TiVo HD goes nationwide with DirecTV
February 9, 2012
Advanced television services and DVR specialist TiVo has confirmed the nationwide availability of the TiVo HD DVR from DirecTV in the US, which enables DirecTV customers to once again enjoy the TiVo service seamlessly integrated with their DirecTV service.
“We are pleased to answer the call of TiVo fans by making the new TiVo HD DVR from DirecTV available nationwide,” said Tony Goncalves, senior vice president, Product Management, DirecTV. “DirecTV has a long-standing reputation for offering our customers the best in advanced programming and services and they now have even more DVR options with this new TiVo-enabled platform.”
This nationwide announcement follows TiVo and DirecTV’s initial ten-market deployment in December 2011. The DirecTV deal follows other US deployments, including Charter, RCN, Suddenlink and Grande Communications, and with European operators such as Virgin Media in the UK, and ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain.