TiVo, Please Don’t Sell to EchoStar
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Om Malik makes a case why EchoStar should by TiVo (Why the New EchoStar Should Buy TiVo « NewTeeVee). I’d like to make a case why TiVo should NOT sell to EchoStar.
1) They are about to win a bunch of money from EchoStar in a patent infringement suit.
2) Other than the ability to combine TiVo functionality with that of Slingbox, EchoStar has nothing to offer since it’s no longer tied to a satellite provider that can put TiVos in homes.
3) I still say that Yahoo or Apple would be a better home, though it looks like Apple has just about finished rolling out its own solution. So that leaves Yahoo. If Microsoft picks up Yahoo, then that pretty much eliminates Yahoo as a possible suitor since MS already has their own solution in the Media Center.
So, on second thought, maybe they should sell since there’s probably not going to be anyone left to buy them that could add anything to the equation.
Whatever you do TiVo, please find a way to get me a dual-tuner, HD box that will work with my cable that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
