Subscribers of TiVo who have access to a broadband Internet connection have gotten good news today from the DVR pioneer. The company has partnered with Amazon to deliver its new HD downloads directly to TiVo subscribers.
The new service will be offered to all Series3, TiVo HD, or TiVo HD XL customers with a broadband connection. As for pricing, new HD movies will cost $3.99 - $4.99 to rent, while older titles will be priced at $2.99.
This would make for one of the easiest HD video services available so far. Television episodes are also available through the service, and can be purchased for $2.99.
“Consumers are seeking affordable entertainment alternatives to an expensive trip to the movies. With HD downloads for movies and TV shows, TiVo and Amazon can transform any night into a memorable movie experience, all for a fraction of the cost of the theater,” Tara Maitra, general manager and vice president of content services and advertising sales at TiVo Inc, said.
Result for: content services
The broadband provider Comcast has been served with three class-action lawsuits this week for its former practice of throttling BitTorrent file transfers for some of its users.
Late last year, users from Comcast’s 14 million broadband subscribers were outraged to learn that the provider was interfering with their file sharing traffic, most notably with torrents. The FCC then got involved and there have so far been a few investigations and public hearings into the matter.
The three lawsuits, filed in California, Illinois and New Jersey each claim that the company “misled consumers when it promised to offer unfettered access to all the content, services, and applications that the Internet has to offer.”
“Comcast’s clandestine techniques are similar to those used by totalitarian governments to censor the use of the Internet,” states the Illinois complaint.
“No doubt Comcast would characterize the behavior as illegal and malicious hacking if perpetrated by others on Comcast and its customers.”
