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TiVo demos expanding portfolio of devices enabled by cloud services

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AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: TiVo Inc., a global leader in the advanced television entertainment market, announced that as operators increasingly embrace nPVR, IP video and multi-screen services, TiVo is enabling a broad range of client types to leverage its cloud services and realize its vision of delivering any content on any screen.

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With TiVo's cloud services already powering the industry's most fully-featured suite of multi-screen applications, including IP set-tops, tablets, smartphones, and web portals, TiVo announced that it is broadening the range of 3rd party set-top boxes (STBs) supporting TiVo's services including set-top boxes running Cubiware and Entone software.

TiVo's complete suite of customizable multi-screen products will be on display during the International Broadcasting Conference 2013 (IBC) in Amsterdam. A select group of TiVo clients, business prospects, and media will be able to demo the comprehensive suite of multi-screen solutions and TiVo nPVR prototype announced earlier during IBC.

David Sandford, VP and GM, International at TiVo, said: "As TiVo makes its rich, advanced TV solution available to viewers around the globe, we are pleased to have an expanding roster of partners who support our TiVo cloud service offerings. We have the broadest portfolio of third-party hardware providers to choose from, including clients ranging from full TiVo clients leveraging TiVo's HPK, to TV Everywhere clients, and, now, new thin client STBs (such as Entone and wide range of devices running Cubiware's Middleware).

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"The continued expansion in the number of technology partners supporting TiVo's product and service offerings underscores TiVo's relentless commitment to bringing an unmatched television viewing experience to our customers and their subscribers, and we look forward to showcasing the results of our recent efforts at IBC."

Sandford concluded: "As consumers increasingly demand video content anytime and anywhere, TiVo is delivering proven solutions enabling operators to quickly develop clients that can take full advantage of the TiVo experience including industry leading search and discovery capabilities even on lightweight applications and low-cost set-top-boxes. The intelligence in the TiVo service allows for a rich experience while minimizing unique client development, creating a low-cost solution for the operator and providing a consistent, best-in-class user experience for the viewer."

The TiVo service does this by handling the metadata ingestion from multiple sources and integrating it into the search, browse and personalized recommendations functionality, which are all delivered to the end user through a broadening range of operator deployed clients for a consistent consumer experience across all screens.

The TiVo service enhances cross-device client interoperability and is aware of viewing across clients so it maintains pause points, letting users start on one screen and resume on another, while also allowing user specific recommendations to go across devices. TiVo is building out a full suite of APIs to enable streamlined development of clients that can fully leverage the power of the TiVo service.

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