Motley Fool on Tivo’s 2006: A Look Back
The Motley Fool has an interesting article on the year in review for Tivo in 2006. It discusses the EchoStar lawsuit, the low stock price, and not-quite-there subscriber growth figures. The key, say Motley Fool editors, is Tivo growing their subscribers.
One quote from a Motley Fool editor:
“TiVo may have become a verb, but that doesn’t give it any advantage. In fact, that can work just as easily against a product if the brand name becomes a generic expression. Kleenex and Thermos used to refer to specific brands; now they’re just catchall descriptors for everything of their type. When you Xerox something, it’s probably not on a Xerox. And by the same token, I can TiVo something on a DirecTV DVR. Lots of people do. And there’s the problem. Anyone can play this game, and there’s hardly any barrier to entry. I’m not sold on the whole DVR concept, either. Give me some removable media for permanent storage of the stuff I record, and we’ll talk.”
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