patented DVR technologies and universal cable
box capabilities with the ability to aggregate, search and deliver
millions of pieces of broadband, cable and broadcast content directly
to the television. TiVo also continues to weave itself into the
fabric of the media industry by providing interactive advertising
solutions and audience research and measurement ratings services to
the television industry www.tivo.com.
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SOURCE: TiVo