DIRECTV Buys ReplayTV
The company makes DVR recording software.
By Swanni
That's according to an article by Reuters.
The companies did not announce terms of the deal, nor did DIRECTV disclose its plans for ReplayTV, which first launched a consumer DVR in 1997.
Since that launch, however, ReplayTV has changed ownership hands a few times and left the hardware business. The company now makes software for video recording features, mostly for computers.
DIRECTV could use ReplayTV's software in its company-owned DVRs and HD DVRs.
The satcaster recently has used DVR software from third-party vendor Pace and sister company NDS.
News Corp. has a controlling interest in DIRECTV and NDS. However, News Corp. will soon transfer control of DIRECTV to Liberty Media.
The ReplayTV acquisition also could suggest that DIRECTV has no plans to resume its marketing relationship with TiVo, which also first launched a DVR in 1997.
The companies severed their marketing agreement a few years ago, although TiVo still provides service to existing DIRECTV-TiVo set-top owners.
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