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Media giants and telecom companies are still trying to figure out how to exploit the new markets offered by the shift to broadband and video-on-demand. TiVo and systems like it, being rolled out by cable and satellite-TV providers, allow viewers to download TV shows and movies and watch them when they want, skipping ads if they choose. U.S. networks haven't figured out viable revenue models for that. The BBC has no such roadblock, since its shows are financed by the citizenry and broadcast in Britain commercial-free. That means it can get on with digitizing...
Microsoft is famous for getting software right on the second or third go-round, and this year marks the second try for its Windows XP Media Center Edition. When it debuted last year, Media Center was the first PC system nongeeks could operate like a combination TiVo--DVD player--music jukebox. This year's update enhances the photo slide show and adds a radio tuner. Better yet are two movie-download services and a program that lets you burn DVDs by using just the remote control. The user interface could still be improved, but with living-room-friendly PCs coming...
...category of satellite TV, Samsung makes its TiVo debut this month with SIR-S4120R ($499), a DirecTV receiver capable of storing 100 hours of programming--a TiVo record. Satellite customers get a cheaper price on the service through DirecTV; some premium packages even throw it in "free...
...TiVo has its way and the partnerships take off, its cult following could hit a million by the holidays. And soon enough, we may all become blissful converts...